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RFA to EPA: New Gasoline Volatility Regulations Needed

(Renewable Fuels Association/Ethanol Producer Magazine)  In a letter submitted Dec. 8 to the U.S. EPA, the Renewable Fuels Association urged the agency to take immediate administrative action to eliminate an arcane regulatory barrier that is impeding growth in the use

December 09, 2015 Read Full Article

Key United States Cities’ Greenhouse Gas Reduction Strategies Rely on New Diesel Technology & Renewable Fuels

(Diesel Technology Forum)  New York City Joins San Francisco and Oakland In Embracing New Blends Of Biodiesel & Renewable Diesel Fuels --  In light of the COP21 Paris Climate Conference, New York City Mayor Bill DeBlasio announced a major initiative to reduce

December 09, 2015 Read Full Article

Alberta Should Adopt Low-Carbon Fuel Standard: Bennett

(Business in Vancouver)  With world’s focus on Paris, energy minister challenges other provinces to follow B.C.’s lead  ---  ... Alberta’s NDP government has pledged to introduce a $30 per tonne carbon tax, phase out coal power and cap oilsands emissions. But there’s

December 09, 2015 Read Full Article

NRL, NBDA Ink MoU for Sourcing Two Lakh Tonnes of Bamboo Annually

(Economic Times/India Times)  Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL), a Government of India Public Sector Enterprises under Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Nagaland Bamboo Development Agency (NBDA), a state government undertaking, today inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for sourcing

December 09, 2015 Read Full Article

Biofuels Contribution to GHG Emissions Offsets Significant

(Global Renewable Fuels Alliance/Ethanol Producer Magazine)  At the World Climate Summit under way in Paris, France, the Global Renewable Fuels Alliance in cooperation with (S&T)2 Consultants Inc., an internationally renowned energy and environmental consulting firm, released a new report “Green

December 09, 2015 Read Full Article

RINs Behavior after EPA Rule Shows Ethanol-Biodiesel Relationship

by Susanne Retka Schill (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  The release of the U.S. EPA’s final rulemaking for the renewable fuel standard (RFS) was a shock to the RINs market—the renewable identification numbers used by obligated parties to demonstrate compliance. Biodiesel, D4

December 09, 2015 Read Full Article

Does This Really Make Us More Secure?

by Gary Truitt (1010WCSI)  ... Yet, the biggest indication that the President’s comments were flimflam came from within his own administration. Within hours of Mr. Obama’s remarks in Paris, the EPA announced the final rule on the blend levels of ethanol

December 08, 2015 Read Full Article

Fiorina Wants to Earn ‘A’ on Ethanol

by Douglas Burns (Daily Times Herald)  Republican presidential candidate tours Coon Rapids POET plant --- ... America’s Renewable Future, a highly visible advocate at presidential campaign events in Iowa, scored Fiorina, a Republican, as “needs work” on the Renewable Fuel Standard,

December 08, 2015 Read Full Article

Keeping America Fueled by South Dakota

by Rep. Krisit Noem (Argus Leader)  ...  Today, about one-third of the petroleum used in the United States is imported from foreign countries, according to the U.S. Department of Energy. Most of this petroleum is refined into gas or diesel. Especially

December 08, 2015 Read Full Article

Scania and Mida Enters Biofuel Collaboration in Malaysia

(ScandAsia.com)   Scania Malaysia (Scania) and Agensi Inovasi Malaysia or Malaysia Innovation Agency (AIM) are to collaborate in exploring viable commercial opportunities for biofuels from municipal waste in Malaysia; in line with the National Biomass Strategy 2020 (NBS 2020). ... Scania and AIM

December 08, 2015 Read Full Article

Hippo Valley Gets Ethanol Producer Licence

by Bernard Mpofu (Zimbabwe Independent)  Government has extended Hippo Valley Estates’ ethanol production licence as the company targets an annual output of 41 million litres, sources close to the developments have said. Hippo, a unit of South Africa’s Tongaat Hullett, has resumed

December 08, 2015 Read Full Article

It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like BioYule in Canada

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  Patiently, assuredly, one cluster at a time, Canada has amassed a potent armory of renewable fuel and biobased technologies, people and clusters of activity.  Where’s it going? The Digest looks at a whole slew of

December 08, 2015 Read Full Article

Alternative Fuel Industry Could See Boost from COP21 Commitments

by Joseph Bebon (Next-Gen Transportation News)  ... “Renewable natural gas, which provides even greater GHG emissions reductions, is gaining traction in some areas of the country like California,” he (Matthew Godlewski, president of NGVAmerica) notes. “And federal standards here in the

December 08, 2015 Read Full Article

State Should Set Goals on Use of Low-Carbon Biofuel

by Dave Eames, Ethan N. Elkind (Sacramento Bee/Kansas City Star)  New federal rules issued last week will boost biofuel production nationwide; Biofuel comes from a variety of agricultural crops, algae, forest residue; California has not taken full advantage of low-carbon biofuel production We use

December 08, 2015 Read Full Article

Military Takes Clean Energy Seriously, and It’s Not Alone

by Justin Ford (Las Vegas Sun)  ... The U.S. military has long since decided climate change is a “threat multiplier.” Increasing global temperatures mean more dangerous situations around the world — stressing already-fragile states with resource shortages and mass migrations, for

December 08, 2015 Read Full Article

Spain Mandates 8.5% Biofuel Mix in Gasoline and Diesel by 2020

by Anna Hirtenstein (Bloomberg)  Spain approved a mandate for biofuels in its transportation sector with a target of blending at least 8.5 percent of the cleaner fuel in with gasoline and diesel by 2020. The mandatory minimum target will begin at 4.3

December 07, 2015 Read Full Article

Abengoa Contagion Spreads to U.S. Biofuel Plants, Causing Layoffs and Shutdowns

by Rob Nikolewski (Kansas Watchdog.org)  ... “I think we have to see how this thing plays out. In the short run, of course, it’s a devastating blow,” said Neal Gillespie, Stevens County Economic Developmentdirector. “In the long run, I think there’s a

December 07, 2015 Read Full Article

Michigan Corn Growers Disappointed with New Ethanol Limits

by Andy Balaskovitz (MiBiz)  ... “Any reduction in the statutory amount is a roadblock to biofuels like ethanol,” said Jim Zook, executive director of the Michigan Corn Growers Association. “By failing to set (blend) levels at the statutory amount, it appears the

December 07, 2015 Read Full Article

Candidates Are Skipping Traditionally Mighty Farm Issues in Iowa

by Scott Canon (Kansas City Star)  ... The discussion of ethanol policy puts conservatives in an awkward spot ---  ...Yet even in Iowa this year, Grain Belt concerns now draw less attention than in the past. That could mean that expansion

December 07, 2015 Read Full Article

The Petrified Forest, or Who Moved my $80 Oil?

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...Are high prices good for renewable fuels? The hard data actually goes the other way. The Digest investigates. ...  What we can see from the following chart is confirmation that fracking and other enhanced oil

December 07, 2015 Read Full Article

RINs Gone Wild? (round 2)

by Scott Irwin and Darrel Good (FarmDocDaily)  The EPA released the final rulemaking for 2014-2016 RFS standards on Monday, November 30. This release follows preliminary rulemaking released on May 29 of this year. Figures 1 and 2 are based on

December 07, 2015 Read Full Article

Biofuel Groups Call for 15% Biofuel in Transportation Fuel

(ePURE/Ethanol Producer Magazine)  The global biofuels and industrial biotechnology sectors have united to call on world leaders attending the COP21 in Paris to support a global commitment to replace at least 15 percent of the world’s total oil use in

December 07, 2015 Read Full Article

More Than $3.4 Trillion in Assets Vow to Divest From Fossil Fuels

by Zahara Hirji  (InsideClimate News)  The list of institutions committed to ridding their portfolios of at least some fossil fuel interests has surged in recent months, organizers say.  ---  More than 500 institutions representing about $3.4 trillion in assets have

December 07, 2015 Read Full Article

Electric Cars Can’t Take the Cold

by Jeff Plungis (Bloomberg)  Batteries generate power less efficiently as temperatures drop.  ---  ... The trouble is, except for Oregon, none of the states have California’s temperate weather. The batteries used by the greener cars generate electricity from chemical reactions that work

December 07, 2015 Read Full Article

Report: Biofuels Contribution to GHG Emissions Offsets Significant

(Global Renewable Fuels Association)  Today, at the World Climate Summit under way in Paris, France, the Global Renewable Fuels Alliance (GRFA) in cooperation with (S&T)2 Consultants Inc., an internationally renowned energy and environmental consulting firm, released a new report “Green

December 07, 2015 Read Full Article

Bernie Sanders Unveils Climate Plan

by Alex Seitz-Wald (NBC News)  Democratic presidential Bernie Sanders rolled out an expansive climate plan Monday that aims to cut U.S. carbon emissions 80% by 2050 and create 10 million clean energy jobs. To accomplish these goals, the 16-page plan takes

December 07, 2015 Read Full Article

Brazil Pins Renewable Energy Hopes on 2nd Generation Ethanol

by Natalia Ramos (Yahoo! Finance/Agence France Press)  Brazil thinks it has the sweet solution to ridding the world of reliance on fossil fuels for cars and other vehicles: sugar cane ethanol 2.0. Ethanol -- fuel derived from agricultural products -- is

December 04, 2015 Read Full Article

Rep. Pompeo Investigates Failing Obama-Backed Green Energy Company

(The Daily Caller News Foundation)  Rep. Mike Pompeo is demanding information on Abengoa, a Spanish green energy firm on the brink of bankruptcy that could leave U.S. taxpayers on the hook for billions of dollars. The Kansas Republican is worried Abengoa’s

December 04, 2015 Read Full Article

How California Can Boost Biofuel Production to Cut Pollution and Help the Economy

(University of California Los Angeles)  UCLA–UC Berkeley report finds that the state hasn’t taken full advantage of agricultural resources  --  California has not taken full advantage of opportunities to increase its in-state production of biofuel, despite state policies that encourage

December 04, 2015 Read Full Article

Malawi Begins Flex-Fuel Adaptor Kit Trials to Boost Ethanol Consumption

by Meghan Sapp (Biofuels Digest)  In Malawi, 24 cars have been fitted with conversion kits to allow any mixture of ethanol and gasoline up to 100% of either as part of a demonstration project in hopes the government will allow

December 04, 2015 Read Full Article

Abengoa Shuts Down Hugoton, Colwich, St Louis HQ

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  In Kansas, Abengoa has decided to suspend production at its new cellulosic ethanol plant in Hugoton as well as its corn-based ethanol plant in Colwich as part of the recent financial troubles the company is

December 04, 2015 Read Full Article

Panning for Green Gold: Developing the Algal Bioeconomy--VIDEO

(Enalgae)  EnAlgae has been about finding sustainable pathways for algal biomass. Initially the focus was all about energy, specifically as a biofuel. But our journey over the past four years shows that there's likely to be a different future ahead

December 03, 2015 Read Full Article

Global RFA Urges COP21 to Support Biofuels

by Cindy Zimmerman (DomesticFuel.com)  As world leaders continue to meet in Paris for the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 21), the Global Renewable Fuels Alliance (GRFA) is asking themto signal their support for biofuels as one of the tools to

December 03, 2015 Read Full Article

EPA Rule Recognizes Biogas's Leading Role in the Advanced Biofuel Industry

(American Biogas Council)  Rule falls short of recognizing biogas industry's full potential.  --  The EPA released its long anticipated final rule for the renewable volume obligations under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) for the years 2014-2016. The action recognizes the

December 03, 2015 Read Full Article

EPA's Final Renewable Fuel Standard Concerns Iowa Lawmakers

by Peter Zampa (KFYR TV)  ... The RFS program comes up billions of gallons short of the ethanol consumption requirements laid out under the original RFS plan. "With corn prices being down as they are, with the ag economy in Iowa being in

December 03, 2015 Read Full Article

Ethanol Group Hits Cruz in Iowa

by Timothy Cama (The Hill)  An Iowa-based ethanol group is running advertisements against Sen. Ted Cruz, just as the GOP presidential hopeful's campaign is gaining steam in the Hawkeye State. The ads from America’s Renewable Future criticize Cruz’s position against the

December 03, 2015 Read Full Article

Sugar and Grain Industries Say New Ethanol Legislation Is a Big Win

(ABC News)  Australia's biggest sugar milling company, Wilmar, says new legislation boosts the chances of bioethanol becoming a major contributor to the state's economy. The legislation passed through Queensland Parliament last night and sets a mandated level of 3 per cent

December 03, 2015 Read Full Article

MP Schindler: More Bioethanol in Gasoline Required for Better Climate Protection in Traffic

(Federation of German Bioethanol Industry, Google Translation)   The Federation of German bioethanol industry (BDB e) informs that according to the Federal Agency for Agriculture and Food (BLE) which produced and certified biofuels in Germany have improved their carbon footprint again.

December 03, 2015 Read Full Article

RFS Rule Undercuts U.S. Commitment to Reducing GHGs

(25 x '25)  It was with some ironic bemusement that biofuel advocates read the headlines from the mainstream media that said the Obama administration “raised’ the biofuel blending requirements under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) rule announced this week by

December 03, 2015 Read Full Article

The 2016 US Outlook for Ethanol and Biodiesel

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ... “In the old days, ethanol was a political commodity,” Informa Economics Senior VP Scott Richman told the crowd assembled at the Canadian Bioeconomy Conference in Vancouver this week, organized by the Canadian Renewable Fuels Association. “Now, it’s

December 03, 2015 Read Full Article

Misleading about Ethanol

by Brooke Coleman (Advanced Biofuels Business Council/Times Argus)  In “Ethanol is a bad deal for Vt.” (online Nov. 21), a group called the American Council for Capital Formation argues that ethanol is a bad deal for Vermonters economically and environmentally. The allegations

December 02, 2015 Read Full Article

Why Ethanol Makers Are Actually Relieved With New EPA Cuts

by Robert Hackett (Fortune)  ... Farmers and ethanol companies welcomed the change, according to the Wall Street Journal, since the cuts laid out earlier this year were originally more severe. But they were still dissatisfied that the requirement did not meet

December 02, 2015 Read Full Article

Bioenergy Industry Players Push for Policy Support and Subsidies to Promote Growth

by Sallese Gibson (ABC News)  Australia's bioenergy industry wants the State and Federal governments to get behind the sector with supporting policies and subsidies to promote growth. About 300 people gathered in Launceston for the annual Bioenergy Australia conference to look at

December 02, 2015 Read Full Article

Legally Defining Sustainability: Edible Palm Oil Must Follow in Biofuel Footsteps

by Annie-Rose Harrison-Dunn (News Locker)  Voluntary measures and government targets are great – but it is legislation that will push European palm oil users to true sustainability. The food sector could learn a lesson or two from biofuel here.  READ MORE

December 02, 2015 Read Full Article

McDonald’s UAE Completes 5 Million Kilometres on McFuel Biodiesel

by LeAnne Graves (The National)  ... McDonald’s UAE fleet will complete 5 million kilometres this month, or the distance to Mars and back, fuelled entirely by biodiesel, thanks to a partnership formed four years ago between the world’s largest fast-food chain and

December 02, 2015 Read Full Article

Innovation to Tackle Climate Change and Feed a Growing Population: Commercializing Synthetic Biology

by Vonnie Estes (Biofuels Digest)  ...  But as the land, water, and fossil fuel resources those systems rely on become scarcer, biology is offering new ways to engineer solutions. Synthetic biology redesigns existing organisms for specific purposes to produce safe products

December 02, 2015 Read Full Article

Jeb Bush Responds to New Ethanol Mandate

by Jason Nobel (Des Moines Register)  Jeb Bush faulted the Environmental Protection Agency for failing to provide “clarity” with the updated ethanol mandate released on Monday, but was generally supportive of the levels prescribed. The Republican presidential candidate has targeted 2022

December 02, 2015 Read Full Article

Will Congressional Opposition to RFS Rule Lead to Reform?

by Tiffany Stecker (E&E/Governors' Biofuels Coalition)  The ink on U.S. EPA’s final rule for the renewable fuel standard is barely dry, but long-standing foes in Congress are already aiming to block the biofuels program. Yesterday, Rep. Bill Flores (R-Texas), who spearheaded

December 01, 2015 Read Full Article

Obama Dials Back Ethanol Fuel Standard

by Tim Devaney (The Hill)  The Obama administration set new standards Monday for ethanol levels in fuel, enraging competing industries that had battled for months to influence the contentious regulations. The final renewable fuel standard (RFS) unveiled by the Environmental Protection Agency

December 01, 2015 Read Full Article

EPA Bumps up US Renewable Fuel Standard Volumes for 2015-2016, in Final Ruling

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  In Washington, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced final volume requirements under the Renewable Fuel Standard program today for the years 2014, 2015 and 2016, and final volume requirements for biomass-based diesel for 2014 to

December 01, 2015 Read Full Article

2015: A Missed Opportunity for Biofuels

by Michael McAdams (Advanced Biofuels Association/Biomass Magazine)  To say that 2015 was an overall disappointment for the biofuels industry would be an understatement. With the price of oil hovering from the high $30s to the mid-$50s all year long, the

November 30, 2015 Read Full Article

Advanced Biofuel Producers Applaud EPA’s Final Rule, Continue Push for RFS Reform

(Advanced Biofuels Association)  In response to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) release of final renewable volume obligations for 2014 through 2016 under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), the Advanced Biofuels Association (ABFA) has issued the following statement attributable to Michael

November 30, 2015 Read Full Article

EPA Improves Final RVOs

(Growth Energy)  Final rule breaks through so-called blend wall -- Growth Energy and its members are pleased to see that the President and the Environmental Protection Agency have recognized the need to move the renewable fuel industry past the so-called blend

November 30, 2015 Read Full Article

RFA: EPA’s Final RFS Rule Puts Future of Biofuels & Climate Policy in Hands of Oil Industry

(Renewable Fuels Association)  Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its final Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) renewable volume obligations (RVOs) for 2014, 2015 and 2016 that refiners have to meet in blending biofuels with gasoline. The agency increased the blending

November 30, 2015 Read Full Article

EPA Finalizes Increases in Renewable Fuel Levels

(U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced final volume requirements under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program today for the years 2014, 2015 and 2016, and final volume requirements for biomass-based diesel for 2014 to 2017.

November 30, 2015 Read Full Article

Biodiesel Association Welcomes Renewable Fuels Announcement

(National Biodiesel Board)  The National Biodiesel Board (NBB) applauded the Obama administration Monday for reducing America’s dependence on high-carbon fossil fuels by raising biodiesel volumes under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). “This decision means we will displace billions of gallons of

November 30, 2015 Read Full Article

Rubio Commits to Supporting RFS through 2022

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  In Iowa, Sen. Marco Rubio speaking about the Renewable Fuel Standard in Council Bluffs Iowa, said “Whether you like it or not, it isn’t fair to yank away something in the middle of it, after

November 30, 2015 Read Full Article

News: Will the United Nations Climate Summit Allow Shipping to Slip under the Emissions Radar Twice?

(Carbon War Room/Rocky Mountain Institute)  Eighteen years after shipping was recognized under the Kyoto Protocol as an industry in need of emissions reductions, the Paris climate talks run the risk of letting the issue slip under the radar once again.

November 30, 2015 Read Full Article

Indonesia to Boost Biodiesel Output to Meet New Mandates -Industry

by Emily Chow (Reuters)  * Expected to boost biodiesel output capacity by a fifth next year * It will be enough to support B15 and B20 next year-industry exec * Automotive Industries Association says confident to process B20 Biodiesel producers in Indonesia are

November 28, 2015 Read Full Article

Obama Set to Issue Ethanol Fuel Mandate

by Devin Henry (The Hill)  ... Pro-ethanol forces say concern over the “blend wall” is overblown and that cars manufactured today are certified to run on higher-blend fuels. In their ads — in Washington and around the country — they say

November 27, 2015 Read Full Article

EPA Expected to Nudge Higher Biofuels Mandates: Sources

by Chris Prentice (Reuters)  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is widely expected to increase requirements for biofuels use through 2016 due to higher total fuel demand, when it publishes a final Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) rule in the coming

November 26, 2015 Read Full Article

Low Gas Prices Good for Ethanol Industry and Farmers

by Chuck Abbott (Agriculture.com)  Americans are back on the road for the first time since 2008, lured, in part, by low gasoline prices expected to persist through the new year. Travel is forecast to exceed 3.1 trillion miles this year –

November 24, 2015 Read Full Article

Indonesia's Biodiesel Push Is Vital for Emission Cuts Target: Group

by Michael Taylor (Reuters)  Indonesia's biodiesel consumption is seen soaring to 7.9 million kilolitres next year from 1.1-1.2 kilolitres in 2015, an industry body said, adding that increased demand was crucial for the country's to meet its commitments on cutting

November 24, 2015 Read Full Article

11 Top Low-Carbon Fuel Players, WCSBD Publish COP 21 Guide to Slashing Transport-Based Greenhouse Gas Emissions

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In Switzerland, 11 leading low carbon fuel companies present a comprehensive guide that identifies a variety of available and accessible low carbon fuel solutions. ... Today, only 3% of transportation fuels are low carbon. According to the International

November 24, 2015 Read Full Article

EPA Review Raises Alarm in Maine over Potential Increase of Ethanol in Gasoline

by Whit Richardson (Portland Press Herald)  Critics say the change would cost drivers, farmers, fuel sellers and small-engine equipment owners. ...  But that report is clearly politically motivated to sway the EPA’s decision and its conclusions are unreliable, said Jonathan

November 23, 2015 Read Full Article

Bangladesh Agriculture Minister Bashes Biofuels

(Biofuels International)  Bangladeshi Minister of Agriculture Matia Chowdhury has criticised large multinational corporations for promoting biofuels. The minister spoke at a keynote on the 40th anniversary of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) in Washington, D.C., US. Chowdhury pointed out that

November 23, 2015 Read Full Article

Banks: Ethanol Is a Bad Deal for Vt.

by David Banks ( American Council for Capital Formation/Times Argus)  Not a single gallon of fuel ethanol is produced in Vermont, and almost none of the corn harvested in the state is used for commercial purposes, according to USDA data. ... The

November 23, 2015 Read Full Article

ABFA Speaks Out on Proposed Changes to Biodiesel Tax Credit

(Advanced Biofuels Association)  Today the Advanced Biofuels Association sent a letter to Senate Finance Committee leadership that expressed concern about changes to the biodiesel and renewable diesel blenders tax credit. The full letter is available below and the following statement is attributable

November 23, 2015 Read Full Article

Oregon’s Clean Fuels Standard Creates Revenue Opportunity

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  Starting January 2016, Oregon’s Clean Fuels Standard goes into effect, meaning you can be paid for the clean fuels you produce or build infrastructure for. For example, do you import or produce biogas in Oregon

November 23, 2015 Read Full Article

API Push Poll Proved False by Real Poll

(Renewable Fuels Association)  Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) President and CEO Bob Dinneen dismissed a push poll released today by the American Petroleum Institute (API), which claimed that a majority of voters are concerned about using ethanol in their engines and

November 20, 2015 Read Full Article

Oil and Biofuels Lobby White House on Renewable Fuel Standard Ahead of Nov. 30 Deadline

(Environmental and Energy Study Institute)  In the lead-up to the administration’s release of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), it’s been a veritable who’s who of renewable fuels and petrochemical refiners visiting the White House’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB). 

November 20, 2015 Read Full Article

Energy Security and Reducing GHGs in Transportation: The Vital Role of Biofuels

by Dr. Bruce E. Dale (Michigan State University/25 x '25)  U. S. renewable fuel policy has two primary objectives: 1) to reduce petroleum imports and thereby increase energy security and 2) to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) generation in the transportation

November 20, 2015 Read Full Article

Pelosi to Obama: Boost U.S. Biofuels Program ahead of Paris Talks

by Chris Prentice (Reuters)  U.S. House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and three other lawmakers are pressing President Barack Obama not to back-peddle on the country's biofuels program just days ahead of global climate change talks in Paris. The Democratic Representatives -

November 20, 2015 Read Full Article

GHG Emissions Reductions Due to the RFS2

by Susan Boland and Stefan Unnasch  (Life Cycle Associates)   The RFS2 has resulted in aggregate GHG emissions reductions from the use of biofuels, which exceed the original projections from the final Rule. The RFS2 has resulted in significant GHG reductions, with

November 20, 2015 Read Full Article

What a Weakened RFS Program Means for the State of Iowa and this Country

by Joe Hrdlicka (Biofuels Digest/Iowa Biotechnology Association)  Iowa’s investment in biofuels, driven by the federal Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), has brought the state new business and job opportunities. Iowa is home to three of the first-in-the-nation cellulosic biofuel refineries that

November 20, 2015 Read Full Article

Novozymes Slams EU’s State of the Energy Union for Shortsightedness

by Meghan Sapp (Biofuels Digest)  In Belgium, the European Commission released its 1st State of the Energy Union, presented by Vice-President Šefčovič. Thomas Nagy, Executive Vice-President of Novozymes, does not agree the policy went far enough in addressing how the

November 19, 2015 Read Full Article

Play All Our Cards on Climate, Including Biodiesel

by former Sen. Byron Dorgan (The Hill)  ... Like a smart poker player, we have to capitalize on the good cards we have.  One of those is biodiesel, a renewable fuel made from recycled cooking grease, plant oils, and animal fats that

November 19, 2015 Read Full Article

Rubio's Sugar Support Draws Corn, Soybean Questions

by Mackenzie Ryan (Des Moines Register)  ...  After Republican rival Ted Cruz took aim at sugar subsidies during last week's GOP debate, Iowa agriculture and biofuel leaders began questioning how Rubio’s support for that industry compares with his stance on renewable fuels made from corn

November 19, 2015 Read Full Article

How Michigan’s New Road Funding Plan Affects Alt-Fuel Vehicles

by Tony Antonelli (Next Gen Transportation News)  ... Notably, three of the bills – H.B.4736, H.B.4738 and H.B.4614 (now P.A.174, P.A.176 and P.A.178, respectively) – directly impact the clean fuels industry. P.A.174: Sponsored by State Rep. Michael McCready, this legislation increases registration

November 19, 2015 Read Full Article

Ethanol Loses Its Few Friends

by Marita Noon (Breitbart)  Early in his campaign, now top-tier Republican presidential candidate, Ben Carson, supported ethanol—a position for which I called him out. It has long been thought, that to win in Iowa, a candidate must support ethanol. However, in a

November 18, 2015 Read Full Article

Cellulosic Ethanol Has Finally Arrived

by WIlliam Tucker (Fuel Freedom Foundation)  ... Cellulosic ethanol, capable of recycling crop wastes into fuel, may be here.  On the day before Halloween, the DuPont Chemical Company opened what it claimed to be the world’s largest cellulosic ethanol plant in

November 18, 2015 Read Full Article

Renewable Fuel Proponents Speaking up as EPA Decision Draws Near

(Ohio's Country Journal)  National Corn Growers Association President Chip Bowling has urged President Obama to reverse the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed cuts in the Renewable Fuel Standard’s volume obligation and adhere to the statute of the law itself. ... “Contrary to

November 18, 2015 Read Full Article

Debunking Biofuels: Do They Really Raise Food Prices?

by Melissa Pariettin(MSN.com)  ... Many factors determine the price of food in the U.S. If the introduction of the RFS (Renewable Fuel Standard) had as significant an impact on food prices as certain outlets have suggested, then the increase would be

November 18, 2015 Read Full Article

India Needs Innovative Ideas to Make Bio-Diesel: Railway Minister

(Business Standard)  India needs to emanate innovative ideas to manufacture bio-diesel by efficiently utilising waste resources, besides judiciously using water and other crucial resources, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu said here on Tuesday. "We need to find an alternative model for growth

November 18, 2015 Read Full Article

Biodiesel Leaders Press Congress on Reformed Tax Credit

(National Biodiesel Board)  Critical Incentive Has Remained Expired All Year  --  Nearly 100 biodiesel leaders from across the country will press lawmakers on Capitol Hill Tuesday to reinstate the biodiesel tax incentive as a domestic production credit in line with

November 17, 2015 Read Full Article

What a Difference a Year Makes for European Ethanol

by Caroline Knight (Platts The Barrel)  The European ethanol community gathered in Budapest over the first week of November to look at the current challenges and opportunities facing the ethanol, and wider biofuels, markets. As the dust settles and the excitement

November 17, 2015 Read Full Article

Ethanol Industry Making Profits Despite Lower Price of Fuel

(Bloomberg/McClatchy-Tribune/Star Tribune)  Low prices at the gas pump have put a persistent squeeze on Midwest ethanol producers, but most are staying profitable. Of eight Minnesota-affiliated ethanol producers tracked by the Star Tribune, all but one made money in the third quarter,

November 17, 2015 Read Full Article

EPA’s Final RVO Rule and the Myth of Falling Gasoline Demand

by Geoff Cooper (Renewable Fuels Association)  One of the oil industry’s favorite talking points in its campaign to repeal the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) is the argument that “gasoline demand is falling,” and thus refiners have fewer gallons of gasoline

November 17, 2015 Read Full Article

What Facts Are Really Facts?

by Matt Reese (Ohio's Country Journal)  ...  The heated debate over the RFS really ramped up in recent weeks with dueling ad campaigns in Ohio and Washington, D.C. highlighting very different sets of facts pertaining to ethanol’s impact on the

November 17, 2015 Read Full Article

New Research Shows Electric Cars 50 Percent Cleaner Compared to Gasoline Over Their Lifetime

(Union of Concerned Scientists)  Do battery electric vehicles really reduce global warming emissions compared to gasoline cars? The answer is a clear yes, according to a new study from the Union of Concerned Scientists. Over their entire lifetimes—from manufacturing to driving

November 17, 2015 Read Full Article

Federal Ethanol Mandate Imposes $42 Billion Fuel Tax on California

(Center for Regulatory Solutions)  San Francisco billionaire Tom Steyer and other national political figures have sold out California’s economy by supporting the federal government’s corn ethanol mandate. The mandate has already imposed $13.1 billion in higher fuel costs on Golden

November 17, 2015 Read Full Article

RFS Crucial to Clean Energy Future

by Tom Buis (Growth Energy/Ethanol Producer Magazine)  With rapidly growing energy demands, our nation and others must invest in homegrown biofuels that are cleaner, cheaper and offer a more reliable supply than fossil fuels, writes Tom Buis. When EPA Administrator Gina

November 17, 2015 Read Full Article

The Truth about Ethanol

by John Sedbrook (The Hill)  The American Enterprise Institute’s Mark Perry wrote in these pages, in no uncertain terms, that the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) and fuel ethanol is a “failure.” While one may wonder what motivations lie behind such a

November 16, 2015 Read Full Article

Ethanol: The Common Sense Approach

by Patty Mann (Sidney Daily News)  To the Editor:  Each day we are flooded with advertisements and messages. It’s easy to not know who to trust or what information to believe. But sometimes we need to approach situations with more common

November 16, 2015 Read Full Article

Should the U.S. End the Ethanol Mandate?

by Margo Oge & Robert Bryce (The Wall Street Journal/Governors' Biofuel Coalition)  ...  Robert Bryce, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, says the ethanol mandate is bad for consumers and the environment. Margo T. Oge, a former

November 16, 2015 Read Full Article

IEA Says 3-Fold or Greater Increase in Biofuels Possible by 2040

by Susanne Retka Schill (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  The International Energy Agency released its latest World Energy Outlook 2015, saying there are clear signs that an energy transition is under way. The report finds that the plunge in oil prices has

November 16, 2015 Read Full Article

Biofuels and Climate Change: Challenges of Paris Conference

by Demetrio Bueno Carvalho (Astana Times)  ... Referring to Brazilian experience, in the past 12 years the blending of ethanol with gasoline (anhydrousethanol) or its use as a pure fuel for automobiles (hydrated) prevented emissions of more than 300 million tonnes of

November 13, 2015 Read Full Article

Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association Formally Opposes EPA RFS Proposal

(UNICA/Green Car Congress)  Breaking with its past support of EPA’s RFS implementation decisions, the Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (UNICA) is formally opposing EPA’s proposal—due to be released in about two weeks—to reduce RFS volume targets for 2014, 2015, 2016 (earlier

November 13, 2015 Read Full Article

Anti-Ethanol Ad Sparks Outrage Among Ohio’s Corn, Ethanol Producers

by Karen Kasler (Ohio Public Radio)  Ohio’s corn and ethanol industry is fighting back at ads it says are misleading and funded by big oil. ... The ad comes from the American Council for Capital Formation. It’s a conservative organization that

November 13, 2015 Read Full Article

Donald Trump in Iowa: I Love Ethanol

(Breitbart)  Billionaire presidential candidate Donald Trump met with leaders of POET, an ethanol company here in Iowa, and some of the co-chairs of the American Renewable Fuels group to talk about the importance of ethanol. The event was closed to the

November 13, 2015 Read Full Article

Fuels America Launches TV Campaign to Counter Anti-RFS Letter

(Fuels America/Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Fuels America is announcing a significant television campaign today calling out Rep. Peter Welch (VT-AL) for signing on to a Congressional letter that was authored by oil industry lobbyists. The first phase of the campaign includes 250

November 13, 2015 Read Full Article

Britain Will Miss Legally-Binding Renewable Energy Target, Energy Secretary Admits

by Ben Riley-Smith (The Telegraph)  Amber Rudd, the Energy Secretary, warns 'absence of a credible plan' will trigger repeated fines and a judicial review in leaked letter --  Britain will miss a major legally-binding renewable energy target, Amber Rudd, the

November 12, 2015 Read Full Article

Bus Biodiesel Gets Boot. Butland Blindsided

by  Kenneth Armstrong (SOOTODAY.com)  The so-called alternative energy capital of North America is going to get a little less green once the city completes a phasing out its use of biodiesel in Sault Transit buses. Nobody was more surprised to hear

November 12, 2015 Read Full Article

When Winterizing Marine Motors, Ethanol Factors Should Be Considered

by Nick Hromiak (Examiner.com)  With winter oncoming, it customarily means an end to the boating season. As such it’s important to prepare the boats’ outboard and inboard motors for winter. Most important is managing the potential for engine damage because of

November 12, 2015 Read Full Article

RFA Urges Secretary of State Kerry to Promote the Success of the RFS at COP21

(Renewable Fuels Association)  The Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) sent a letter this week to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, urging him to promote the success of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) at the upcoming Paris climate talks, known as

November 12, 2015 Read Full Article

Why Veterans Are Pushing for More Clean Energy Back Home

by Kevin Johnson (Grist/Fusion)  Veterans know firsthand the dangerous challenges that come from fossil-fuel dependence, and many are choosing to help the country transition to a clean-energy economy when they return home. As a veteran, I personally know the high price we

November 12, 2015 Read Full Article

Is Obama Doing Inhofe's Dirty Work on Biofuels?

by Paul Alexander (Huffington Post)  ... "That's the biggest risk we face -- not acting," Obama said. "Today, we're continuing to lead by example. Because ultimately, if we're going to prevent large parts of this earth from becoming not only inhospitable but

November 12, 2015 Read Full Article

Empty Promises: G20 Subsidies to Oil, Gas and Coal Production

by Elizabeth Bast (PriceOfOil.org)  G20 country governments are providing $452 billion a year in subsidies for the production of fossil fuels. Their continued support for fossil fuel production marries bad economics with potentially disastrous consequences for the climate. In effect, governments

November 12, 2015 Read Full Article

Ad by Americans for Energy Security & Innovation: Obama Is a Hypocrite

(Americans for Energy Security & Innovation) President Obama’s Environmental Protection Agency is gutting the successful Renewable Fuel Standard that has created jobs and cut our dependence on foreign oil.  WATCH AD  READ MORE and MORE (Connectivity)

November 12, 2015 Read Full Article

AgForce Pushes for Increase in Biofuels Mandate

by Emma McBryde (The Chronicle)  AGFORCE is pushing for the Queensland Government to raise its biofuels mandate to avoid failing to generate regional jobs.  The agricultural group's grains president, Wayne Newton, said the government's preferred 2% mandate was only slightly

November 11, 2015 Read Full Article

Brazilian Soy Industry Pushes For Biodiesel Hike

by Alastair Stewart (DTN The Progressive Farmer)  With Brazil set to produce a record soybean crop of 100 million metric tons or more in the 2015-16 season, Brazil's crushing industry is pressing for a hike in the biodiesel percentage in

November 11, 2015 Read Full Article

Biorefinery Assistance Program Changes Now in Effect

by John Kirkwood (Faegre Baker Daniels LLP/Ethanol Producer Magazine)  A few changes have been implemented in the Biorefinery, Renewable Chemical and Biobased Product Manufacturing Assistance Program, writes John Kirkwood. ...  In June, an interim final rule was published in the

November 11, 2015 Read Full Article

Ethanol Industry Participates in Clean Energy Mission to India

(US Grains Council, Renewable Fuels Association, Growth Energy/Ethanol Producer Magazine)  A team of U.S. ethanol industry representatives led by USDA Undersecretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services Michael Scuse traveled to India last week to discuss opportunities for developing clean

November 11, 2015 Read Full Article

Tamil Nadu Sugar Mills Want Cap on Ethanol Output to Go

by Bharani Vaitheesvaran (Economic Times)  Tamil Nadu sugar mills are lobbying for permissions to produce more ethanol as they find a state government-cap for making the fuel ingredient is disappointingly low. ... A steady drop in prices and production exceeding demand for two

November 11, 2015 Read Full Article

Indonesia May Not Import Gasoil over 2016-18: Pertamina Executive

(Hellenic Shipping News)  Indonesia may no longer import gasoil over 2016-18 due to slowing demand and the government’s plan to raise the biodiesel mandate to 20% next year, the head of state-owned oil and gas company Pertamina’s Integrated Supply Chain,

November 11, 2015 Read Full Article

Anti-Ethanol Group Expands National Ad Buy

by Devin Henry (The Hill)  A group opposing the federal ethanol mandate has extended its advertising campaign against the rule into several corn-growing states.  The American Council for Capital Formation (ACCF), a D.C.-based free market group, is hitting the airwaves

November 11, 2015 Read Full Article

Two Thirds of Sweden’s Buses Run on Renewable Fuels

(Biofuels International)  In Sweden, renewable fuels now make up two thirds of total fuel consumption of buses in public transport, new statistics show.  According to the Swedish Public Transport Association data, the use of renewables in Sweden’s public transportation has

November 10, 2015 Read Full Article

The President's Long Game on Fossil Fuels

by James P. Lenfestey  (Star Tribune)  ...    Keystone would not, as Obama noted, have any noticeable economic benefit to the U.S., and probably would have a negative impact, since it could actually increase domestic gasoline prices (by opening the

November 10, 2015 Read Full Article

Don’t Weaken the RFS

by Rep. Donald Payne Jr. (R-N.J.) (The Hill)  ... The RFS is Congress’s answer to lowering greenhouse gas emissions and expanding the nation’s renewable fuels sector while reducing reliance on imported oil. The RFS is the most successful law on the books

November 10, 2015 Read Full Article

ARF Releases Candidate Midterm Report Card

(America's Renewable Future)  Today, America’s Renewable Future (ARF) released a midterm report card placing 2016 presidential candidates into three categories—good, needs work, and bad—based on their support of the federal Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). The midterm report card will serve

November 10, 2015 Read Full Article

Oil Lobby Had Hand in House Lawmakers’ Anti-Ethanol Note to EPA

by Mark Drajem (Bloomberg) An odd-bedfellows group of lawmakers — led by an oil-industry ally from Texas and a progressive Vermonter — raised a familiar-sounding concern about ethanol in a letter this week to EPA chief Gina McCarthy. Their argument that the Environmental

November 09, 2015 Read Full Article

RFA Sees Positives And Negatives From CBO Report

(WNAX)  A Congressional Budget Office report released this summer and shared at a Congressional Committee hearing last week looked at what might happen if the RFS were repealed. Renewable Fuel Association Senior Vice President Geoff Cooper says the report debunks

November 09, 2015 Read Full Article

Boston-Area TV Ad Campaign Urges Federal Action on Corn Ethanol Mandate

by Shannon Young (MassLive)  A Washington D.C.-based group launched a television ad campaign in Boston this week that takes aim at the federal corn ethanol mandates and calls on congressional lawmakers to end them. The 30-second ad, sponsored by American Council

November 09, 2015 Read Full Article

Groups Pressure EPA On Biofuels Mandate

by Melody M. Bomgardner  (Chemical & Engineering News)  Supporters and opponents of biofuel mandates are ramping up pressure on EPA in hopes of influencing a rule, due on Nov. 30, on how much corn ethanol and advanced biofuel will be blended

November 09, 2015 Read Full Article

Strong RFS Support Offers Low-Risk Opportunity for Democrats to Connect with Voters They Need to Retake Majority

by Ryan Fitzpatrick (Third Way)  Although relatively obscure by Washington standards, the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) carries a unique level of importance and visibility in many rural states. The fact that the RFS invariably becomes a priority campaign issue for

November 09, 2015 Read Full Article

Will the Renewable Fuel Standard Impact the 2016 Elections?

by Jonathan H Harsch (Agri-Pulse)  The escalating battle over the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) added another front Thursday. National Farmers Union President Roger Johnson warned President Obama that lowering the RFS volume requirements could result in Democrats losing otherwise winnable congressional

November 09, 2015 Read Full Article

Ethanol Reduces Emissions: Clean Fuels Development Coalition

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  In Hungary, Clean Fuels Development Coalition Executive Director Douglas Durante said as a way for ethanol to find value beyond limitations of government imposed limits, both in the EU and the U.S., the focus should be on providing

November 09, 2015 Read Full Article

Final Draft Negotiating Text for Paris Climate Summit Reinserts "Unambitious" Reference to International Aviation

(GreenAir Online)  References to international aviation and shipping have been reinserted into the latest draft negotiating text agreed at the final climate meeting of the UNFCCC in Bonn before COP21 begins at the end of next month in Paris. Text

November 06, 2015 Read Full Article

RFA: 28 Countries Count Biofuels for GHG Reduction, Why Not US?

(Renewable Fuels Association/Ethanol Producer Magazine)  The Renewable Fuels Association released a report today pointing out that, while nearly 30 countries attending December’s climate talks in Paris have submitted action plans that call for using biofuels as a means of reducing greenhouse

November 06, 2015 Read Full Article

New CRS Report: How Corn Ethanol Mandates Have Hurt Ohio’s Environment and Economy

(Center for Regulatory Solutions)  Washington-imposed mandates that have forced increasing volumes of corn ethanol to be added to Ohio’s and our nation’s fuel supply have produced an additional 1.92 million metric tons of CO2 emissions in Ohio alone since 2005,

November 06, 2015 Read Full Article

184 Lawmakers Want EPA to Reduce 2016 Biofuel Mandate

by Kyle Feldscher (Washington Examiner)  Almost 200 House members want the Environmental Protection Agency to halt its plan to increase the amount of biofuels required in gasoline next year. The 184 lawmakers from both parties sent a letter to EPA Administrator

November 06, 2015 Read Full Article

State to Encourage Use of Bio-Petrol

(Viet Nam News)  The relevant state offices must ensure supply of E5 grade bio-fuel for the domestic market to sell bio-petrol nationwide from November end, the deputy minister of Industry and Trade said. Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Do Thang

November 06, 2015 Read Full Article

B20 Diesel Ready to Enter Market Next Year

by Apriadi Gunawan (The Jakarta Post)  The government is optimistic that B20 biodiesel fuel will be ready to enter the market next year in accordance with an initial schedule, as no technical or quality problems were found in the new variant

November 06, 2015 Read Full Article

Santorum Loves up Ethanol at Galva Stop

(The Storm Lake Times)  ...  Presidential candidate Rick Santorum, R-Pa., endorsed stronger ethanol investment during visit Friday to the Quad County Corn Processors in Galva.   ... “One of the things that’s helped rural small towns and farmers, particularly in

November 06, 2015 Read Full Article

House Science Committee Hearing Exposes Fundamental Flaws in RFS Opponents Attacks

(Renewable Fuels Association)  Today (November 3, 2015), the House Science, Space and Technology committee held a joint hearing of the subcommittees on Environment and Oversight titled “Renewable Fuel Standard: A Ten Year Review of Costs and Benefits.” Renewable Fuels Association

November 04, 2015 Read Full Article

NBB to Congress: Stop Subsidizing Foreign Biodiesel Production

by Ron Kotrba (Biodiesel Magazine)  As the battle over the biodiesel tax credit structure heats up, the National Biodiesel Board sent a letter to House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Paul Ryan and Ranking Member Sander Levin Oct. 28 urging

November 04, 2015 Read Full Article

All Auto Owners Can Choose Premium E30

by Joanna Schroeder (DomesticFuel.com)  Back in September I brought you a story about Orrie Swayze, an active ethanol advocate, who wants all drivers to use E30 in their cars. At the time, there was a special order in front of

November 04, 2015 Read Full Article

High-Content Ethanol Pumps in Ohio to Get Boost from $3.4 Million Grant

(Columbus Dispatch)  Ohio received a $3.4 million grant to install more than 100 pumps for ethanol-blended fuels. The grant was through the Ohio Department of Agriculture and the Ohio Corn Marketing Program and will double the number of higher-ethanol pumps —

November 03, 2015 Read Full Article

Obama's Climate Plan Is a 'Fantasy Document'

by John Siciliano (Washington Examiner)  ...  "If you add them up, we are way, way, way short to what we committed to in Paris," said David Bookbinder, former counsel for environmental group Sierra Club and a leading figure on environmental

November 03, 2015 Read Full Article

Biofuels Program Meant to Promote Different Blends at Pump

(Associated Press/Bakken.com)  The North Dakota Department of Commerce is accepting applications for a program to market biofuels.  The $1.2 million program sponsored through the U.S. Department of Agriculture Biofuel Infrastructure Partnership offers grants to test and evaluate ways to promote

November 03, 2015 Read Full Article

Payne Leads House Members in Calling on EPA to Protect Biofuels Volume Requirement

(Office if Congressman Donald M. Payne, Jr.)  As the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalizes proposed rules under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), Congressman Donald M. Payne, Jr. (NJ-10) and 15 of his House colleagues urged the agency not to

November 03, 2015 Read Full Article

CBC to EPA: Commit to the RFS

by Joanna Schroeder (DomesticFuel.com)  Sixteen members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) have sent a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today calling on the agency to get back on track with the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) and strengthen the

November 03, 2015 Read Full Article

Money Flowing to Install More Ethanol Blender Pumps in Nebraska

(Lincoln Journal Star)  Money raised or promised in Nebraska has more than matched $2.85 million in federal funds to establish a public-private partnership to add 80 new blender pumps across the state of Nebraska, allowing greater access to ethanol for

November 03, 2015 Read Full Article

How Gas-Guzzling Americans Are Aiding the Call for More Biofuels

by Mario Parker (BloombergBusiness)  Obama administration may increase biofuel consumption targets; U.S. gasoline demand this year to reach highest since 2007  --  More demand means more gasoline being blended. And more blending means more ethanol potentially getting added to the mix.

November 03, 2015 Read Full Article

Ethanol Is a Net Energy Winner

by Monte Shaw (Iowa Renewable Fuels Association/Des Moines Register) Letter to Editor:  I was embarrassed for the University of Northern Iowa to read the recent letter to the editor by professor Kamyar Enshayan regarding ethanol ['Renewable fuel' a term thrown around loosely, Oct.

November 03, 2015 Read Full Article

Mission Incomplete

by Katie Fletcher (Biomass Magazine)  The U.S. Department of Defense has yet to purchase alternative fuels beyond testing and demonstration purposes, but intentions remain.  --  In July, the U.S. Government Accountability Office published a report observing U.S. Department of Defense

November 03, 2015 Read Full Article

Great Green Fleet Adrift

by Tim Portz (Biomass Magazine)  The enormity of the military’s fuel usage is still very much on the industry’s radar, but the exuberance of 2012-‘13 has largely been replaced with the more measured tone. -- Three years ago, in the months

November 03, 2015 Read Full Article

Better Biofuels Ahead: The Road to Low-Carbon Fuels

by Emily Cassidy (Environmental Working Group)  Biofuels produced from switchgrass and post-harvest corn waste could significantly reduce the emissions that contribute to climate change, according to an analysis by EWG and University of California biofuels experts. EWG’s analysis found that the life

November 03, 2015 Read Full Article

Wisconsin Expands Biofuel Fueling Stations

(Spooner Advocate)  The Public Service Commission (PSC) has announced that Wisconsin is the recipient of a $3.7 million U.S. Department of Agriculture grant to significantly expand and support the installation of ethanol blending equipment at retail gas stations throughout the

November 03, 2015 Read Full Article

Automobile Fuel Economy Standards in a Lower-Oil-Price World: A CFR Discussion Paper

by Varun Sivaram and Michael A. Levi (Council on Foreign Relations)  Corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards, which require automakers to achieve government-mandated targets for the efficiency of the vehicles they sell each year, can reduce U.S. reliance on oil,

November 03, 2015 Read Full Article
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