Month: January 2011

Today Chromatin, Inc. announced that it has successfully employed it’s “mini-chromosome” technology in sugarcane as a part of it’s collaboration with Switzerland head-quartered Syngenta.  What this technology allows is the...

A tiny Canadian startup company that is preparing to open a biodiesel plant in Toronto this spring says it will produce clean fuel, animal feed and human food all from the modest flax seed. Privately held Energy Innovation...

“American Idol” is kicking off its 10th season with a four-week, 16-city bus tour that will be powered by biodiesel. The bus tour, “Idol Across America Mobile Experience” will begin on Wednesday, Jan. 19, which is also the date...

The EPA has announced it will delay planned greenhouse gas (GHG) permitting requirements for biomass for at least three years. The delay is welcome news for the biofuel advocates, who have been warning that EPA plans to regulate...

Interest in farm-based renewable energy has surged in the past year, and 2011 is set to see more exciting developments. In our first weekly renewable energy section, Paul Spackman examines the big issues facing the sector. The...