Pecologix Political Ecology Blotter

The top 20 banks invested almost £150bn in the coal industry between 2005-2010, a big increase from previous years, says a study published today by German green group Urgewal. According to the Bankrolling Climate Change report, the biggest ‘climate killers’ are JP Morgan Chase, Citi and Bank of America. Continued investment in coal fired power [...]

The last two decades have witnessed a staggering decline of R&D investment in the fields of energy and electricity. This paper contends that this widespread phenomenon is mainly ascribable to the processes of liberalization and privatization of electricity markets, which have induced electric utilities to dramatically reduce R&D expenditures. A closer inspection to recent data [...]

A report released in December has warned that global companies, positioning themselves for a post-petrochemical future, may use the idea as a pretext for gaining control over biomass resources, which would eventually replace petroleum as the feedstock for energy and for industrial products.The report, published by an international nongovernmental organisation Action Group on Erosion, Technology [...]

Our focus is on creating low cost, scalable and renewable fuels and chemicals from aquafarmed macroalgae (seaweed). Through the application of synthetic biology and enzyme design we can produce significant quantities of low cost sugars, which serve as the basis for various products, such as ethanol, biobutanol, and other specialty chemicals. BAL Leverages Three Key [...]

The Coca-Cola Company invests in Gevo, Virent and Avantium partnerships, in the race to develop renewable plastic bottling entirely from renewables. The Jesus Molecule : Biofuels Digest

Floating Island International offers a variety of products incorporating patented BioHaven® technology, none more powerful than the Leviathan.Leviathan uses integrates high-volume, low-head circulation with matrix surface area for maximum wetland performance. Its efficient air-driven directional diffuser draws in and aerates in excess of ten thousand gallons of water per minute, pushing it through the BioHaven [...]

Oshenite™, oolitic aragonite, is a naturally renewable source of ultra pure – 97%, calcium carbonate. The naturally occurring perpetual precipitation of oolitic calcium on the Bahama Bank creates a continuous supply of organic minerals with a unique, consistent crystalline. U.S. Aragonite brings this supply to market as the new choice for those companies looking for [...]