Ecology
« Previous Entries Next Entries »General Motors Announces Partnership With Coskata To Make Ethanol From Garbage
Monday, January 14th, 2008
Warrenville firm says it can make more efficient, less costly fuel; hopes to produce 100 million gallons a year by 2010.
Chicago Tribune:
Bags of garbage and bald tires that go to landfills today could wind up in your gas tank in a few years, along with wood chips, crop residue and plastic pop bottles.
That’s what […]
New Carbon Calculator Conserves Forests
Wednesday, December 12th, 2007EurekAlert:
A quick and cool way to help combat climate change is now available at conservation.org/carboncalculator.
Lively videos and stunning images are featured in Conservation International’s (CI) new online carbon calculator, which helps people easily calculate how much they are adding to global greenhouse gases. The CI carbon calculator offers a way to offset those emissions by […]
Side Effects Of Ethanol Dependency
Wednesday, December 5th, 2007Wednesday-Night:
Riots and hunger feared as demand for grain sends food costs soaring.
Expert to warn industry of threats to world supply.
Biofuels and Chinese boom put pressure on harvests.
The risks of food riots and malnutrition will surge in the next two years as the global supply of grain comes under more pressure than at any time in […]
Is EPA Ethanol Mandate a Joke?
Tuesday, December 4th, 2007Seeking Alpha:
Why “mandate” that refiners use less ethanol they are already using? Shouldn’t a “mandate” require that they use more than they already are? Isn’t that the point? Regulators on Tuesday set the new renewable fuels standard of nearly 4.7% for next year to meet a federal mandate that at least 5.4 billion gallons of […]
Environmental Group Sues Government Over Kyoto
Friday, November 30th, 2007CTV.ca:
An environmental group has launched a new lawsuit against the federal government for failing to implement the Kyoto protocol, which could force a judicial review of Canada’s commitment to the plan.
The group, Friends of the Earth, alleges that Environment Minister John Baird has broken the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, by ignoring a recent requirement of […]
Hollywood Stars Illuminate Visionary’s Second Coming For US Auto Industry
Wednesday, November 21st, 2007PRLog.Org:
Company Founder and CEO Alfred J. DiMora, who some have dubbed “the new Iacocca”, is the visionary behind the movement. He explains, “Detroit is in trouble. The U.S. car industry is in trouble. Our environment is in trouble. These are things that can be saved.”
U.S. automakers have lost large swaths of the global and […]
Was Gore Hired As Venture Capitalist Or Venture Lobbyist?
Tuesday, November 20th, 2007By Noel Sheppard - NewsBusters:
As NewsBusters readers are well aware, we have for months been chronicling Nobel Laureate Al Gore’s profit motive concerning the advancement of climate change hysteria.
Last Monday, it was announced that the Global Warmingist-in-Chief had been hired by Silicon Valley’s most prestigious venture capital firm.
At the time, the implication was that Gore […]
Alternative Fuels May Boost Pollution
Wednesday, November 14th, 2007ABC Science Online:
Some alternative vehicle fuels such as liquid coal can cause more harmful greenhouse gas emissions than polluters such as petrol or diesel, scientists warned in a US study.
“Liquid coal, for example, can produce 80% more global warming pollution than gasoline,” said the Union of Concerned Scientists, a non-profit environmental group, in a statement […]
Ethanol Industry Looks For Water-Saving Ideas
Tuesday, November 13th, 2007Water Technology Online:
Some ethanol producers, who face increasing concerns about the amount of water needed to make that biofuel, are putting researchers to work to figure out how to reduce their plants’ water requirements, The Wall Street Journal reported November 12 in a special section on energy.
Houston-based Journal writer Jessica Resnick-Ault quoted one ethanol plant […]
How Junk Science Is Used to Raise Taxes
Friday, November 9th, 2007The Heartland Institute:
Junk science–the deliberate representation of false or misleading information as credible scientific research–is a growing problem in a variety of public policy debates.
The use of junk science in public policy debates in the United States has a long history–Rachel Carson’s book Silent Spring, published in 1962, is often credited with launching the modern […]
Dousing Ethanol With Truth
Tuesday, November 6th, 2007Brock Press:
For many years, the environment was simply a political non-issue.
Environmentalists, on the whole, were seen as fringe interest groups, with little to no public support behind their proposed initiatives. In the past two years, thanks in part to inclement weather shifts, environmental disasters and Al Gore, environmental degradation has finally burst into the political […]
Cellulosic Ethanol Production Starting With Corn Waste
Thursday, November 1st, 2007Brownfield:
Opponents of corn-based ethanol have blamed the increased corn demand created by the ethanol industry for a host of ills ranging from higher food prices to environmental degradation. While many of those criticisms appear to be, at best, exaggerated, even corn farmers concede there are limits to corn-based ethanol production. That’s why ethanol proponents have […]
Corn For Cars Corn Ethanol Makes Global Warming Worse
Monday, October 29th, 2007Salt Lake Tribune:
Corn ethanol is the answer to global warming and American energy independence.
Right?
Wrong.
A bushel of new studies suggest that production of corn ethanol not only makes global warming worse but contributes heavily to water pollution. One reason is the heavy doses of nitrogen fertilizer that American farmers dump on corn fields.
A study by Paul […]
Nary A Drop To Drink - Fire, Water and Political Leadership in the West
Wednesday, October 24th, 2007New West:
It’s hard not to fall into the land of cliche when contemplating the scope of the disaster engulfing southern California, with more than 600 square miles ablaze, half a million residents forced to flee, and hundreds of homes and businesses destroyed. The Santa Ana winds and the havoc they’ve carried with them provide the […]
Alternate Energy Holdings’ Proposed Nuclear Plant Would Avoid 11.3 Million Tons Of Carbon
Wednesday, September 26th, 2007Marketwire:
Alternate Energy Holdings, Inc announced that its proposed Idaho nuclear/bio-fuel generation facility, the Idaho Energy Complex (IEC), would avoid significant amounts of dangerous emissions once operational. To generate the same amount of electricity as the IEC (a 1600 megawatt nuclear plant), a coal and various consulting plant would spew 11.3 million metric tons of carbon, […]
Ethanol Production Threatens Plains States With Water Scarcity
Monday, September 24th, 2007Environment News Service:
The rapid increase in ethanol plants under construction or planned for eight key farm states is threatening to pull billions of gallons of water each year from an aquifer that is already depleted and under stress, according to a new report issued Thursday by Environmental Defense.
Authored by Martha Roberts and Theodore Toombs of […]
Climate Change Campaign Turns To Fuel
Tuesday, September 18th, 2007NCTimes:
First, California lawmakers targeted the cars we drive in their campaign to curb global warming. Then they turned their attention to the power plants that produce our electricity.
Now they are taking aim at the gas we burn in our cars.
A few days ago, senators passed a law to require those who make and sell fuel […]
Brazil Ethanol Seen Good For Climate, Maybe Not Environment
Tuesday, September 18th, 2007Cattle Network:
Brazil’s Environmental Minister Marina Silva, long seen as unfriendly toward Brazilian agribusiness, told the press at a sugar and ethanol conference Monday that Brazil ethanol production is drastically cutting the country’s greenhouse gas emissions.
“Ethanol is an alternative for reducing carbon emissions that contribute to global warming, and is a major contribution to decarbonizing […]
Earth Talk
Friday, September 14th, 2007Richmond.com:
Environmental advocates would love to see carmakers mass-produce a biofuel-electric hybrid. From a technology standpoint, it’s a no-brainer: Major automakers already turn out vehicles that can run on E85, a blend of 85 percent ethanol, derived from corn and other crops, and 15 percent standard gasoline. Ford’s light duty F-series pickups are examples of such […]
Does Ethanol Pollute More Than Gasoline?
Thursday, August 30th, 2007Intota:
By now you may have heard of the economic questions regarding using corn for ethanol production, but less attention has been paid to the environmental impact of using ethanol as an alternative to gasoline. Is ethanol more of a pollutant than gasoline? Surprisingly, the science says yes.
According to our Expert, who holds a PhD […]