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by Lynn Grooms Apr. 24, 2009

“The U.S. and world economies have evolved over 100 years to rely on petroleum. It will take time to transform the....More

by Lynn Grooms Apr. 15, 2009

Last year, the 25x25 Alliance formed a Carbon Work Group to analyze the roles of agriculture and forestry in a reduced....More

by Lynn Grooms Apr. 8, 2009

Just months after VeraSun Energy filed for Chapter 11, another ethanol producing giant, Aventine Renewable Energy....More

by Lynn Grooms Apr. 8, 2009

The Minnesota Center for Automotive Research at Minnesota State University, Mankato, recently published the results of....More

by Lynn Grooms Apr. 3, 2009

Some people are making claims that E10 fuel, a blend of 10% ethanol and 90% gasoline, has led to rough-running,....More

by Lynn Grooms Mar. 26, 2009

A few weeks ago, I posted “Code Green: Making Renewables a Common American Purpose,” which touched on Thomas Friedman’s....More

by Lynn Grooms Mar. 26, 2009

Want to learn more about what an oil company thinks about biofuels? Shell, the multinational energy and petrochemical....More

by Lynn Grooms Mar. 19, 2009

The U.S. Bankruptcy Court has affirmed the sale of substantially all of VeraSun Energy Corporation’s assets. This after....More

by Lynn Grooms Mar. 11, 2009

Turning up the action of the Glossy 15 gene could make some corn hybrids good energy crops in the future, according to....More

by Lynn Grooms Mar. 11, 2009

In other news at the University of Illinois, the university’s Energy Biosciences Institutes (EBI) Biofuels Law and....More

by Lynn Grooms Mar. 6, 2009

Biofuel Survival Strategies for a Challenging Market” was the title of a conference and Webinar hosted this week by....More

by Lynn Grooms Feb. 26, 2009

This week at the 14th annual National Ethanol Conference in San Antonio, TX, Bob Dinneen, president and CEO, Renewable....More

by Lynn Grooms Feb. 20, 2009

Valri Lightner, Acting Biomass Program Manager, EERE The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act that President Obama....More

by Lynn Grooms Feb. 12, 2009

Plant and forestry waste and energy crops could sustainably replace nearly a third of gasoline use by 2030, according....More

by Lynn Grooms Feb. 12, 2009

Algae has made a splash in the U.S. Patent Office, according to Minneapolis-based law firm Fredrikson & Byron, P.A. The....More

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