Biologists can now create organisms that have never before existed

Firms seek greener ethanol from wood chips and agricultural waste. Scientists and engineers are working on dozens of possible biofuel-processing routes, reports Charles Wyman, a chemical engineer at the University of California, Riverside, who is a founder of Mascoma Corporation in Cambridge, Mass., a leading developer of cellulosic ethanol processes.

Could biofuels do more damage to the climate than the fossil fuels they replace?

Inflation management has to remain centre stage in macroeconomic policymaking. The price of everything is likely to be determined by what the oil cartel can squeeze out of us today.

Brazil, the world's largest ethanol producer, has thrown open its doors to investment by Indian companies in sugarcane farming, extracting ethanol and exporting it back home for mixing in petrol.

Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Murli Deora on Wednesday announced that the percentage of ethanol blending in fuel would be raised to 10 per cent from the present 5 per cent even as the world's l

Banning use of virgin habitats or ensuring that bio diverse ecosystems are not lost in the pursuit of bio fuels is well intentioned. However such noble objectives are hard to deliver on the ground.

Today, with the world already reeling from the initial ravages of climate change, the big question before us is whether we can trust the developed countries that are responsible, in the first instance

The Alternative Energy Development Board has provided land to 24 potential investors in Sindh for installing wind energy mills to produce 1,200 megawatts of power.

Mitigating the impact of climate change and generating energy for development do not have to be mutually exclusive goals.

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