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Anheuser-Busch Taps Landfill Gas for Houston Brewery

The Anheuser-Busch brewery in Houston will begin using landfill biogas as an alternative ...

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Biomass-to-Electricity Projects Gain Steam in California, the UK

Already entrenched in some European nations like Germany, power plants that convert organic ...

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25% of North American Firms Say No to Offsets Thru 2012

A new survey indicates that more and more companies are purchasing carbon offsets. ...

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California Pushes Through Low-Carbon Fuels

California's Air Resources Board voted to adopt a regulation that will put ...

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Middlebury to be Carbon Neutral by 2016

Vermont's Middlebury College is using biomass to reduce ...

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Xcel Energy Plans Midwest Biomass Plant

Xcel Energy plans to install biomass gasification technology at its Bay Front Power Plant ...

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UI Cuts Emissions, Saves $1M Per Year Burning Oat Hulls

In 2008, University of Iowa avoided emitting 69, 000 metric tons of CO2 by using one system to ...

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Alternative Energy Use For Manufacturers Promising, Cost Still A Hurdle

James Lee, an associate professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology, recently spoke with IndustryWeek about the pros ...

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Haigh’s Chocolates Launches Biodegradable Packaging

Haigh’s Chocolates announced that its White Ballotins Chocolate Box will now be packaged in Plantic trays, a biodegradable packaging ...

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Carbon Credits Are Cash Cow For Landfills

U.S. landfills are reaping a windfall from the fight against global warming, The Wall Street Journal reports. But their payday might ...

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Canon Products To Feature Bio-Based Plastic

Canon U.S.A. Inc. and Toray Industries Inc., announced they have developed a bio-based plastic, dubbed “Ecodear,” that ...

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Xcel Energy Plans Biomass Plant in Midwest

Xcel Energy announced it will submit an application to the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin to install technology ...

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Sustainable Power Corp. Turns Trash Into Biofuel

Sustainable Power Corp. announced that it has successfully tested turning Municipal Solid Waste into biofuel using the company's reactors. "By utilizing Municipal ...

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Google, GHGS Co-developing GHG Reduction Projects

On the heels of the announcement that GE and Google have teamed up to lobby in Washington ...

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Kraft Cuts Natural Gas Purchases With Waste-To-Energy Projects

Kraft waste-to-energy projects have resulted in cutting natural gas purchases at manufacturing facilities in Lowville and Campbell, New York. "This ...

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