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Frequent oil spills threatening the lives of Magellanic penguins in South America

Oil spills are most definitely NOT green news. Unfortunately, they are exactly the opposite. Again, unfortunately, it seems that they are all too common off the coast of Argentina, which is causing problems for the local population of Magellanic penguins. Penguins need to be able to stay waterproof due to the fact that they enter and exit the water in frigid temperatures regularly. When the oil gets on the birds, they no longer have the protection that they need to survive the cold temperatures in which they live. Forty of the birds were ... Read more →

U.S. sugar tariffs may prove saving grace to South American corn growers Joel Arellano

As Autoblog Green has previously reported, U.S. tariffs on sugar has effectively barred Brazil and other nations with their less expensive and more efficient sugar-based ethanol from competing in the ...

Panamericana 25,000km trip using biodiesel off to a good start? Any start at all? Sebastian Blanco

Yesterday was supposed to be the launch day for the Panamericana biodiesel trip from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego, the whole western edge of North and South America. We promised last week to keep tabs ...

Panamericana 2006: three biodiesel SUVs from Alaska to the southern tip of South America in 15 days Sebastian Blanco

A tiny mention in a local Alaska newspaper, the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, points out that a German team of nine drivers will drive three Volkswagen's from Fairbanks, Alaska to the bottom of South ...

Frequent oil spills threatening the lives of Magellanic penguins in South America 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Oil spills are most definitely NOT green news. Unfortunately, they are exactly the opposite. Again, unfortunately, it seems that they are all too common off the coast of Argentina, which is causing problems for the local population of Magellanic penguins. Penguins need to be able to stay waterproof ...

U.S. sugar tariffs may prove saving grace to South American corn growers 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

As Autoblog Green has previously reported, U.S. tariffs on sugar has effectively barred Brazil and other nations with their less expensive and more efficient sugar-based ethanol from competing in the U.S., giving American corn and soy growers the lion's share of the market. But according to the ...

Panamericana 25,000km trip using biodiesel off to a good start? Any start at all? 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Yesterday was supposed to be the launch day for the Panamericana biodiesel trip from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego, the whole western edge of North and South America. We promised last week to keep tabs on what the Panamericana group is self-reporting on how the trip is going, but that’s ...

Panamericana 2006: three biodiesel SUVs from Alaska to the southern tip of South America in 15 days 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

A tiny mention in a local Alaska newspaper, the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, points out that a German team of nine drivers will drive three Volkswagen's from Fairbanks, Alaska to the bottom of South America – a distance of 25,000 kilometers/15,500 miles - in just over two weeks. The drivers ...


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