New Biofuel - Cobalt BiobutanolButanol Molecule Cobalt Biofuels of Mountainview, CA, has developed what promises to be a cheap way to make butanol from biomass. Butanol is a cousin of Ethanol but it packs more energy per gallon and works better with the existing infrastructure for delivering gas to the pump.
A Record-breaking Gift for ConservationNorfolk Southern Corporation recently donated a 12,488-acre conservation easement to South Carolina’s Lowcountry Open Land Trust. The rail company’s gift was a record-breaker—the largest corporate conservation easement in the state’s history and one of the largest ever known in the Southeast.The easement ensures that Brosnan Forest, an ecologically valuable longleaf pine property […]
Press Release: Statement of EDF President Fred Krupp on New House Climate Legislation
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Contact:Tony Kreindler, EDF, 202-572-3378 or 202-210-5791 (cell)
(Washington — October 7, 2008) “The release today of new draft climate legislation by Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman John Dingell and Energy and Air Quality Subcommittee Chairman Rick Boucher is further confirmation […]
Art Directors Club Recognizes Greenprint DenverOn September 14, the Greenprint Denver Web site received a 2007 Interactive Merit Award from the Art Director’s Club of Denver, a local nonprofit focused on strengthening the creative community through education, workshops, events, and an annual design competition.Each year, nationally-recognized designers and artists are invited to select their favorites […]
Speaker Susan Buckingham says gender matters on sustainability.At Lewis & Clark College next week, scholars, students and community members will try to figure out what people mean when they talk about sustainability—and how gender roles fit into a sustainable future.
Birds’ decline shows wider damage to nature - study.Dwindling numbers of birds worldwide are a sign […]
Ted Turner announces Global Sustainable Tourism CriteriaOn Monday, mega-entrepreneur Ted Turner announced the Partnership for Global Sustainable Tourism Criteria, a new sustainable tourism standards regime for tourism businesses, at the IUCN World Conservation Congress. Turner, founder of the United Nations Foundation, was joined by the Rainforest Alliance, The UN Environment Program and the UN World […]
Britain exceeds biofuels target - govt agencyBritain is exceeding its 2.5 percent target for biofuels use in motor fuel but several oil companies have failed to meet environmental goals, a government agency said on Tuesday.’These early figures demonstrate that some companies have risen to the challenge of sourcing biofuels to meet good sustainability standards,’ Nick […]
Ask Dr. John
Q: I don’t see billowing clouds of black smoke behind the school bus. Does that mean the bus exhaust is clean?
Unfortunately, it’s not that simple. Even clean-looking exhaust from tailpipes, and from the engine itself, can contain small particles and other toxic pollutants that can get inside the school bus, and in children’s […]
The long and the short of measuring carbon footprint.Calculating the supply chains carbon footprint and monitoring the effect of actions to reduce it is still evolving. There are a number of standards and software approaches.
VW Golf Twin Drive Plug-In Hybrid DieselVolkswagen announced the Golf Twin Drive Concept, a step toward a diesel plug-in hybrid. Jalopnik.com […]
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Algae Biofuels Of The FutureAlgae fix the sunlight and carbon dioxide into energy and that too very fast. Scientists want to utilize this quality for alternative fuels. And when it […]