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Ecologists Call for Natural Forests and Biodiversity to be Preserved in Growth of Biofuel Demands

Rising demand for palm oil will decimate biodiversity unless producers and politicians can work together to preserve as much remaining natural forest as possible, ecologists have warned

9 Jul 2008

Report Released into Fuel Cell Materials

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Materials for Fuel Cells" report to their offering. A fuel cell is an electrochemical device that converts the chemical energy of a reaction (between ...

3 Jul 2008

Disposable Methanol Fuel Cartridges Set For Development

VIASPACE Inc, announced that its subsidiary Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Corporation (DMFCC) has received a purchase order from PolyFuel of Mountain View, California to assist with the design of disposable methanol fuel cartridges

30 Jun 2008

Alternate Fuels Professor Doubts Claims of Revolutionary Car Power By Water

A leading alternative fuels expert throws water on Japanese company claims that it's developed the world's first car powered by just water

29 Jun 2008

Ethanol Industry Fights Back at Oil Industry Assaults on the Benefits of Biofuels

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries is taxing the industrial world into a global depression and Big Oil is behind this year's vicious assaults on corn-based ethanol. The world's largest ethanol ...

24 Jun 2008

Scientists Mimic Nature to Harness Solar Energy the Same Way Plants Do

With gas and oil prices at all-time highs, it's only logical for scientists to try to harness some of that solar energy. To that end, three MIT researchers are building a device that mimics photosynthesis-the process plants use to capture and store the sun's vast energy.

22 Jun 2008

Climate Change Report Released by Suncor Energy

Suncor Energy Inc. today released its 14th annual climate change report, which shows that while greenhouse gas emissions climbed slightly during the past year, the company has reduced emission intensity at its oil sands operation by nearly half since 1990

18 Jun 2008

Biotechnology is the Key to Sustainable Industries

Despite recent controversies over crop-based biofuels, biotechnology offers some of the best opportunities to create a more sustainable world, with applications as diverse as new sources of energy, new materials for industrial and consumer uses, and high quality agricultural products with better production economics

18 Jun 2008

Choosing our Tomorrows, A Film Set in the Future Looks at What If Scenarios for Climate Change

Choosing our Tomorrows, is a film that explores what life could be like in 2050 through the video diaries of the same Scottish farming family as they experience three very different futures...

17 Jun 2008

Ethanol Yield Potential Device Accurately Predicts the Biofuel Output of Corn Grain

DuPont announced it has received an external independent validation from the Illinois Crop Improvement Association (ICIA) which shows that its Ethanol Yield Potential (EYP) near infrared (NIR) calibration reliably predicts the ethanol output of whole corn grain.

17 Jun 2008