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The Promise of Algae Biofuels - a new NRDC report
Algae-derived gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel sound like the imaginings of science fiction, but a growing number of entrepreneurs, investors, scientists, and policy makers are trying to make them reality. If developed sustainably, the algae biofuel industry may be able...
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Senate’s Climate Bill Puts Green Collar on Carbon
Senators John Kerry and Barbara Boxer have introduced a "green" price collar on carbon under their draft climate bill that should be applauded by emitters and environmentalists alike. A green price collar that will; 1) maintain the integrity of the...
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GAO: corn ethanol is risky and tax credit unnecessary
On Friday, the Government Accountability Office released a major report largely about the risks of expanded corn ethanol: Biofuels: Potential Effects and Challenges of Required Increases in Production and Use. Unfortunately, as the report points out, beyond lifecycle GHG emissions,...
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Adapting to Global Warming: $100 Billion Says World Bank (Give or Take a Little Social Change)
The typhoon Ketsana is pouring down on Bangkok this morning as I ready myself for day four of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change meetings. Representatives of countries and hundreds of civil society organizations will continue to meet...
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Which US cities have the greenest commuting habits?
Big-time kudos to Bike Pittsburgh for combing through new census data to extract and rank the commuting habits of the 60 largest US cities. The data chart on the organization's website, naturally, opens up with the ranking of bicycle commuting: ...
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