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Transportation
Biofuels...
Aug 10th, 2012 | By Aubrey Yee
With the biofuels sector bringing in some $1.4 billion through investment in just 33 "biomass to energy" technology corporations, there are lots of players looking to get into the game while its still relatively early. Biomass, as a renewable energy source, is considered biological material from living or recently living organisms.
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Food System
What is a factory farm?
Aug 8th, 2012 | By Aubrey Yee
A burger is a burger is a burger right? Well, not always so. Where and how your food was raised can make a distinct difference in the taste and nutritional quality of the food. But it’s also important to realize that the food system you choose to support every time you eat can make a difference. Large-scale industrial agriculture contributes to higher oil and fuel usage, more pesticide usage, loss of crop diversity, soil degradation and increased greenhouse gas emissions.
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Transportation
The Coming Saudi Oil Storm
Aug 6th, 2012 | By Aubrey Yee
At Sustainable America we found this article from Ned Davis Research important to share. As the authors John LaForge and Warren Pies illuminate, there is a perfect storm brewing in Saudi Arabia which could likely drive oil prices higher than we may have imagined in the near future.
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Transportation
The Bike Superhighways of Denmark
Aug 3rd, 2012 | By Nicole Rogers
Today, cycling is part of Copenhagen's culture. Bikes are everywhere! But there was a time when vehicle traffic clogged Denmark's capital city's roads. In the 1970s Denmark faced an energy crisis, a recession, and increasing car traffic congestion. The public demanded better transportation infrastructure and options.
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Transportation
Renewable Energy Around The World
Aug 1st, 2012 | By Nicole Rogers
In light of the G20 Summit in Mexico this summer, Sustainable America took a look at what has changed since 2002, when this group of finance ministers and central bank governors from 20 major economies pledged to “substantially increase” the use of renewable energy.
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Transportation
Ethanol 15 hits the road
Jul 30th, 2012 | By Aubrey Yee
Just this month, a gas station in Lawrence, Kansas became the first in the nation to offer e15. E15, or Ethanol 15, is a blend of 15% ethanol and 85% gasoline. It's meant to be an alternative that would eventually replace the e10, or 10% ethanol blend, that has become ubiquitous across the United States.
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Food System
Urban Edibles
Jul 27th, 2012 | By Aubrey Yee
Ever wondered what it would be like to forage in your own urban environment? How hard would it be to find edible foods in your neighborhood? Urban Edibles is a Portland, Oregon based non-profit that is taking the guess work out of finding wild edible foods around the city.
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Food System
Water rationing in the 2012 drought
Jul 26th, 2012 | By Aubrey Yee
With comparisons to the dustbowl experience of the early 1930s already starting to circulate, it is still unknown how bad the drought we're experiencing this summer can get.
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Transportation
The Real Game-Changing Event In Energy
Jul 25th, 2012 | By Nicole Rogers
At Sustainable America we find this article from 13D Research interesting and on point. We believe it helps highlight the vulnerabilities of our economy to global oil supply, and the need for reducing our reliance on oil for transportation uses.
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Food System
The Drought of 2012
Jul 24th, 2012 | By Nicole Rogers
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration created the animation below to show the affects of the historic 2012 drought on vegetation month by month. It's eerie to watch the dying vegetation spread across the country. You can also see how the first half of July has seen an acceleration of burned-out vegetation brought on by high temperatures and by the length of the drought.
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