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2008 January : Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center

Archive for January, 2008

Ecological Society Urges Research on Biofuels’ Downsides »

Published 1/14/08 on the Chronicle of Higher Education’s NewsBlog
The Ecological Society of America says the country is rushing toward using biofuels as a replacement for petroleum without fully studying environmental sustainability. More-intensive cultivation of crops for fuel may accelerate soil erosion and damage to wildlife habitats and water quality, the society said in a written […]

G.M. Buys Stake in Ethanol Made From Waste »

By MATTHEW L. WALD, New York Times
Published: January 14, 2008
General Motors, eager to ensure a supply of fuel for the big fleet of flex-fuel ethanol-capable vehicles it is building, has joined the rush into alternative energy and invested in a company that intends to produce ethanol from crop wastes, wood chips, scrap plastic, rubber and […]

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