skip to main content

Natural Resources Defense Council

Switchboard

NetNow Linkblog: What we're reading today at NRDC

Nathanael Greene's Links Tagged "biodiesel"

Proposal seeks fuel boon from blooms | starbulletin.com | News | /2008/07/16/

tags:
algae, biofuels, biodiesel, hawaii, maui, HECO

Work in Maui on algae to biofuels. Projected start date 2011 for 200 acres. At 5000 to 10000 gals per acre that's 1-2 million gallons!

Green Dreams - National Geographic Magazine

tags:
biofuels, ethanol, biodiesel, corn, soybeans

This is a good article, but it over emphasizes technology and misses the importance of policy. Look for my blog post on it shortly.

Green Car Congress: Study: Petrodiesel PM More Damaging to Human Health Than Biodiesel PM

tags:
biofuels, biodiesel, airpollution

If this proves true, it should not be assumed that biofuels will clean up the air, but rather that we can make our air quality standards stricter.

R-Squared Energy Blog: Jatropha in NYT

tags:
biofuels, biodiesel, r-squared, jatropha, robertrapier

Interesting additional facts in this coverage of the NTY's article on jatropha as a possible biodiesel feedstock. Rapier suggests that it could be one of the "better silver BBs."

Korn Creating Own Biofuel: Korntastic - News Story | Music, Celebrity, Artist News | MTV News

tags:
cleaniscool, Korn, biodiesel

Korny? Another example of how clean is cool. While the message and intentions are great, using biodiesel is a mixed blessing.

News of how a South African company claiming to be developing algae turned out to be a fake

tags:
biodiesel, algae, GreenFuel

This is a sobering post about a South African company the wasted tens of millions of investors' ran claiming that they were about to deploy algae based biodiesel systems. Turns out they were frauds. They were licensing Green Fuel technology. Fortunately t

A Grist special series on biofuels | Grist | Main Dish | 04 Dec 2006

tags:
biofuels, Grist, ethanol, biodiesel

This is the intro to a 2 week series that promises to do a good job of covering the environmental issues related to biofuels

GreenShift Corporation - Home

tags:
biodiesel, energy, algae, ethanol

The Energy Blog: More on Biodiesel from Algae

tags:
energy, biodiesel, ethanol

Nathanael Greene
Nathanael Greene
Senior Policy Analyst
New York City
I work on clean energy technologies and policy that will advance them -- energy efficiency...
more

Tags: Nathanael Greene's Links

Feeds: Stay Plugged In