Colorado biobutanol manufacturer looking to salvage abandoned Nebraska ethanol plantsOctober 6th, 2009 Colo. company looks to salvage Neb. ethanol plantsLINCOLN, Neb.
Calif. air regulators establish program to promote forests, help polluters meet emission goalsSeptember 24th, 2009 Calif. clean-air program designed to boost forestsSACRAMENTO, Calif. — California air regulators Thursday expanded the state's carbon-offset program to include forests across the country, creating the most far-reaching effort of its kind in the nation.
Global Energy sells ethanol plant; owner to use as demonstration site for biofuel technologySeptember 4th, 2009 Global Energy sells ethanol plantATLANTA — Global Energy Holdings Group, Inc. said Friday it will sell an ethanol production plant to Fiberight LLC.
Ethanol producers' shares drop amid falling oil pricesAugust 21st, 2009 Sector Snap: Ethanol producers slideST. LOUIS — Shares of ethanol producers rose in Monday afternoon trading as oil prices hit a new high for the year after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said the U.S.
Calif. board delays decision on whether to impose carbon fee on industry, pledges July actionJune 26th, 2009 Calif. board postpones decision on pollution taxSACRAMENTO, Calif. — California regulators on Thursday delayed a decision on whether to implement the nation's first statewide carbon fee on utilities, oil refineries and other polluting industries.
Calif. Air Resources Board ready to vote on carbon fee on industry to fight global warmingJune 25th, 2009 Calif. board weighs pollution tax on industriesSACRAMENTO, Calif. — California regulators are considering a proposal to impose the nation's first statewide carbon fee on utilities, oil refineries and other polluting industries.
Calif. freeway partially reopened after ethanol-filled truck blaze that killed truck driverJune 14th, 2009 Fiery Calif. freeway crash kills truckerLONG BEACH, Calif.
Truckdriver dies in Calif. after ethanol-filled tanker rolls, crashes near Long BeachJune 14th, 2009 Truckdriver dies in fiery Calif. freeway crashLONG BEACH, Calif.
Shell station in Canada begins selling gas blended with biofuel made of wheat strawJune 10th, 2009 Shell station sells gas blended with wheat biofuelAMSTERDAM — Royal Dutch Shell PLC says it has begun selling gasoline containing 10 percent ethanol derived from wheat straw at a Shell station in Ottawa, Canada. Though there are now thousands of gas stations worldwide that sell gasoline blends containing some ethanol fermented from corn or sugar cane, the Ottawa station is believed to be the first to sell ethanol derived from straw, Shell said.
Miss. governor warns that carbon and energy taxes could stifle growth in South and elsewhereJune 8th, 2009 Miss gov.: Carbon, energy taxes could stunt growthBILOXI, Miss. — The price of electricity and fuel could rise sharply and economic growth could be stifled in the Southeast and elsewhere in the U.S.
'Sugar industry should focus on carbon credit trading'April 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Indian sugar industry has the potential to save millions of dollars annually by engaging in carbon credit trading and focussing on ethanol production, a top government official said here Wednesday. 'Given the scale of the sugar enterprises in India, the industry should come up in a big way to encash the potential of Certified Emission Reductions (CERs) trading,' Heavy Industries Secretary S.N.
Calif. expected to adopt nation's first low-carbon fuel rules; oil, ethanol groups criticalApril 23rd, 2009 Calif. expected to adopt low-carbon fuel rulesSACRAMENTO — California air regulators are considering first-in-the nation rules to require low-carbon fuels as part of the state's wider effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The California Air Resources Board on Thursday is expected to adopt standards that could serve as a template for a national policy.
India shelves Brazil ethanol plans due to slowdownFebruary 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India's state-run oil marketing companies (OMCs) have put on hold their plans to invest in ethanol projects in Brazil due to the current economic slowdown, Petroleum Minister Murli Deora said here Tuesday. The oil marketing companies - Indian Oil Corp, Bharat Petroleum Corp and Hindustan Petroleum Corp - had explored the possibilities of acquiring sugarcane farms and setting up ethanol manufacturing units in Brazil, Deora said while answering a question in the Rajya Sabha.
Forest fire has big carbon footprintFebruary 14th, 2009 SYDNEY - Australians are already doing more than their share of heating up the world, with average greenhouse gas emissions near the top of the table. Now the continent's worst forest fires on record have bumped up the size of Australia's carbon footprint.
Plant based butanol cheaper than petro-derived butanolJanuary 8th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A cheaper plant based butanol could replace its petroleum derived namesake being used in brake fluid, paint thinners and plastics. Butanol is three times more valuable as a chemical than as a liquid fuel, said Hans Blaschek, microbiologist at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, who conducted the study.
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