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Biofuel blight: tastes great, less filling
Alcohol refinery may enhance tourist industry |
biodiversivist |
03 Mar 2008 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: Richard Branson, ethanol, biofuels, energy, cellulosic ethanol, agriculture (all these topics) |
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Welcome to the Mile-High Club
Virgin Airlines flies first biofuel-powered plane, enviros unimpressed |
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25 Feb 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 1:12 PM on 25 Feb 2008 Like a virgin, the world's first biofuel-powered plane flew for the very first time from London to Amsterdam on Sunday. (Well, it was a little bit biofueled: One of the plane's four main tanks was filled 20 percent with coconut and babassu palm nut oil.) Virgin mogul Richard Branson celebrated his conquest, and deflected concerns about biofuels' bad rep by pointi ... |
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| Topics: air travel, biofuels, energy, news, Richard Branson (all these topics) |
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Paging Vinod Khosla ...
Billionaire Branson regrets mindless biofuel support |
Tom Philpott |
19 Feb 2008 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: biofuels, celebrity, energy, investing, Richard Branson (all these topics) |
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Soldiering On
Prince Charles, Richard Branson compare climate crisis to war |
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14 Feb 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 4:40 PM on 14 Feb 2008 Prince Charles warned in a speech on Thursday that if a "courageous and revolutionary" approach to tackling climate change is not undertaken, "the result will be catastrophe for all of us but with the poorest in our world hit hardest of all. In this sense it is surely comparable to war." Also this week, Virgin Group big gun Richard Branson suggested at a United Nation ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate change impacts, climate change mitigation, news, Richard Branson (all these topics) |
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Kelpie Wilson on Branson's prize
She's not into it |
David Roberts |
23 Feb 2007 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: Richard Branson (all these topics) |
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Greed got us into this mess
Can greed get us out? |
Kit Stolz |
09 Feb 2007 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: greenhouse-gas emissions, James Hansen, Richard Branson (all these topics) |
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Sir Richard to the Rescue?
Virgin founder Branson offers $25 million atmosphere-scrubbing prize |
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09 Feb 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Sir Richard to the Rescue? Virgin founder Branson offers $25 million atmosphere-scrubbing prize Virgin mogul Sir Richard Branson is dangling $25 million for anyone who can figure out how to scrub vast amounts of greenhouse gases from the atmosphere. The Virgin Earth Challenge -- which Branson announced today with the ubiquitous Al Gore by his side and which we're pretty sure was also ... |
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| Topics: climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, James Hansen, news, Richard Branson (all these topics) |
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Totally
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David Roberts |
08 Dec 2006 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: Richard Branson (all these topics) |
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Strike It Richard
Richard Branson chats about embracing ethanol and slashing airplane emissions |
Amanda Griscom Little |
07 Dec 2006 |
Main Dish |
| Does a music mogul who signed the Rolling Stones and Janet Jackson have what it takes to make a pop star out of biofuels? Sir Richard. Earlier this fall, publicity-chasing British entrepreneur Richard Branson made a $3 billion bet that he could do just that -- and help solve the climate crisis to boot -- via Virgin Fuels, a new company in his wide-ranging Virgin Gr ... |
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| Topics: biofuels, business, climate, energy, ethanol, greening biz operations, Richard Branson (all these topics) |
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Branson With the Stars
Virgin founder's $3 billion climate pledge heralds new era in philanthropy |
Amanda Griscom Little |
28 Sep 2006 |
Muckraker |
| Richard Branson, founder and chair of the British conglomerate Virgin Group, has racked up more than his share of high-profile high jinks over the years. Among them, signing the notorious Sex Pistols to his young record label, dangling nearly nude over Times Square, and botching numerous transoceanic hot-air balloon expeditions, necessitating rescue by helicopter ... |
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| Topics: business, greenish companies, Muckraker, renewable energy, Richard Branson (all these topics) |
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How to raise $3 billion with one conversation
The Al Gore way |
David Roberts |
22 Sep 2006 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: Richard Branson (all these topics) |
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Branson's statement
Worth about $20 million per word |
Amanda Griscom Little |
21 Sep 2006 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: Bill Clinton, climate, climate change mitigation, Richard Branson (all these topics) |
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Branson to give $3B to fight global warming
That's a lot |
David Roberts |
21 Sep 2006 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: Richard Branson (all these topics) |
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