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Researchers identify mechanism for hydrocarbon biosynthesis in the algae B. braunii

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braunii communities, also compose a portion of the hydrocarbon masses in several modern-day petroleum and coal deposits. braunii in 2008, targeting the identification of specific metabolic pathways responsible for hydrocarbon synthesis. The US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (JGI) began sequencing B. and Timothy P.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

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Solar, Wind and Biofuels Grew 53 Percent in 2008 Green Education = Environmental Religion? Review of Forestry Carbon Standards 2008 Ford Partners to Commercialize Electric Vehicles A New "Green" Deal.Direction for the economic re. Renewables That Even Coal-Based Utilities Can Love. 2) Chevy Volt (2) China (2) ECOD3.SA

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Perspective: Why Carbon Emissions Should Not Have Been the Focus of the UN Climate Change Summit and Why the 15th Conference of the Parties Should Have Focused on Technology Transfer

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Experts predict that by the year 2060 global warming, if left unchecked, could result in a temperature rise of seven degrees Fahrenheit higher than temperatures before the Industrial Revolution when man started widespread use of coal and other fossil fuels. The fact is, about half the world’s electricity comes from coal.