Biofuels

17 to 423 years to repay carbon debt from replacing natural ecosystems with ethanol or biodiesel farms. Use only prairie biomass on abandoned or marginal cropland, maybe sugar cane from Brazil's cerrado.

Biogas

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Residents Fight California Policies that Incentivize Bio-digester Pollution 0725.rtf

Finnish City Taps Sewers for Energy in Sprint for Net Zero 0522.rtf

Oregon Is Turning Sewage into an Endless Supply of Green Energy 0322.rtf

Phasing Out Cookstoves a ‘Win-Win’ for Climate and Health 0217.rtf - Substitute biogas, electricity for coal, wood, dung.

CLP Power to Tap Methane from Tuen Mun Landfill for Electricity 0117.rtf - outside Hong Kong

Dutch Dairy Industry Launches €150 Million Biogas Project 1116.rtf

Tapping Landfills to Generate Power Seemed Smart, but Is Threatened Now 1016.rtf

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Biomass Could Help Power Africa’s Energy Transition 0516.rtf - Convert biomass to biogas. Use it to make electricity.

Duke Energy Signs Deal to Turn Pig Poop Into Electricity 0316.rtf

Key to Water Security Could Be Lurking in a New Mexico Sewage Farm 0815.rtf

Backyard Unit Eats Trash to Make Biofuel 0515.rtf - Israeli one solves efficiency, odor & insect problems of China/India units

UK's 1st ‘Poo Bus' Goes into Regular Service 0315.rtf

Turning Muck into Money - the Biogas Revolution Takes Off 0215.rtf

Biofuel from Trash Could Create Green Jobs Bonanza in UK & Abroad 0215.rtf

Turning Blood to Power, Maasai Pastoralists Begin Bottling Biogas 0115.rtf

Central America's New Coffee Buzz- Renewable Energy 1214.rtf

Potawatomi Project Will Use Food Waste to Make Energy 1013.rtf

Poop Power - New Generation of California Farmers to Use It 0613.rtf

Biogas Can Meet 25% of Gas Needs 0710.rtf

Biogas Energy Answer to Zimbabwe’s Power Outages 0513.rtf

Biodiesel & Jet Fuel

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Global Air Travel Surges while Switch to Clean Jet Fuel Lags 0225.rtf

Airline’s Dumped Climate Goal Opens Door for Industry to Follow 0724.rtf

Grass for Gas? Researchers, Business Weigh Sustainable Aviation Fuel Options 0123.rtf

Germany Opens World’s 1st Plant for Clean Jet Fuel 1021.rtf

ExxonMobil Gambles on Algae Biofuel 0721.rtf

Turning Soybeans Into Diesel Fuel Is Costing Us Billions 0118.rtf

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Planes across Europe to Start Running on Vegetable Oil and Animal Fat 1017.rtf

Are Advanced Biofuels Ready for Takeoff? 0517.rtf

Airplanes Flying on Biofuels Emit Fewer Climate-Warming Particles 0317.rtf

U.S. Navy 'Green Fleet' Fills Up with Italian-Made Biofuel 0616.rtf

Can Corn Make Good Jet Fuel? Alaska Air Says Yes. 0616.rtf

Clean Fuel from ‘Bionic Leaf' Could Ease Pressure on Farmland 0616.rtf - Solar panels split H2O into O2 and H2. 10% efficient, vs 1% for photosynthesis.

Australia's Defense Force Could Run on Sugar Cane and Tires 0416.rtf

Biofuels Will Power Navy’s Next Deployment 0116.rtf

Could Diesel Made from Air Help Tackle Climate Change? 0915.rtf

Biofuel innovators Look for a Breakout 1214.rtf

Governments Seek to Raise EU Cap on Food-Based Biofuels 1113.rtf

Finn Researchers Make Cheap Biofuel, US Ones Pull Hydrogen from Water 0813.rtf

EU Lawmakers Deal a Blow to Crop-Based Biofuels 0713.rtf

Kenya Biofuel Project Ignites Land Disputes 0613.rtf

Teen's Biofuel Invention Turns Algae into Fuel 0613.rtf

Wood

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Emissions, Deforestation Set to Spike under Indonesia’s Biomass Transition 0922.rtf

European Union Signals a Move Away from Wood Energy 0922.rtf

Europe Is Sacrificing Its Ancient Forests for Energy 0922.rtf

The ‘Green Energy’ That Might Be Ruining the Planet 0321.rtf

500+ Experts Call on World’s Nations to Not Burn Forests for Energy 0221.rtf

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To Counter Climate Change, We Need to Stop Burning Things (Wood) 0121.rtf

EU Being Sued to Stop Burning Trees for Energy; It’s Not Carbon Neutral 0319.rtf

Wood Fuel is Bad News for Climate and Biodiversity 0318.rtf

EU’s Renewable Energy Policy Is Making Global Warming Worse 0217.rtf

Phasing Out Cookstoves a ‘Win-Win’ for Climate and Health 0217.rtf - Substitute biogas, electricity for coal, wood, dung.

Is Wood a Green Source of Energy? Scientists Are Divided 0117.rtf

Biomass Power Slumps as EPA, Industry Spar on Science 0816.rtf

Is Burning Trees Still Green? Some Experts Now Question Biomass 0716.rtf

Polluted Air Causes 5.5 Million Deaths a Year 0216.rtf - Wood use for cooking and heating (India, Africa, etc.) is a big chunk.

Dutch Lawmakers Call for Halt to Wood Energy Subsidies 0216.rtf

Save More than 4 Million Lives a Year by Harnessing the Sun to Cook 0116.rtf

US Forests Threatened, as Demand for Wood-Based Biofuels Grows 1015.rtf

UK to Build World’s 1st Power Plant with Negative Emissions 0815.rtf

How Europe’s Climate Policies Have Led to More Trees Being Cut Down in the US 0615.rtf

Burlington, Vermont Goes All Renewable. Keep Wood in the Mix? 0415.rtf

Scientists - No, We Can't Fight Climate Change by Burning Trees 0215.rtf

Wood Pellets Are the Energy Boom You Haven't Heard About 1214.rtf - above all, US exports to Europe

Fort Drum Powered by Wood in Renewable Energy Push 1114.rtf

Biomass Fuel - Worse for Climate than Coal? 0414.rtf

Roll on the Green Revolution - Paper Industry 1113.rtf

Power Plants Try Burning Wood With Coal to Cut Carbon Emissions 1113.rtf

Cleaner Than Coal? Wood Power Makes a Comeback 1013.rtf

Wood Could Bring Power to Those without Electricity 0913.rtf

Finn Researchers Make Cheap Biofuel, US Ones Pull Hydrogen from Water 0813.rtf - same as above

Wood is Key Ingredient in Cheap Rechargeable Battery 0613.rtf

Wood - Europe’s Fuel of the Future? 0413.rtf

Misc

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IMO Moves Forward with Interim Guidelines for Ships’ Ammonia Fuel Use 1024.rtf

Gates-Backed Startup Is Making Fuel from Water and CO2 - 0424.rtf

A Green Methanol Pioneer Finally Has a Market 0123.rtf

Falling Crop Yields with Warming Could See Rapid Decline in Bioenergy Potential 0922.rtf

What’s with Exxon’s Big Algae Push? 0818.rtf

Exxon Thinks It Can Create Biofuel from Algae at Massive Scale 0318.rtf

Bioenergy Has Its Limits for Cutting Emissions 0117.rtf - Offsetting electricity and heat with bioenergy is 1.6–3.9 times more effective at cutting emissions than offsetting liquid fuels

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The Great Garbage Fire Debate - Should We Burning Our Trash into Energy? 0117.rtf

Carbon-Eating Bacteria Could Be One Answer to Climate Change 1116.rtf

Largest Biochar Facility in U.S. Opens at Cornell 0416.rtf

United Airlines Is Flying on Biofuels. Why That’s a Really Big Deal. 0316.rtf

Polluted Air Causes 5.5 Million Deaths a Year 0216.rtf - Dung use for cooking and heating (India, Africa, etc.) is a chunk.

Oslo Trash Incinerator Starts Experiment to Slow Climate Change 0116.rtf

Save More than 4 Million Lives a Year by Harnessing the Sun to Cook 0116.rtf

Scientists Seek to Harvest Electricity from Algae in Green-Energy Effort 1115.rtf

Researchers Find Sweet Source for Aviation Biofuel 0615.rtf

Vietnam Plans to Generate Power from Rice Husks 0415.rtf

Waste-to-Energy Revolution Boosted by Bio-Battery Idea 0315.rtf