The concept sounds like spinning fabric out of thin air, but the science is rock solid. Catalyx Nanotech, Inc., a relatively new player in the nanomaterials market, has completed its pilot project to manufacture nanofibers from landfill gas, using a patented cracking process to break down methane into soot free elemental carbon and hydrogen. Based on Catalyx’s success with a similar production facility in Canada, it appears that yet another way to recycle old landfills is right around the corner.
Algae, algae, algae. The research that is occurring on this second generation fuel has overfloweth the petri dish as just this week there have been five major algae announcements.
W2 Energy, based in Canada, announced that it has completed its Sunfilter commercial scale algae bioreactor.
Algaeventure Systems said that it has begun receiving orders for its algae harvesting, dewatering, and drying technology. The company that has placed the order is General Atomics.
Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC) at University of North Dakota was awarded a subcontract by SAIC to use its proprietary technology to produce jet fuel from algal oils.
Kent BioEnergy, based on California, announced that it is going to establish a division of the company in Charleston South Carolina, partnering with a Grant Know, a local entrepreneur.
Algenol Biofuels, a Florida based company, has threatened to leave the state and now they are working with CEO Paul Woods to entice his company to stay.
It’s a good day for Kleenex. After almost five years of hard campaigning, Greenpeace promised to end its Kleercut campaign against Kimberly-Clark, the world’s largest tissue-product manufacturer of Kleenex, Scott and Cottonelle products. During a joint news conference in Washington D.C., the large corporation and the controversial non-governmental organization (NGO) announced an historic agreement that will ensure greater protection and sustainable management of Canada’s Boreal Forest.
The Avaaz Action Factory is at it again. This time its target is Secretary Clinton; its quest is to get her to stop a new pipeline that would send Canadian tar sands oil into the US. ...Read the full story on TreeHugger
It appears that Canada's greatest contribution to world culture since William Shatner have moved beyond just performing; Cirque du Soleil are now architects as well. They were chosen to "imagine and design the Canada Pavilion for the 2010 International Expo in Shanghai," now under construction....Read the full story on TreeHugger
Regular readers of this site may remember Vanessa Farquharson, a reporter at Canada's climate-denying, right-of-the-WSJ National Post, who from March, 2007 to March, 2008 made one green change in her life every day, and blogged about it at Green as a Thistle. Now, like every green blogger, she has produced a dead tree version, Titled "Sleeping Naked Is Green " and subtitled " How an Eco-Cynic Unplugged Her Fridge, Sold Her Car, and Found Love in 366 Days."
The blog was fun; Vanessa writes well and has a great sense of humour. She put it all in perspective in one of my
How offsets work, from the David Suzuki Foundation report
Yes, we know carbon offsets are controversial; Mike started his post The David Suzuki Foundation and Pembina Institute Publish a Ranking of Carbon Offset Companies with a disclaimer about them. But I sometimes have to fly, and when I do, I buy offsets from ZeroFootprint. I was very disappointed to see how badly they scored in the report, down in the "weak" section. I will confess that I know these people; I worked there briefly before TreeHugger, and they take their work very s...
all photos by David LeBlanc
Muskoka, a district north of Toronto, is thought of as the playground for the rich and famous, even in a lousy summer like this one. But not everyone has a monster home on the lake; Architect Catherine Nasmith and landscape architect Bob Allsopp converted an old general store and post office into an architect's office and residence, leaving most of its historic character in place. David Leblanc of the Globe and Mail visited....
It appears that Canada's greatest contribution to world culture since William Shatner have moved beyond just performing; 
Regular readers of this site may remember Vanessa Farquharson, a reporter at Canada's climate-denying, right-of-the-WSJ National Post, who from March, 2007 to March, 2008 made one green change in her life every day, and blogged about it at
How offsets work, from the David Suzuki Foundation report
Yes, we know carbon offsets are controversial; Mike started his post 
all photos by David LeBlanc
Muskoka, a district north of Toronto, is thought of as the playground for the rich and famous, even in a lousy summer like this one. But not everyone has a monster home on the lake; Architect Catherine Nasmith and landscape architect Bob Allsopp converted an old general store and post office into an architect's office and residence, leaving most of its historic character in place. David Leblanc of the