by Joanne Ivancic (Advanced Biofuels USA)  BP and Shell had a bit of a rivalry going on at Petit LeMans.  Shell is the official diesel fuel provider for Audi and Peugeot.  British Petroleum is a …

Joanne Ivancic (Advanced Biofuels USA)  I am not a car guy.  Not a car gal.  That said, I LOVE the TDI Audi’s that race the LeMans endurance races.  I love them like I have never loved …

by Joanne Ivancic (Advanced Biofuels USA)   Drayson Racing (without Barwell this year) had a new, much faster car (built less than a month earlier in only 12 days) at the 2009 10 hour or 1000 …

by Joanne Ivancic  (Advanced Biofuels USA)  In search of the real people doing real work on real technologies to develop advanced biofuels and improve the efficiency of our personal modes of transportation, I’ve begun following the …

by Joanne Ivancic   Although U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu claimed to “(emphasize) the Department’s commitment to developing near-term, clean energy technologies while allowing small businesses (to) take part in the new industrial revolution that the …

Robert Kozak, Advanced Biofuels USA board member and president of Atlantic Biomass Conversions, Inc., has written to US Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu with suggestions for improving the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) with …

ARPA-E is a new organization within the Department of Energy (DOE), created specifically to foster research and development (R&D) of transformational energy-related technologies.  …
ARPA-E was created to fund scientists and technologists taking immature technologies that …

Thoughts from Joanne Ivancic, Executive Director, Advanced Biofuels USA. There has been a lot of controversy about “indirect land use change” analysis related to figuring out how much greenhouse gas emissions result from the production …

I applaud your findings that CO2 is one of the 6 key contributors to air pollution and endangers public health and safety.  I am also glad that the US Supreme Court ruled, in effect, that …

Robert Kozak, Atlantic Biomass Conversions, Inc. and Advanced Biofuels USA board member: 
While the technical information submitted by EPA in support of this NPRM is probably adequate (using the quality of previously EPA submitted technical information …

Advanced Biofuels USA urges EPA, along with Congress and an engaged and informed public to carefully craft greenhouse gas emissions regulations and legislation with an eye to the following principles: 

Greenhouse gases, including carbon dioxide, regardless …

Comments by Robert Kozak, Advanced Biofuels USA board member:   With EPA’s release of proposed rules for the 2010 Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS2), the focus of today’s (May 6, 2009) hearing will undoubtedly be the role …

Robert Kozak, President of Atlantic Biomass Conversions, Inc., and a founder and board member of Advanced Biofuels USA, urges the California Air Resources Board to reject the proposed low carbon fuel standard. 
He writes, “At first …

Two announcements today should spur interest in the development of advanced biofuels:  EPA’s finding that greenhouse gases (including CO2) pose a threat to public health and welfare, and movement on ethanol producers’ request for EPA …

A public hearing concerning this reconsideration was held on March 5, 2009, beginning at 9:30 a.m. Deadline to submit written comments was April 6, 2009. READ MORE.

Advanced Biofuels USA Executive Director, Joanne Ivancic, attended the hearing.  …

THE PROBLEM:        
How do we get money circulating in the economy  FAST, EASILY and EFFECTIVELY?
THE SOLUTIONS:
FAST:  

Invest in Renewable Energy Programs to Promote Energy Independence by Fully Funding Title II of the 2007 Energy Act and Title …

In order for the “green-collar” jobs component of the Economic Stimulus package to be sustainable, the technologies needed to produce inexpensive sustainable renewable energy have to be available. Unfortunately, because of a lack of government …

by Robert E. Kozak, Advanced Biofuels USA Board Member
(I was quite disappointed to see no mention of low GHG biofuels and quite a reliance on oil, gas, and coal, for a plan that is being …

by Robert Kozak, President, Atlantic Biomass Conversions, Inc.; Board Member, Advanced Biofuels USA 
Title IX Implementation: Overall Goals  
First and foremost I urge whichever Administration takes office in January to honor the intent of Title IX legislation, to …