Former U.S. vice-president Al Gore pulled no punches about geoengineering in a phone conference with reporters on Wednesday. He was apparently reacting to a suggestion in a leaked draft summary of the forthcoming climate solutions section of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change fifth climate assessment report. The definitive study, to be released in [&hellip
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A number of people made some really interesting comments on my recent CleanTechnica article, “Mark Z. Jacobson & The 100% Renewable Energy Naysayers.” Some of these had to do with the problem of getting the last 20% of our energy from renewable sources, after we got to the 80% mark
We know there is more carbon dioxide it the air today than 100 years ago. What we don't know is what effect all that CO2 has on the food we eat. Researchers are just starting to explore that issue. 
Aquatic ecologist John A. Downing happily remembers childhood holidays at his family’s vacation home at Wabana Lake, near Grand Rapids, Minnesota. The lake was upstream “from almost everything,” making it difficult for pollution to reach it, he said. But some eventually got there anyway. “It’s still beautiful, but somewhat greener around the edges,” he said. “I have been diving in these lakes since I was 9 years old, and as I get older, I notice there are more frequent surface algae blooms.”
BECCS, which is short for “bioenergy with carbon capture and storage," entails growing plants that remove CO2 from the atmosphere, burning those plants to generate electricity, and then capturing the resulting carbon emissions before they escape into the atmosphere
This is the part two of a multi-article series on the connection between animal agriculture and various societal and environmental problems. This article covers animal agriculture's connection to freshwater use, freshwater quality, water pollution violations, fishes and other sea animals, ocean hypoxia, and declining phytoplankton in the oceans
First surfboards, then the world: plastic from algae kicks into high gear with new $2 million BETO-funded polyurethane project.
Right under the nose of the nation's #1 fossil fuel fan, multiple federal agencies launch new biofuel and bioeconomy roadmap
The waters of the Earth are beseiged by a torrent of plastic waste, but seawater could help stem the tide with a new biodegradable solution
A super fast 3D printer better known for medicinal uses could brighten the future for algae biofuel and the world's coral reefs, too
Green snow in Antarctica is another sign that the temperature is warming there. The snow turned green due to blooming algae
In Italy, the Presena glacier is turning pink due to algae, and this will make the ice melt even faster. Blagio di Mauro from the Institute of Polar Sciences at Italy's National Research Council told CNN that pink snow has appeared on the glacier
A new $25 million Energy Department funding blitz aims at bringing the cost of algae biofuel down to a $3.00 per gallon gasoline equivalent by 2030.
Zombie fish — it's just a prelude of what's to come for our waters, once protected, but not more.
A new study on COVID-19 treatment could help ramp up economies of scale for seaweed farming, with big implications for renewable energy
Algae biofuel could have another moment in the sun, now that more federal dollars are pouring into carbon capture-and-recycling technology.
Exxon has pulled the plug on its green fuels from algae research after 15 years. Was it ever real or just a PR stunt?
Shell takes another step on its green hydrogen journey, while ExxonMobil doubles down on natural gas with carbon capture.
After stumbling on biofuel, algae finds its footing and steps up to help the concrete industry cut its carbon footprint, too.
