At the same time, the availability of a cheap and relatively green fuel may push up global energy consumption.
Dr Venter maintains that artificial life forms could produce solutions to global problems such as green sources of fuel and climate change.
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Gore admits that the president has made progress on some green issues like fuel efficiency but has avoided the spotlight when it came to standing up for bigger causes.
Other green initiatives included promoting fuel-efficient vehicles, rail transport, electricity grid improvements, and pollution control.
And UC Davis researchers figured out a way to engineer blue-green algae to make fuel from sunlight.
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Dubbed by the president as the bridge fuel until green energy can get its legs, Central Appalachia is rife with both the unconventional gas, and voters.
There's a Brake Coach feature on the left cluster, while the right cluster is home to an image of green leaves that represents general fuel efficiency.
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The switch to Sunoco Green E15, the official fuel of NASCAR and a renewable, low-carbon power source, reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 20% compared with unleaded gas.
Nearly four million miles have been driven on Sunoco Green E15, validating the fuel qualities and environmental impact of ethanol as a viable fuel to the millions of NASCAR fans across the country.
Rivkin was owner and CEO of Green Diesel and a company called Fuel Streamers.
Mr Rennie said Lib Dems in the UK government were working to get the economy back on track, including tax cuts for low and middle-income families, a green investment bank and an island fuel discount.
Besides, many of the fuel-saving advantages of green-branded tires are now built into standard tires, he said.
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In 2011, it contracted with the U.S. Navy to provide fuel for a new fleet of green ships.
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To get this generation, many states now require fossil fuel powered generators to buy "green tags" from, for instance, solar generators, for every unit of power sold by that fossil plant.
Fuel duty has proved the most controversial green tax in recent years, especially in the wake of the blockades in autumn 2000.
His dashboard fuel gauge filled with images of intertwining green foliage, a symbolic representation of the environmental benefits we were apparently dispensing from the tailpipe as we aimlessly drove around.
Stephen Hale, director of the Green Alliance, said the Conservatives' proposals on aviation fuel "would take them ahead of where the government are at present, if they see it through".
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The Treasury spokesman said fuel duty cuts had been set to reflect their green benefits.
And it shows with the company's Ecomagination line of green and energy-efficient products, which include windmills and fuel-efficient turbine engines.
Seoul has been pushing for a green light to enrich uranium and reprocess spent nuclear-reactor fuel to develop its nuclear power industry, but Washington has been opposed out of concern it could spur nuclear weapons proliferation.
For green-minded drivers everywhere, eBay launched its new eBay Green Driving site, which promises to help shoppers research and buy fuel-friendly vehicles.
Mr. DAVID FRIEDMAN (Union of Concerned Scientists): There it is, right above the tachometer, a nice green eco-light that tells me I'm getting better fuel economy because I'm only operating on half the cylinders.
But while investment in green energy has been on the rise it still lags far behind traditional fuel sources in terms of contribution to global power supplies.
In April 2012, the federal Environmental Protection Agency issued a notice of violation to Green Diesel, alleging it improperly generated credits that track and boost renewable fuel production.
There's even a "white tag" market: When I install a more efficient light bulb, I can sell that efficiency gain to the fossil fuel power plant, just as if it's a green tag.
But they also have their bread buttered by fossil fuel interests, which ultimately slants their joint attempt to reverse state-wide green energy standards.
After all, not only is his Green environment minister, Dominique Voynet, already furious at the tax cuts on polluting diesel fuel, but several other ministers including the important justice minister, Elisabeth Guigou, with her eye on Avignon object to Mr Jospin's injunction that if they want to be city mayors they cannot also be government ministers.
"The company makes a system called PosiCharge, basically a fuel pump to recharge an electric battery, " writes Brendan Coffey, editor of Cabot Green Investor.
Its Green Shipping Initiative offer incentives such as reduced port fees for ships in return for using low-sulfur fuel.
The cars compete for a Green Challenge award, which recognizes the race teams with the best overall performance, the highest level of fuel efficiency, and the lowest carbon emissions.
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