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NBB criticizes EPA on RFS

Written on July 3, 2009.

Midwest AGnet reports that the National Biodiesel Board (NBB) has criticized the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) about the implementation of the Renewable Fuel Standard. NBB public affairs head Manning Feraci said that the EISA Act required the EPA to conduct a lifecycle analysis of biofuels as part of the Renewable Fuel Standard’s implementation, but said that “This does not require the EPA to rely on faulty data and unrealistic scenarios that punish the U.S. biodiesel industry for wholly unrelated land use decisions in South America.” Faraci’s comments came as a flock of biofuels friends and foes descended on the EPA for a day of public hearings.



ARS researches on using watermelon for ethanol

Written on July 3, 2009.

Delta Farm Press reports that the U.S. Agricultural Research Service studies in Lane, Oklahoma, have shown that simple sugars in watermelon juice can be made into ethanol. Chemist Wayne Fish’s ethanol studies at the ARS laboratory in Lane complement ongoing research there to commercially extract lycopene and citrulline from the crop. In publication-pending studies, Fish showed ethanol can be fermented from the glucose, fructose and sucrose in waste-stream juices. On average, a 20-pound watermelon will yield about 1.4 pounds of sugar from the flesh and rind, from which about 0.7 pound of ethanol can be derived.



WBIA offers to increase ethanol blender pumps in Wisconsin

Written on July 3, 2009.
Tagged as States, Ethanol.



Oregon marina offers non-ethanol fuel

Written on July 3, 2009.
Tagged as Ethanol.



Brazil sugarcane dips by 10%

Written on July 3, 2009.
Tagged as South America, Ethanol, Sugar.



Wannarat says no plan for hike in Oil Fund contribution

Written on July 3, 2009.
Tagged as Energy Prices, Alternatives, Asia, Ethanol.



Sale of Nebraska ethanol plants closed

Written on July 3, 2009.
Tagged as M & A, Ethanol.



Obama comments on role of renewable fuels

Written on July 3, 2009.
Tagged as Biodiesel, U.S. Government, Alternatives, South America.



Algenol eyes Texas for ethanol biorefinery

Written on July 2, 2009.
Tagged as Biodiesel, Alternatives, Ethanol, Algae.



Ethanol interest wanes in Minnesota

Written on July 1, 2009.
Tagged as States, Ethanol.



Large corn planting could ease rising food costs

Written on July 1, 2009.
Tagged as U.S. Government, Soybeans, Feedstock, Publicly-Traded Stocks, Ethanol, Food vs. Fuel.



Big U.S. corn area should relieve ethanol companies

Written on July 1, 2009.
Tagged as Feedstock, Publicly-Traded Stocks, Ethanol, Corn.



Big spring planting could help ethanol

Written on July 1, 2009.
Tagged as U.S. Government, Soybeans, Feedstock, Publicly-Traded Stocks, Ethanol.



U.N. conference to be powered by E85

Written on July 1, 2009.
Tagged as Alternatives, New Facilities, Europe, Ethanol.



New law could encourage ethanol production

Written on July 1, 2009.
Tagged as U.S. Government, States, Ethanol, Legislation.



Dow Chemical, Algenol to build algae bio-refinery

Written on July 1, 2009.
Tagged as U.S. Government, Ethanol, Algae.



Eastern Renewables seeks to finance Isabela ethanol plant

Written on June 29, 2009.
Tagged as New Facilities, Asia, Ethanol.



Tanker car leaks ethanol in Logan Township

Written on June 29, 2009.
Tagged as Problems, Ethanol.



City councilor seeks to protect wetlands from proposed biodiesel plant

Written on June 29, 2009.
Tagged as Biodiesel, Australia.



Biodiesel prices increase following crude oil hike

Written on June 29, 2009.
Tagged as Biodiesel, Energy Prices, Europe.



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Biodiesel Factoid

34 of America's 50 states are producing biodiesel.

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