Growing Hemp for Industrial Purposes to Be Allowed in South Australia
by Lauren Novak (The Advertiser/News.com.au) Growing and manufacturing hemp for industrial purposes, such as cosmetics, clothing or construction materials, will be allowed in South Australia now the...
View ArticleCalifornia Gov. Approves Fuel Tax, Vehicle Fee Transportation Package
(NGT News) California Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr. has signed into law the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017, which will raise $52.4 billion over the next decade through an increase in fuel taxes...
View ArticleIt’s Time for States to Save the Planet: State-Level Carbon Taxes Offer a...
by Charles Komanoff (Huffington Post) The Carbon Tax Center is out with a new report timed to the surging climate movement. We surveyed all 50 U.S. states (and Washington, DC) to identify the ones...
View ArticleGevo’s Isobutanol Cleared for Use in On-Road Vehicles in Arizona
(Gevo/Globe Newswire) Bill HB2368 Permits Isobutanol to be Used as a Fuel Additive for On-Road Vehicles -- Gevo, Inc. (NASDAQ:GEVO), announced today that a bill recently signed by Arizona Governor...
View ArticleRenewable Energy Group Applauds Illinois Legislature for Extending Biodiesel...
(Renewable Energy Group/NASDAQ.com) Renewable Energy Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:REGI) leaders praised Illinois lawmakers for approving a five-year extension of a significant biodiesel incentive. Current...
View ArticleMPs Pitch for More Focus on Renewable Sources of Energy
(Press Trust of India) Opposition lawmakers today asked the government to put adequate focus on renewable sources of energy to cut dependency on fossil fuel, saying time has come to take the matter...
View ArticleEthanol Policy Shaping up as a de Facto Tax on Sydney Drivers
by Sean Nicholls (Sydney Morning Herald) … (Innovation and better regulation minister Matt Kean) Kean inherited a policy championed by his predecessor Victor Dominello to boost ethanol sales in NSW...
View ArticleUganda: Museveni Wants Law on Sugarcane By-Products
by Ismail Musa Ladu (The Monitor/All Africa) President Museveni has directed the Minister of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives, Ms Amelia Kyambadde to bring to Parliament, within six months, a law...
View ArticleWho’s Still Fighting Climate Change? The U.S. Military
by Laura Parker (National Geographic) Ten times a year, the Naval Station Norfolk floods. The entry road swamps. Connecting roads become impassable. Crossing from one side of the base to the other...
View ArticleLawmakers Aim to Boost Central Illinois Agricultural Economy
by Chris Lusvardi (Herald & Review) Legislation introduced in Springfield could boost efforts to attract bio-based businesses to Decatur and Central Illinois. The legislation introduced by state...
View ArticleGrowing Hemp for Industrial Purposes to Be Allowed in South Australia
by Lauren Novak (The Advertiser/News.com.au) Growing and manufacturing hemp for industrial purposes, such as cosmetics, clothing or construction materials, will be allowed in South Australia now the...
View ArticleCalifornia Gov. Approves Fuel Tax, Vehicle Fee Transportation Package
(NGT News) California Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr. has signed into law the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017, which will raise $52.4 billion over the next decade through an increase in fuel taxes...
View ArticleIt’s Time for States to Save the Planet: State-Level Carbon Taxes Offer a...
by Charles Komanoff (Huffington Post) The Carbon Tax Center is out with a new report timed to the surging climate movement. We surveyed all 50 U.S. states (and Washington, DC) to identify the ones...
View ArticleGevo’s Isobutanol Cleared for Use in On-Road Vehicles in Arizona
(Gevo/Globe Newswire) Bill HB2368 Permits Isobutanol to be Used as a Fuel Additive for On-Road Vehicles — Gevo, Inc. (NASDAQ:GEVO), announced today that a bill recently signed by Arizona Governor...
View ArticleRenewable Energy Group Applauds Illinois Legislature for Extending Biodiesel...
(Renewable Energy Group/NASDAQ.com) Renewable Energy Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:REGI) leaders praised Illinois lawmakers for approving a five-year extension of a significant biodiesel incentive. Current...
View ArticleMPs Pitch for More Focus on Renewable Sources of Energy
(Press Trust of India) Opposition lawmakers today asked the government to put adequate focus on renewable sources of energy to cut dependency on fossil fuel, saying time has come to take the matter...
View ArticleEthanol Policy Shaping up as a de Facto Tax on Sydney Drivers
by Sean Nicholls (Sydney Morning Herald) … (Innovation and better regulation minister Matt Kean) Kean inherited a policy championed by his predecessor Victor Dominello to boost ethanol sales in NSW...
View Article‘We Want Sweeter Ethanol Law’
by Tinashe Makichi (The Sunday Mail) The Zimbabwe Energy Council will engage the Energy and Power Development Ministry over relaxation of legislation compelling investors to enter joint ventures with...
View ArticleRenovaBio Is Presented in Congress as a Bill
(NovaCana (Google translation)) Taken by Deputy Evandro Gussi (PV-SP), the national biofuels policy will be processed as PL 9086/2017 — As the NovaCana reported earlier this afternoon , the...
View ArticleBrazil Senate Passes Bill to Boost Ethanol, Biodiesel Use
by Shoaib Ur Rehman (Business Recorder/Reuters) Brazilian senators passed on Tuesday a bill proposing sharp increases in the use of biofuels such as ethanol and biodiesel in the country in coming...
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