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EPA Report Says Biofuels Bad for the Environment
Tagged with: biofuels, Biofuels and the Environment, Environment, EPA, US congress
Posted in Biofuel legislation, Biofuel Production, Biofuel Research, News
Posted in Biofuel legislation, Biofuel Production, Biofuel Research, News
Obama calls for more biofuels investment, no oil subsidies
Calling it “our generation’s Sputnik time,” U.S. President Barack Obama delivered a request during his State of the Union speech for Congress to continue to invest in biofuels and renewable energy technology. “Two years ago, I said that we needed…
Tagged with: biofuels investment, Congress, E15, EPA, Obama, oil subsidies, USDA
Posted in Biofuel legislation, Biofuel Production, Biofuel Research, News
Posted in Biofuel legislation, Biofuel Production, Biofuel Research, News
EPA biomass delay gives biofuels industry breathing room
The EPA has announced it will delay planned greenhouse gas (GHG) permitting requirements for biomass for at least three years. The delay is welcome news for the biofuel advocates, who have been warning that EPA plans to regulate biogenic CO2…
Tagged with: EPA, greenhouse gas
Posted in Bioethanol Production, Biofuel legislation, Biofuel Production, Biofuel Research, News
Posted in Bioethanol Production, Biofuel legislation, Biofuel Production, Biofuel Research, News
US lacks the infrastructure to consume more bioethanol
Purdue University study suggests that the United States doesn’t have the infrastructure to meet the federal mandate for renewable fuel use with bioethanol, howver they could meet the standard with significant increases in next-generation and cellulosicbiofuels. Their findings were published…
Court Rejects Refiners’ Challenge to EPA Biodiesel Blending Rules
An appeals court rejected a challenge today by petroleum industry groups to U.S. EPA’s biodiesel blending requirements, in a move affirming the agency’s implementation of the renewable fuel standard (RFS2). A three-judge panel of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals…
Auto industry sues EPA over biofuel blend ruling
Car and boat manufacturers launch legal action challenging EPA decision allowing higher blends of ethanol The roster of court cases faced by the US Environmental Protection Agency was extended again yesterday, when a group of auto and engine manufacturers launched…
Tagged with: biofuel blending, biofuel blends, EPA, ethanol
Posted in Bioethanol, Biofuel for Transport, Biofuel legislation, News
Posted in Bioethanol, Biofuel for Transport, Biofuel legislation, News
EPA allows 15% ethanol in gasoline, but only for late-model cars
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced it now will allow up to 15% ethanol to be blended with gasoline in motor fuel — but only for use in cars and trucks built since 2007. The current allowable limit is 10%,…
Tagged with: B15 bioethanol, E-15 biofuel, EPA, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Posted in Bioethanol, Biofuel for Transport, Biofuel legislation, News
Posted in Bioethanol, Biofuel for Transport, Biofuel legislation, News
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