E. Coli Used To Turn Seaweed Into Ethanol

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Our planet’s oceans are our most precious resource, and as it turns out, a great source of energy as well. From algae to tidal turbines to seaweed, scientists the world over are looking to the oceans for answers to tomorrow’s energy questions. Researchers at Bio Architecture Labs, Inc. and the University of Washington at Seattle [...]

Chrysler To Begin Selling CNG Pickups This Year

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On Wednesday, President Barack Obama laid out his vision for America’s future energy destiny, citing shale gas formations as one of many potential fuels to reduce our oil dependency. Indeed, many pundits and economists talk about the natural gas economy. The only problem? The lack of CNG-powered cars in America. Honda was first out the [...]

Green News Roundup: Friday, January 27th, 2012

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The last day of my week, and hopefully yours, is upon us. I don’t have anything too excited going on for the weekend, except after 2 months of sleeping on the floor I can finally afford to buy a bed frame! But who cares about that, when there’s all this exciting green news going on. [...]

Senator Bernie Sanders Takes On Tax Breaks To Fossil Fuel Companies

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President Obama’s State of the Union Address was very alternative fuel heavy. This lead to a number of applause breaks and in many the camera captured Independent Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders showing his approval. Senator Sanders has been a champion of the alternative fuel movement for a long time and at a recent rally in [...]

Bike the Nation: Miami-Dade County Part 2

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We previously wrote about the major advances being made to the bike infrastructure in Miami-Dade county in our first Bike the Nation post. It’s clear that Miami is set to have a bicycle renaissance of its own thanks to local support, the true impetus for change. Any given day there is a group ride scheduled, a [...]

Mahindra Reva NXR Paving the Way for EVs in India

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  Mahindra & Mahindra, one of India’s chief automakers, presented a line of three cars ready for production in 2012, including one Reva NXR, an all-electric city compact hatchback. The EV will be available later this year. The company has high hopes, despite car sales in India hitting a record slump in October due to higher [...]

Experiments Link High CO2 Levels To Stupid Fish

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A new study in Nature Climate Change shows that acidification can cause detrimental behavioral changes in fish. It turns out CO2 really can mess with a creature’s head. Scientists know that Co2 emissions are not always good. In the marine department, the common thought was that the creatures hit hardest by CO2 emissions were plankton, [...]

Green News Roundup: Thursday, January 26th, 2011

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Goooood morning everyone, it’s time for your daily dose of everything green. Highlights from this morning include the first successful tests of the road train project, a new Lotus-based electric sports car, and how a New York taxi company killed electric cars. SATRE Road Train Project Completes First Testing Phase [Green Car Congress] Project Better [...]