How Iowans Drove The National Debate On Carbon Farming
by Isabella Murray (Iowa Starting Line) … (Beto) O’Rourke had read a guest op-ed by Leonard and Matt Russell, executive director of Interfaith Power and Light — a group that pushes for faith-based...
View ArticleUnion Seeks Exemption from Diesel Biofuel Rule
(Press and Journal) The farmers’ union has called for an urgent derogation on the inclusion of biofuel in diesel after insisting farmers and crofters are facing a crisis because of serious issues with...
View ArticleFinding Environmental Markets Carbon Credits, Water Quality Markets Rebuild...
by Chris Clayton (DTN Progressive Farmer) When Ohio farmer Fred Yoder testified last month before the House Select Committee on Climate Change, the long-time no-till farmer and champion of...
View ArticleUABio Proposals for Amendments to the Legislation on Stimulating the...
(UABio)The UABIO Working Group has finalized work on amendments to legislation to stimulate cultivation of energy crops in Ukraine. Read also: aboutabout creation of UABIO Working group on energy crops...
View ArticleCommittee Endorses More Flexible Biofuel Component Bill
(ERR/Estonian Public Broadcasting/BNS) The economic affairs committee of the parliament has decided to send to second reading a bill seeking to make the obligation of adding a bio-component to petrol...
View ArticleA Story for Earth Day: How Mark Abramowitz used the Clean Air Act to Move the...
by Mark Abramowitz (Coalition for Clean Air) It was the summer of 1984, and I was a young air quality scientist for CBE, then called Citizens for a Better Environment (now Communities for a Better...
View ArticleBiofuel Could Blossom if Govt Gives Industry Fertile Ground
by Jamieson Murphy (North Queensland Register) … Nuffield scholar and a fourth generation farmer Steven Hobbs said if the federal government got the bioenergy strategy right, the industry could be...
View ArticleHow to Make Sure the EU Doesn’t Backtrack on Biofuels
by Emmanuel Desplechin (Ethanol Producer Magazine/ePURE) In Europe, biofuels continue to be the predominant source of clean transportation fuels, and we will still need low-carbon fuels like ethanol...
View ArticleBrazil Ethanol Lobby Pushes for Fuel Import Ban
(Argus Media) The ethanol lobby in Brazil’s lower house of congress is proposing a bill to suspend imports of gasoline, diesel and ethanol for 90 days, after President Jair Bolsonaro rejected calls to...
View ArticleThey Propose to Abandon Diesel on Public Transport and Supply It Only with...
by Alvaro Arellano (elciudadanoweb.com (Google Translation)) Producers in the sector support the presentation of a bill that proposes the massive migration of traditional fuel to biodiesel. This...
View ArticleAs Natural Gas Bans Go National, Can Cities Fill the Gap?
by David Iaconangelo (E&E News) … But efficiency researchers say activists’ favored alternative to natural gas — electric heat — is still a costlier option for consumers. Mass adoption of electric...
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Building a Biobased Economy: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to BIO in a...
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) At ABLC Digital in July, Stephanie Batchelor, Vice President of the Industrial & Environmental Section at Biotechnology Innovation Organization shared this...
View ArticleAbout 4 Millions Hectares of Land Are Suitable for Growing Energy Crops in...
(UABIO) About 4 millions hectares of land are suitable for growing energy crops in Ukraine. However, this direction is not developing enough. Among the barriers: legislative; administrative;...
View ArticleDemocrats Unveil New Agenda for Economic Recovery and Climate Action
by Justine Calma (The Verge) Democrats will commit today to a wide-ranging new progressive agenda that simultaneously tackles pandemic recovery, climate change, and systemic injustice. They’re calling...
View ArticleGerman Industry against Multipliers in Biofuels Law
by Sophie Barthel (Argus Media) The planned introduction of multipliers for electricity and hydrogen in a draft law for the use of renewables in transport published by the German environment ministry...
View ArticleEU Aviation Sector Calls for Policy Support and Investment to Help Achieve...
(GreenAir Online) Over 20 European aviation and travel associations have called for a joint commitment between industry and policymakers to achieve net zero CO2 emissions from all flights within and...
View ArticleProspects for the Use of Biofuels and Biogas in the Transport Sector of Ukraine
(UABIO) … In 2018, the use of renewable energy in the transport sector should have been 8.2%, we had ONLY about 1.7%. Besides the contribution of biofuels was 38.4 thousand toe, which is about 45% of...
View ArticleFrance to Oblige Airlines to Use Green but Expensive Biofuel
(The Connexion) Airlines will be required to use 1% of bio-jet fuel from 2022. It is 80% less polluting than normal fuels, but could lead to more expensive flight tickets — France’s parliament is in...
View ArticleArgentina Plans to Extend Biodiesel, Ethanol Blends
by Charles Newbery (S&P Global Platts) Requirement was to expire in May; Blends now at 10% in gasoline, 12% in diesel; Improvements planned for blend regime — Argentina’s President Alberto...
View ArticleLegislative Odyssey for the EU Biofuels Sector
(Biofuels International) Angel Alvarez Alberdi, the secretary general, EWABA, a leading biofuel industry figure discusses the opportunities and challenges for the year ahead. He said: “If there was...
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