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    Followup: Biodiesel-Earthrace boat sinks off coast of Antarctica     1263570960

    Damaged Ady Gil just after collision with Japanese whaling ship - Click above to watch the video after the break
    Despite frenzied attempts to tow the damaged biodiesel-powered Ady Gil out of Australian Antarctic Territorial waters after being rammed by the Japanese whaling vessel Shonan Maru II, ...

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    Earthrace on their record attempt: Not gonna happen...     1177952820

    You have to give it to the Earthrace crew for keeping the faith as long as they have, and with all of the problems that they have encountered along the way, including the possible breakage of their boat and a deadly accident involving a fishing boat. Just a few days ago, we updated you that they ...

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    Earthrace props may be failing in first leg of round-the-world record attempt     1173739860

    The biodiesel-powered, environmentally friendly Earthrace speedboat is limping into its first port. The boat took off on a world-record attempt to circumnavigate the globe on March 10. But 16 hours later, according to the team's website, the crew nearly had to give up the attempt.Apparently the ...

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    60,000 tons of biodiesel leave Malaysia by boat     1155771720

    The first boatload full of 60,000 tons of biofuel made from palm oil left Malaysia for, expectedly, Germany yesterday. While the government is understandably proud of this feat, but as Treehugger notes, making biodiesel in SE Asia often means lots of deforestation. In Malaysia's case, 87 percent of ...

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