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Robert "Chip" Beam built his own wood-powered pickup truck. The wood-burning, or rather wood-gas burning truck is now a sort of mascot for Beaver Energy, the Williamsport, Pennsylvania based startup company Beam and partners Larry Shilling and Aron Lantz have formed.

If he did it, you could too. Read on for tips and links to learn how to make your own Wood-powered Pickup Truck, with videos of the wood-powered pickup truck in action and a video guide to building your own wood-gas generator....

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The 2008 Olympic torch blazes a trail of glory—and carbon dioxide.

Utah goes car crazy over Compressed Natural Gas.

Big electronics retailers step up with e-waste recycling programs.

Triplepundit offers four solar thermal installation considerations.

Which country boasts the world's largest clean energy project?

Most Huggable is a regular roundup of some of Hugg's top green news stories. Why not submit your own green news?...

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Earthrace, billed as "the world's fastest, coolest and greenest powerboat" launches today, seeking to break the world record for circumnavigation in a power boat. Over two years have passed since Earthrace announced their intention to break the record in "one of the most eco-friendly boats ever made". Two years during which even the mainstream experienced intense sensitization to green issues. Will this newly informed public still be enthralled by the excitement of seeing green technology pushed to its limits, or will the question be: "is that the flatten-the-rainforest biodiesel or the take-food-from...