August 2006 Digest

The time has come for all stakeholders of environmental, energy, and waste disposal initiatives to come together to support the permitting and deployment of conversion technology (CT) facilities. As reported in MSW Management magazine, CTs offer society:
• Increased Recycling.
• Generation of Renewable Energy.
• Reduced Landfill Impacts.
• Offsets To Fossil Fuel Usage.
• Lower Air Emissions.
• Reduced Carbon Emissions.

Rarely are politicians offered such a cornucopia of positive impacts from the implementation of a single, advanced technological solution. Last March, the L.A. City Council voted unanimously to support RENEW L.A. - a 20-year plan to divert waste from landfills using CTs. Let your representatives in your community know that you expect them to act with one voice to support CTs.

Here is a Digest of articles posted on the BioConversion Blog during the month of August, 2006:


General Topics--------------
• Conversion Technologies are Available Today
• The Benefits of Conversion Technologies
• BioConversion Stakeholders’ Gallery
• Recycling’s “China Syndrome”
• U.S. D.O.E. - $2 Billion in Loan Guarantees for Renewable Energy
• Ethanol Costs will Go Down
• U.S. D.O.E.: Funding Awards for Biofuels Research
• Celunol's "wet" biomass conversion process
• Coordinating International Bioenergy Research
• Biofuel Production from Brownfields?
• Organic Carbon Sinks -Terra Preta
• Plasma Gasification and Incineration Compared
• U.S. D.O.E.: Ethanol Growth Faster than Expected

Around the Nation--------------
• CALIFORNIA: Identifying the New Environmentalists
• CALIFORNIA: AB 32 - Capping Greenhouse Gas Emissions
• PENNSYLVANIA: Co-locating Corn and Cellulosic Ethanol Plants
• ILLINOIS: Governor's Energy Plan to create 30,000 Jobs

Around the World--------------
• SOUTH AFRICA: Beating Poverty with Biofuel Jobs
• AFRICA: "Green OPEC" to produce biofuels
• AUSTRALIA: New Ethanol Blending Mandate
• CANADA: Municipal Solid Waste Disposal Options
• JAPAN: Cellulosic Ethanol Initiative Launched

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