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Protest in London Against UK Biofuel Subsidies

October 22, 2011

Biofuelwatch and Campaign Against Climate Change have joined forces to stage a protest in London, UK, today. Technorati Tags: Biodiesel, Biofuel, Biomass, EU, protests, subsidies Related Posts:Biofuel Indirect Land Use on European Commission Agenda in 2011Volvo debuts Bio-DME truck fleet in SwedenUN panel issues statement on biofuels Algae Oil Company ‘One To Watch’Greece Looks To [...]

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Algae Oil Company ‘One To Watch’

October 11, 2011

OriginOil, a company working to develop biofuel from algae and which we have written about before, has been named by Forbes’ investment educator Jason Burack as one of 11 next-generation commodity names to watch out for. Technorati Tags: algae biodiesel, algae stocks, Biodiesel, Biofuels Related Posts:Algae Biofuel: Can Pond Scum Become Our Energy Savior?Freedom Urges [...]

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Freedom Urges the Public To Say No To Fossil Fuels

August 30, 2011

A new advocacy film called Freedom wants Americans to wean themselves off oil and embrace alternatives to fossil fuels, which it says is killing us. Technorati Tags: Biodiesel, ethanol, Freedom movie Related Posts:Algae Oil Company ‘One To Watch’New Discovery Could Improve Ethanol ProductionAlgae Biofuel: Can Pond Scum Become Our Energy Savior?São Paulo To Have Brazil’s [...]

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Algae Biofuel: Can Pond Scum Become Our Energy Savior?

May 25, 2011

Every now and then we hear a specialist singing the merits of algae as the ideal solution for the fuel crisis. The idea of algae as a source of biofuel sounds wonderful, but detractors say it’s too expensive and impossible to scale up. But let’s hear for the optimists. Technorati Tags: algae biodiesel research, Biodiesel, [...]

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Biodiesel From Hemp Could Be a Viable Alternative

November 23, 2010

It is illegal to grow in America, but versatile, weed-like hemp shows potential as biofuel, researchers say It can be used to make textiles, building materials, paper, food etc. The versatility of hemp is well-known and now it has emerged it could be explored to make biofuels too. Researchers at the University of Connecticut in [...]

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