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Beer-based biofuel, trash brigade help turn convention green (AFP via Yahoo! News)

The Democratic Party is using beer-based biofuel and a recycling brigade guarding trash cans to help ease the environmental impact of its convention in Denver this week.

Government urged to ditch biofuel subsidies (vnunet.com)

James Murray, BusinessGreen , Wednesday 27 August 2008 at 15:11:00 Think tank argues investment in forestry protection offers more cost effective and credible means of cutting emissions Projects designed to halt deforestation and peatland destruction represent a far more cost effective...

Texas A&M pioneers biofuel work (The Bryan-College Station Eagle)

It may still be years before fuel derived from sorghum stalks or brown-specked banana peels power cars on a mass scale.But if it happens, there's a good chance ...

UK 'should end biofuel subsidies' (BBC News)

The government should spend biofuel subsidies on safeguarding rainforests and peatland instead, a think tank says.

Environmentalists travel by car to Greece using waste vegetable oil as biofuel (Guardian Unlimited)

Carbon-conscious enthusiasts beg restaurants and cafes for waste vegetable oil to power their European journey, converting an estimated 350 litres of oil into fuel on their 11 day trip

West Lafayette, Indiana August 27, 2008 Identifying the corn genes involved with plant cell wall generation and ... (SeedQuest)

researchers. Nick Carpita and Maureen McCann will study genes involved in the formation of cell walls in the group of plants known as grasses, which includes corn. The goal is to find ways to produce more biomass containing more sugars that can be efficiently processed into biofuel.

Sayre tapped to lead biofuel research at Danforth Plant Science Center (BizJournals)

Biofuels researcher Richard Sayre has been named director of the Enterprise Rent-A-Car Institute for Renewable Fuels at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center in St. Louis.

Biofuel Economics: Role Oof Irrigation in Growth Of Biofuel Energy (CattleNetwork.com)

FARGO, N.D. -- In several past articles, I described the 2007 Energy Independence Security Act and its implications for crop acreage demand, energy independence and the growth of North Dakota?s agriculture.

Permits issued for biofuel plant repair (The Daily Times)

PRINCESS ANNE -- Town Commissioners will allow Greenlight Biofuels to resume production after work is completed to repair the plant that exploded in May, and a welding process that plant officials tied to the blast has been discontinued.

Solazyme Said to Score $45 Million (New York Times)

Solazyme , which uses algae to produce biofuel and other products, has landed $45 million or more in fresh funding, according to VentureWire.