New York plans to heat buildings with biofuels
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In a further greening of the Big Apple, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said on Monday the city will incorporate biofuel made from corn and soybeans into oil used to heat city buildings starting in 2008.
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Some key provisions include: ÃÂ· Using 36 billion gallons of biofuels yearly by 2022
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Plans to make cars greener by using fuel made from crops and animal fat are in doubt
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NEW ENGLAND'S rivers, abundant forests, and whaling industry once made it rich in energy, but for more than a century the region has suffered from being at the end of supply lines for coal, natural gas, and oil. Now an alternative source of energy, grain-based biofuels, is emerging, and once again New England seems to be at a geographic disadvantage. ...
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If the Big Apple's initiative helps reduce emissions, other cities and states may follow suit.
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ALBANY, Ga. -- For a quarter century, chefs at pricey steakhouses have been searing meat on burners that cook with infrared energy. Now the high-temperature technology may be coming to a backyard barbecue near you.
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Global warming has emerged as a top New York environmental issue, with accumulated scientific data showing a hotter atmosphere and projecting more radical changes over the next century from automobile and power plant emissions, according to a report issued Wednesday.
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The use of solar energy that has been declared compulsory for new buildings by the Spanish government as of next year is expected to not only save consumers money, but also cut the burning of fossil fuels and reduce air pollution.
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As the summer swelters on, skyscrapers and apartments around the city will be cranking up the air conditioning and pushing the city's power grid to the limit.
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Outdoor wood-fired boilers are a fast-growing alternative energy fad â and, for some, the latest suburban scourge.
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By DIRK LAMMERS  SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - Legislation introduced in the U.S. Senate this week would entice farmers located near ethanol biorefineries to grow dedicated energy crops.  Sen.
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New research centers in Tennessee, Wisconsin and California will try to develop new ways of turning switchgrass, poplar trees and other plants into fuel under a $375 million plan announced Tuesday by the Energy Department.
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By Tim Thornton tim.thornton@roanoke.com 381-1669  Biodiesel in buses. Grass on roofs. Organic food in cafeterias. Renewable electricity in the wall sockets.  America's colleges are turning greener faster than a chemically  fertilized lawn in spring.
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A leading energy saving group unveils the potential environmental effects of patio heaters.
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Peek into the 1830 Unitarian Meeting House just off the Mohawk Trail in Charlemont, and you just might see Chris Burke sitting by his wood-burning cast iron stove. Twenty years ago, Burke converted the 5,000-square-foot church into living and studio space, heating much of the old Federal building with a Norwegian-designed woodstove. He used five cords of wood last year, ...
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THE REGION U.S. Power Generating Co., the power producer with buyout firm Madison Dearborn Partners LLC as its largest shareholder, may spend more than $3 billion in a decade to expand output of its plants in New York and Boston. Timing and pace of the expansions depend on market incentives provided by officials in New York and New England, chief ...
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GM teams with a startup aiming to produce low-cost biofuels.