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St. Francis Hosting Biomass Seminar
The St. Francis University Renewable Energy Center is to hold a biomass seminar and expo March 12 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Biomass is an organic material, such as wood or manure, that can be used to produce heat, electricity and fuel. The event is to...Tags: Alternative Energy, Environmental Issues, Energy Saving, Renewable Energy
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Why Are Connecticut's Insect-Eating Birds Dying Off?
Here's a thought that could weird you out: As soon as the weather warms up, there will be millions of tiny spiders and other creepy little bugs drifting in the air above your head. If that's not spooky enough, the flying predators keeping this huge...
Tags: Ecosystems, Conservation, University of Connecticut, Environmental Issues, Renewable Energy
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Ethanol helping Brazilian sugar makers
SAO PAULO - Raizen, Royal Dutch Shell Plc's sugar venture with Cosan Industria & Comercio, is among producers set to profit from funneling more of a record cane crop into ethanol as a government measure bolsters demand. Mills in the Center South, the...Tags: Petroleo Brasileiro SA, Environmental Issues, Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Unica Corporation, Weather
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SDSU undergraduates share cancer, biofuels research with state legislators
BROOKINGS - Two undergraduates from South Dakota State University told state legislators about research project to fight colon cancer and to produce jet fuel from algae at the annual Student Poster Session in Pierre Wednesday, Feb. 27. South Dakota...Tags: Colon Cancer, Environmental Issues, South Dakota State University, Renewable Energy, Organic Chemical Industry
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Renewable energy: We're using more of it
Wind energy. Renewable energy. Alternative energy. The amount of energy Michiganders use that has been produced by wind and other renewable sources has increased substantially in recent years. When someone flips a switch to turn on a light in their...Tags: Electricity Production and Distribution, Business, Alternative Energy, Consumers Energy Company, Consumers
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Legal fight over South Bend's ethanol plant
WSBT-TVSOUTH BEND – A legal battle could decide whether South Bend's ethanol plant will be liquidated or reopen for business. A Texas company wants to buy the plant and says last month's bankruptcy sale to two liquidators is illegal. Attorneys for...Tags: Financially Distressed Companies, Crime, Law and Justice, Judges, Ethanol, Justice System
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Md. man gets 121/2-year term in biodiesel credit fraud
A Perry Hall man was sentenced Friday to 121/2 years in prison and ordered to pay more than $42 million in restitution after being convicted of selling $9 million worth of fake biodiesel fuel credits to oil companies and commodities brokers. Rodney R....
Tags: Business, Punishment, Trials, Justice System, Environmental Issues
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Gas prices continue rising in Aberdeen area
Gas prices in Aberdeen have increased by 60 cents per gallon since the beginning of January. The price of gasoline spiked up yet again Thursday. The price of unleaded gasoline with 10 percent ethanol was $3.69 a gallon and regular gasoline was $3.79...Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Minor League Baseball, Environmental Issues, Prices, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Corn shortage idles 20 ethanol plants nationwide
ST. LOUIS (AP) - The persistent drought is taking a toll on producers of ethanol, with corn becoming so scarce that nearly two dozen ethanol plants have been forced to halt production. The Renewable Fuels Association, an ethanol industry trade group,...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Career and Workplace, Gardening, Environmental Issues, Fuel-efficient Vehicles
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Spiritwood, N.D., ethanol plant gets EPA's RFS2 approval
FARGO, N.D. - The planned 65 million-gallon-per-year Dakota Spirit AgEnergy LLC ethanol biorefinery near Jamestown, N.D., has been approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for Renewable Fuel Standard 2 certification. Dakota Spirit AgEnergy's...Tags: Environmental Politics, Ethanol, Environmental Issues, Finance, Jamestown (Jamestown, Virginia)
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Meat inspector furlough looms
LAS VEGAS - Sequestration could force the U.S. Department of Agriculture to furlough up to 6,000 meat inspectors for up to two weeks, plunging the meat industry into chaos and raising consumer prices, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said on Feb. 7 in...Tags: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Career and Workplace, John Boehner, Harry Reid, Environmental Issues
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Vilsack assures support for ethanol
LAS VEGAS - If the ethanol and biodiesel industries need reassurance of support from the Obama administration, they got it here on Feb. 8 from Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. But they also got some advice on how to convince people outside their...Tags: YouTube, Ethanol, Environmental Issues, Renewable Energy, Media Industry
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