A review of the uses of pipelines and their importance to the energy sector.
Follow this link to learn more: http://www.pipeline101.com/reports/Notes.pdf

As the call for increased production of homegrown, renewable forms of fuels has grown, so has the need to develop and produce them. USDA Rural Development offers opportunities to producers to development such fuels through the Biorefinery Assistance Program. The program provides loan guarantees for the development, construction, and retrofitting of commercial-scale biorefineries.
Follow this link to learn more: http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/BCP_Biorefinery.html

A review article describing the future for woody biomass conversion using bacteria
Follow this link to learn more: http://www.biolsci.org/v05p0500.htm

Research that demonstrates the synthetic catalysis and bioprocessing of xylan into simpler sugars for biofuel purposes.
Follow this link to learn more: http://aem.asm.org/content/76/24/8150.full

This research presents a metabolic engineering approach using Escherichia coli to produce higher alcohols including isobutanol, 1-butanol, 2-methyl-1-butanol, 3-methyl-1-butanol and 2-phenylethanol from glucose, a renewable carbon source.
Follow this link to learn more: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v451/n7174/abs/nature06450.html

Scholarly book describing the uses of microbes in biofuel production and the pros and cons of this technology.
Follow this link to learn more: http://www.springerlink.com/content/v100285315k36650/

The Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) Program of the U.S. Forest Service provides the information needed to assess America’s forests.
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The Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) Program of the U.S. Forest Service provides the information needed to assess America’s forests.
Follow this link to learn more: http://fia.fs.fed.us/Forest%20Carbon/default.asp