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Bloom is off the biodiesel rose: Berkeley says "no" to soy biofuel

Often in the lead in progressive causes, the City of Berkeley started using biodiesel in more than 100 city vehicles six years ago. For a while, the biofuel came from recycled waste grease and everyone was happy. The source shifted to crop soybeans when not enough grease could be found but, due to new concerns about growing crops for fuel, the city has now decided that enough is enough. The City Council took delivery of its last shipment of biodiesel made from soy last month and will discuss formalizing its biodiesel policy this fall, taking ... Read more →

It's Friday: Cupcake-shaped electric cars wreak havoc in Berkeley Sebastian Blanco

Sometimes I think our friend Xeni from Boing Boing TV is having a little too much fun. I mean, is cruising down the Berkeley streets in electric vehicles shaped like cupcakes even work? That's an art ...

Low-swirl combustion reduces greenhouse gases, uses many fuels sources Jeremy Korzeniewski

For the foreseeable future, we will definitely be burning fuel sources to generate power. In some cases, these will be fossil fuels and in others they may be biofuels; even hydrogen is a potential ...

BP sinks $500 million into bioscience research Dane Muldoon

BP has pledged to put $500 million into a new research program that will investigate how bioscience can boost energy production and reduce energy's environmental impacts. A number of institutions ...

City of Berkeley commits to purchase 40 plug-in hybrid vehicles Sam Abuelsamid

The city of Berkeley, California has committed to buy a fleet of plug-in hybrid vehicles as soon as a car maker actually starts to build some. Berkeley is planning on purchasing 40 plug-in hybrids and ...

Bloom is off the biodiesel rose: Berkeley says "no" to soy biofuel 5 months ago on Autoblog Green

Often in the lead in progressive causes, the City of Berkeley started using biodiesel in more than 100 city vehicles six years ago. For a while, the biofuel came from recycled waste grease and everyone was happy. The source shifted to crop soybeans when not enough grease could be found but, due to ...

It's Friday: Cupcake-shaped electric cars wreak havoc in Berkeley 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Sometimes I think our friend Xeni from Boing Boing TV is having a little too much fun. I mean, is cruising down the Berkeley streets in electric vehicles shaped like cupcakes even work? That's an art project, no? The cupcakes have names like Buttercream, S&M and English Muffin depending on the ...

Low-swirl combustion reduces greenhouse gases, uses many fuels sources 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

For the foreseeable future, we will definitely be burning fuel sources to generate power. In some cases, these will be fossil fuels and in others they may be biofuels; even hydrogen is a potential fuel. Whatever fuel is used, there will be emissions. Sure, some biofuels might be carbon-neutral, ...

BP sinks $500 million into bioscience research 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

BP has pledged to put $500 million into a new research program that will investigate how bioscience can boost energy production and reduce energy's environmental impacts. A number of institutions have been selected to join with BP in the new Energy Biosciences Institute including the University of ...

City of Berkeley commits to purchase 40 plug-in hybrid vehicles 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

The city of Berkeley, California has committed to buy a fleet of plug-in hybrid vehicles as soon as a car maker actually starts to build some. Berkeley is planning on purchasing 40 plug-in hybrids and follows a previous decision by Marin County to make a similar "soft-order". Even though no ...


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