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Senegalese villagers vow to fight biofuels projectDakar (AFP) Aug 9, 2012 Villagers from northern Senegal vowed Thursday to fight a project by Senegalese and Italian investors to produce biofuels on their land, a venture already forced to relocate once by deadly protests. "We will fight those who want to take our land. It is the land of our ancestors, an area of 26,000 hectares which houses villages, thousands of heads of cattle, mosques, cemeteries," Oumar Ba, a representative of a collective of affected villages, told journalists. "Whoever wants to take our land wil ... read more |
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 AREVA invests in bio-coal The AREVA group, a major player in renewable energies, has announced the acquisition of a technology enabling the production of bio-coal. Based on the Thermya torrefaction process, this unique techn ... more | .. |
 German National Academy of Sciences issues a critical statement on the use of bioenergy In a statement on the chances and limits of using bioenergy, the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina has come to the conclusion that in quantitative terms, bioenergy plays a minor role in ... more | .. |
 U.S, Australian navies focus on new fuels The Australian navy has signed an agreement with the U.S. Navy to explore the increased use of environmentally friendly fuels such as blended biofuels. ... more | .. |
 Hong Kong to restrict foreign homebuyers from 2013 US judge OKs partial settlement in e-book case Nordic-Baltic states seek more cooperation Outside View: Jobs outlook grim Empire-style computers? Frenchman takes PCs to lap of luxury Google-Microsoft field smartphones to take on iPhone 5 EU businesses urge China's new leaders to speed reforms |
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 Strategies to improve renewable energy feedstocks To enable greater reliance on renewable biomass resources for power generation, combination approaches such as co-firing of high percentages of biomass with coal offer unique advantages, but also si ... more | .. |
 Brazil to build first algae-based biofuel plant The world's first industrial plant producing biofuels from seaweed will be built in the northeastern Brazilian state of Pernambuco in late 2013, the official in charge of the project said Thursday. ... more | .. |
 OriginOil Ships First Production System to Paris-Based Ennesys OriginOil has shipped the first production model of its Algae ApplianceT harvester to Paris-based Ennesys, its urban algae joint venture. This marks the first commercial invoice for Origin Oil's new ... more | .. |
 The Future of Biomaterial Manufacturing: Spider Silk Production from Bacteria A new video article in JoVE, the Journal of Visualized Experiments, demonstrates procedures to harvest and process synthetic spider silk from bacteria. The procedure presented in the video article r ... more |
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 Why we need to put the fish back into fisheries Heat-related deaths in Manhattan projected to rise Climate change may have little impact on tropical lizards LLNL scientist finds topography of Eastern Seaboard muddles ancient sea level changes Parasitic wasps use calcium pump to block fruit fly immunity Storm shelters few in 'Tornado Alley' | .. |
 Beating the fuel prices: Using yeast for economic production of bioethanol Finding renewable and economic sources of energy are one of the most important concerns for the continuation of the human species. New research, published in BioMed Central's open access journal Bio ... more | .. |
 New Cuban biodiesel looks to 'bellyache bush' A new biodiesel plant in Cuba - the first of its type - is turning seeds from the so-called "bellyache bush" into a green energy source, it was announced Monday. ... more | .. |
 White rot fungus boosts ethanol production from corn stalks, cobs and leaves Scientists are reporting new evidence that a white rot fungus shows promise in the search for a way to use waste corn stalks, cobs and leaves - rather than corn itself - to produce ethanol to extend ... more | .. |
 AFPM Testifies on Concerns of the Renewable Fuel Standard and RIN Fraud The American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) President Charles T. Drevna has testified before the House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations on renewable identification number (R ... more |
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 BIO Responds to Petroleum Refiners' Criticism of US Navy Demonstration of Advanced Biofuels Brent Erickson, executive vice president of the Biotechnology Industry Organization's (BIO) Industrial and Environmental Section, has issued the following statement in support of the Navy's demonstr ... more | .. |
 AliphaJet Joins Advanced Biofuels Association AliphaJet has announced that the company has joined the Advanced Biofuels Association (ABFA). Having successfully demonstrated its cost-effective catalytic process for making jet fuel, diesel and hi ... more | .. |
 Gevo Flies High with USAF Alcohol-to-Jet Test Flight Gevo, working with the Air Force Research Laboratories (AFRL), the Air Force Alternative Fuels Certification Division (AFCD) and the 40 Flight-Test Squadron, provided fuel for the first successful " ... more | .. |
 New biofuel process dramatically improves energy recovery A new biofuel production process created by Michigan State University researchers produces energy more than 20 times higher than existing methods. The results, published in the current issue of Envi ... more |
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 Ecuador warns satellite could hit rocket remains Asteroid Sample Return Mission Moves into Development Russia designs reusable spacecraft good for as many as five missions RNA capable of catalyzing electron transfer on early earth with iron's help Ground and Space-based Observations Unveil Future of Sun A Roadmap for the Future of Astrobiology | .. |
 Researchers tap into genetic reservoir of heat-loving bacteria The identification of key proteins in a group of heat-loving bacteria by researchers at the Department of Energy's BioEnergy Science Center could help light a fire under next-generation biofuel prod ... more | .. |
 Denmark can triple its biomass production and improve the environment The industry is interested in establishing a biorefinery sector in Denmark that can replace oil-based products with biofriendly materials, chemicals, energy and fuel. But this requires a larger biom ... more | .. |
Malaysia's Felda Global up almost 20% on debut Shares in Malaysian palm oil giant Felda Global jumped nearly 20 percent on their stock market debut Thursday, defying global economic uncertainty in the second-largest IPO this year after Facebook. ... more | .. |
 New loo turns poo into power Scientists from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) have invented a new toilet system that will turn human waste into electricity and fertilisers and also reduce the amount of water needed for fl ... more |
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 Prairie cordgrass: Highly underrated When D.K. Lee and Lane Rayburn, faculty members in the crop sciences department at the University of Illinois, talk about prairie cordgrass (Spartina pectinata) they have difficulty containing their ... more | .. |
 Biological switch paves way for improved biofuel production Scientists from Queen Mary, University of London have discovered a mechanism that controls the way that organisms breathe or photosynthesise, potentially paving the way for improved biofuel producti ... more | .. |
 Toward a more economical process for making biodiesel fuel from algae Scientists have described an advance toward a long-sought economical process that could turn algae, like the stuff of pond scum, into a revolutionary new and sustainable source of biodiesel and othe ... more | .. |
 New 'OPEC' offers sustainable smell of sweet success The least appealing part of the world's most popular citrus fruits could soon be more alluring to cosmetic and drug manufacturers and, perhaps, eventually help heat our homes and fuel our cars. ... more |
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 Syria's jihadists have edge, control oil Commentary: Israel: Crises 360 degrees Tunisia teeters as it grapples with jihadists Unspent billions of Chilean defense fund remain a mystery N. Korea 'special envoy' in China meeting Iran expanding nuclear activities: IAEA | .. |
 Carbon is Key for Getting Algae to Pump Out More Oil Overturning two long-held misconceptions about oil production in algae, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory show that ramping up the microbes' overall metabo ... more | .. |
Brazil ethanol plant at risk after protest An ambitious new ethanol plant in the southwestern Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul is at risk after protests by indigenous people revealed the industrial unit intended to use sugarcane feedstock grown on land reported seized illegally from the local tribes. ... more | .. |
 Real-life scientific tale of the first 'electrified snail' The latest episode in the American Chemical Society's (ACS') award-winning Global Challenges/Chemistry Solutions podcast series describes the world's first "electrified snail," which now joins the m ... more | .. |
 New energy source for future medical implants: sugar MIT engineers have developed a fuel cell that runs on the same sugar that powers human cells: glucose. This glucose fuel cell could be used to drive highly efficient brain implants of the future, wh ... more |
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 Shell scraps biofuels plan over Brazil native land A Shell subsidiary that makes biodiesel in Brazil has dropped controversial plans to buy sugar cane grown on land taken from indigenous people, Survival International said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
Shell backs out of Brazil sugar-cane plans A company set up by Royal Dutch Shell, the world's largest biofuels distributor, has nixed plans to source sugar cane from Brazilian lands claimed by a local tribe, an aboriginal activist group said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 Gasification may convert mesquite and juniper wood to a usable bioenergy Biomass gasification is being considered as a possible technology for converting at least 10 million acres of Texas brush into biofuel, according to Dr. Jim Ansley, Texas AgriLife Research rangeland ... more | .. |
 Bigger refuges needed to delay pest resistance to biotech corn Genetically modified crops that produce insect-killing proteins from the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) have reduced reliance on insecticide sprays since 1996. These proteins are lethal to so ... more |
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