Fossil Fuel News

Posted March 2, 2012:

• Gasoline Worse Than Diesel When It Comes to Some Types of Air Pollution
• Effects of Environmental Toxicants Reach Down Through Generations

Posted March 1, 2012:

• Alternative Fuels Expert Plans Coast-to-Coast U.S. Trip on 10 Gallons of Gas or Less

Posted February 27, 2012:

• Reduction in U.S. Carbon Emissions Attributed to Cheaper Natural Gas

Posted February 21, 2012:

• Stratospheric Superbugs Offer New Source of Power

Posted February 17, 2012:

• Human-Made Photosynthesis to Revolutionize Food and Energy Production

Posted February 16, 2012:

• Low-Carbon Technologies 'No Quick-Fix': May Not Lessen Global Warming Until Late This Century

Posted February 15, 2012:

• Dust from Industrial-Scale Processing of Nanomaterials Carries High Explosion Risk

Posted February 13, 2012:

• Children at Risk for Ingestion of PAHs from Pavement Sealant, Study Finds

Posted February 9, 2012:

• Fuel from Market Waste

Posted February 6, 2012:

• More Environmental Rules Needed for Shale Gas, Says Geophysicist

Posted January 26, 2012:

• Can the Economy Bear What Oil Prices Have in Store?

Posted January 24, 2012:

• New Material to Remove Radioactive Gas from Spent Nuclear Fuel

Posted January 20, 2012:

• Italian Shipwreck Threatens to Create Second Disaster at Sea

Posted January 18, 2012:

• Computer Simulations Revealing How Methane and Hydrogen Pack Into Gas Hydrates Could Enlighten Alternative Fuel Production and Carbon Dioxide Storage

Posted January 12, 2012:

• One-Third of Car Fuel Consumption Is Due to Friction Loss

Posted January 10, 2012:

• Engineers Make 'Building Blocks of Chemical Industry' from Wood While Boosting Production 40 Percent
• Algae for Your Fuel Tank

Posted December 23, 2011:

• Go to Work on a Christmas Card: UK's Wrapping Paper and Festive Cards Could Provide Energy to Send a Bus to the Moon More Than 20 Times

Posted December 20, 2011:

• Forest Health Versus Global Warming: Fuel Reduction Likely to Increase Carbon Emissions
• New Method Significantly Reduces Production Costs of Fuel Cells

Posted December 19, 2011:

• Chemicals and Biofuel from Wood Biomass

Posted December 14, 2011:

• Mercury Releases Into the Atmosphere from Ancient to Modern Times

Posted December 8, 2011:

• Building a Sustainable Hydrogen Economy
• U.S. CAFE Standards Create Profit Incentive for Larger Vehicles

Posted November 29, 2011:

• E. Coli Bacteria Engineered to Eat Switchgrass and Make Transportation Fuels
• Cost-Effectiveness of Biofuels and Their Ability to Cut Fossil Fuel Use Questioned

Posted November 22, 2011:

• Carbon Mitigation Strategy Uses Wood for Buildings First, Bioenergy Second

Posted November 17, 2011:

• Nanoparticles Used as Additives in Diesel Fuels Can Travel from Lungs to Liver

Posted November 15, 2011:

• Large Differences in the Climate Impact of Biofuels, Swedish Research Finds

Posted November 9, 2011:

• Americans Using More Fossil Fuels

Posted November 8, 2011:

• Wood Biofuel Could Be a Competitive Industry by 2020

Posted November 3, 2011:

• European Biofuels Are as Carbon Intensive as Petrol, New Study Suggests
• Hybrid Power Plants Can Help Industry Go Green: Affordable Solar Option for Power Plants

Posted October 26, 2011:

• Astronomers Discover Complex Organic Matter Exists Throughout the Universe

Posted October 20, 2011:

• Chemists Find New Dimension to Rules for Reactions

Posted October 18, 2011:

• How Close Is Too Close? Hydrofracking to Access Natural Gas Reservoirs Poses Risks to Surface Water, Researchers Say
• Industrial by-Products Upgraded Into Fuel

Posted October 17, 2011:

• Links in the Chain: Global Carbon Emissions and Consumption Difficult to Attribute

Posted October 13, 2011:

• Inefficient Developing World Stoves Contribute to 2 Million Deaths a Year

Posted October 6, 2011:

• Ionic Liquid Catalyst Helps Turn Emissions Into Fuel

Posted October 4, 2011:

• Certain Biofuel Mandates Unlikely to Be Met by 2022; Unless New Technologies, Policies Developed

Posted September 29, 2011:

• Hydrogen Released to Fuel Cell More Quickly When Stored in Metal Nanoparticles

Posted September 27, 2011:

• New Advanced Biofuel Identified as an Alternative to Diesel Fuel

Posted September 14, 2011:

• 'Synthetic Biology' Could Replace Oil for Chemical Industry

Posted September 13, 2011:

• Energy Crops: Achieving a Balance

Posted September 9, 2011:

• Rebalancing the Nuclear Debate Through Education

Posted September 8, 2011:

• Switching from Coal to Natural Gas Would Do Little for Global Climate, Study Indicates

Posted August 31, 2011:

• Iron 'Veins' Are Secret of Promising New Hydrogen Storage Material
• Hydrogen Powered Prototype Vessel for Inland Waterways: Canal Boat Runs on Fuel Cell Drive

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