Researchers funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) in the UK have discovered key plant enzymes that normally make the energy stored...
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Waxman: If they hold the majority, Dems will push for climate legislation in 2011
Democrats would continue the effort to pass a bill if they hold the majority, the House leader says.
Video: How Nissan Made Its ‘Polar Bear’ Leaf Ad
OK, we admit it: We love Nissan's polar bear ad for the Nissan Leaf. It works on several levels, not the least of which is putting a face, of sorts...
U.S. may sue BP over oil disaster
The Justice Department says it may sue BP for damages from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, according to a filing made Monday night with the U.S. District Court in New...
Daimler E-Cell EV will use Tesla Li-ion batteries
Part of an EV ramp-up, Daimler will start producing a small A-Class sedan for the European market this fall using batteries from Tesla Motors.
Senate defeats Nelson plan to limit Big Oil tax break
The amendment by Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) would have denied the five biggest oil-and-gas companies a manufacturing tax credit.
Fatal Pipeline Accident Turns Attention to Nation’s Aging Pipelines
by Marian Wang. Following last week's pipeline explosion in California that killed at least four people and destroyed 58 houses in suburban San Bruno, regulators have...
Could GOP wins make climate and energy bill more likely?
WASHINGTON—Predictions that Republicans could dethrone Democrats as the majority party in one or both chambers of Congress after the midterm election have caused...
Toyota to launch six new hybrids by end of 2012
by Agence France-Presse. TOKYO-Toyota, the world's top automaker, plansto launch six new hybrid models by the end of 2012, a spokesperson for thecompany said Tuesday,...
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Japan plans to bind large firms to CO2 caps
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's compulsory emissions trading scheme is set to start in April 2013 and cover large CO2 emitting companies, a draft of the government's...
Russia submits 1st Kyoto CO2 offset project to U.N.
LONDON (Reuters) - Russia has submitted its first clean energy project to a U.N. climate panel for registration to earn carbon credits under the Kyoto Protocol, the United...
LA signs with Chinese battery giant BYD to store grid power
The city of Los Angeles has signed a deal with a major Chinese manufacturing firm to develop a battery project that would store renewable energy and release it to the...
Biotech start-up to patent fuel-producing bacterium
The organism can grow in bodies of water unfit for drinking on land that is useless for farming, the company says.
GOP mulls plan to block EPA GHG regulations at Senate markup
Senate Republicans may offer plans Thursday that would block looming EPA climate change rules when the Senate Appropriations Committee marks up EPA’s annual spending...
Nearly all GOP Senate candidates deny global warming
A comprehensive survey of the Republican candidates for the U.S. Senate finds that nearly all dispute the scientific consensus that the United States must act to fight...
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You may have heard the proclamation before: The next generation of biofuels will be derived from cellulosic plant material. And, in theory, this makes sense. Whereas...
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The future of engineered biocatalysts. Pathways, enzymes, and genetic controls are designed from characteristics of parts. The chromosomes encoding those elements are...
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Faster development of cellulosic biofuels is being significantly hampered by a “deep and thorny regulatory thicket” that makes almost impossible the use of organisms...
Global Bioenergies bacterial prototype makes isobutene through artificial metabolic pathway
Global Bioenergies has engineered an initial series of bacterial strains that can produce isobutene—a key chemical building block that can be converted into transportation...
Florida Researchers Moving Closer to Using Termite Guts For Better Ethanol
Last time I reported on the topic of using termite guts to make next generation cellulosic ethanol cheaper and easier, it was 2008. Back then a team of researchers from...
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