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New technology propels 'old energy' boom	4.5.2013	Denver Post: Business
NEW YORK—Technology created an energy revolution over the past decade—just not the one we expected.
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Renewable energy and polyester leisure suits	3.5.2013	Denver Post: Opinion
My generation now laughs at the fashions of the 1970s. I personally never liked bell bottoms, white belts, or double-knit polyester leisure suits. But they were all the rage; we wore them or risked appearing uncool.
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Growth of renewables lags as technology finds more oil, gas	3.5.2013	azcentral.com \| business
NEW YORK Technology created an energy revolution over the past decade -- just not the one we expected. By now, cars were supposed to be running on fuel made from plant waste or algae -- or powered by hydrogen or cheap batteries that burned nothing at all. Electricity would be generated with solar panels and wind turbines. When the sun didn't shine or the wind didn't blow, power would flow from batteries the size of tractor-trailers.
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Enviro ignorance	30.4.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
Published Apr 30, 2013 01:01AM MDT In “Oil Shale: Taking time to do the research” (Opinion, April 18), had Erika Pollard taken the time she would have learned the differences between oil shale, algae diesel, tar sands shale oil, shale gas and fracking. Like most environmentalists, she obfuscates the issues by lumping all carbon fuels and their sources as an amorphous group of fuels. Algae diesel is at best “carbon neutral,” and oil shale produced without carbon dioxide emissions, too, is “carbon neutral.” One cannot support new a... ...
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Mancos teen shakes hands with Obama (Cached)	23.4.2013	Durango Herald
WASHINGTON x2013 When Easton LaChappelle met President Barack Obama at the White House on Monday, the Mancos High School junior offered him two handshakes.One with his real arm, and another with a robotic one.Easton, 17, first came up with the idea of the brain-controlled, wireless arm x2013 which he shows off on a tall...
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Algae bloom leads to record manatee deaths in Florida	7.4.2013	Denver Post: National News Headlines
Florida's endangered manatees, already reeling from an unexplained string of deaths in the state's east-coast rivers, have died in record numbers from a toxic red-algae bloom that appears each
Colorado ethanol producer shifting toward using wood (Cached)	23.3.2013	Durango Herald
DENVER AP A Colorado ethanol producer is set to employ a landmark technology that could help resolve the food vs. fuel controversy swirling around corn-based ethanol.Front Range Energy in Windsor successfully has tested a new process to make ethanol from waste wood. The facility plans to begin commercial production next year.
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Spread of toxic algae could put Lake Erie's future at risk	15.3.2013	Denver Post: National News Headlines
TOLEDO, ohio — Lake Erie is sick. A thick and growing coat of toxic algae appears each summer, so vast that in 2011 it covered a sixth of its waters, contributing to an expanding
Biofuel study in home lab earns Colorado student top science award	14.3.2013	Denver Post: Local
Biofuel study in home lab earns Colorado student top science award
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Rentech to shut Colorado biofuel R&D unit, eliminate jobs	28.2.2013	Denver Post: Business
Rentech to shut Colorado biofuel R&D unit, eliminate jobs
Colorado ethanol producer begins shift from corn to woody biomass	13.2.2013	Headlines: All Headlines
A Colorado ethanol producer is set to employ a landmark technology that could help resolve the food vs. fuel controversy swirling around corn-based ethanol.
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Colo. ethanol producer begins shift from corn to woody biomass	13.2.2013	Denver Post: Business
A Colorado ethanol producer is set to employ a landmark technology that could help resolve the food vs.
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Nation Briefs	11.2.2013	Durango Herald
Senator vows to delay Obamas nomineesWASHINGTON A leading Republican senator said Sunday he would hold up Senate confirmation of President Barack Obamas nominees to head the Pentagon and the CIA until the White House provided more answers about the Sept. 11 attack against a U.S. installation in Benghazi, Libya.
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Colorado one of the top 5 states for advanced biofuel companies	6.2.2013	Headlines: All Headlines
Colorado is one of the top five states for advanced biofuel companies, according to an analysis by Environmental Entrepreneurs.
Colorado national lab and industry team to turn grass into gasoline	28.12.2012	Denver Post: Business
The goal is to turn a pine tree into a tank of gasoline and it turns out it is just as difficult as it sounds.
Koi removed from Thunderbird Lake in Boulder	20.11.2012	Denver Post: News: Local
Koi removed from Thunderbird Lake in Boulder
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Debate over giant reed arundo: "miracle plant" or next kudzu?	18.11.2012	Denver Post: National News Headlines
It's fast-growing and drought-tolerant, producing tons of biomass per acre. It thrives even in poor soil and is a self-propagating perennial, so it requires little investment once established.
EPA turns down states' request for ethanol waiver	16.11.2012	Denver Post: National News Headlines
WASHINGTON—The Environmental Protection Agency has denied requests from several governors to waive production requirements for corn-based ethanol.
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Canola pits biofuels vs. organics (Cached)	29.9.2012	Durango Herald
SALEM, Ore. Wet winters and cool, dry summers make Oregons Willamette Valley one of the best places on the planet to produce seeds for organic broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts and a variety of other vegetables known as brassicas.
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Gevo to temporarily switch production to ethanol	25.9.2012	Headlines: All Headlines
Englewood-based Gevo Inc. said Tuesday that it will temporarily suspend production of bio-isobutanol at its Luverne, Minn.

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