Archive for April, 2009
Some Fear Biofuel Production Will Dry Up Water Supplies
Some Fear Biofuel Production Will Dry Up Water Supplies
www.redorbit.com
April 14, 2009
As corn farmers in the U.S. begin readying their crops, many critics claim that increased pressure to produce large portions of crops for biofuels is robbing the public’s water resources.
Kansas corn farmer Merl “Buck” Rexford told Reuters he hopes to produce more than 150 bushels [...]
Obama Administration Launches Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E)
Obama Administration launches Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), establishes offshore renewables development framework
By Jim Lane
Biofuels Digest
April 29, 2009
Major announcements came from Washington regarding new advanced projects energy research funding and rules for offshore development.
The Administration announced the launch of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), modeled after the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), which [...]
Protecting Groundwater Expensive Reality for County Stakeholders
Protecting groundwater expensive reality for county stakeholders
By Donna Osborn
South County Mail
April 29, 2009
The neighbors sit around the large dining table inside the old family farmhouse situated on 255 acres of bucolic Webster County farmland. The spring wind howls outside and bangs the chimes that hang from the ceiling of one of the porches. To the [...]
Ethanol Standards Take Bite From Corn
Ethanol Standards Take Bite From Corn
By IAN BERRY
The Wall Street Journal
APRIL 27, 200
CHICAGO — California’s decision to adopt new-vehicle fuel standards to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions will have little short-term impact on corn-ethanol demand, but in the long term it is seen hurting the biofuel.
The state’s Air Resources Board approved the measure by a 9-1 [...]
Why Big Oil Should Not be Allowed to Monopolize the Blender’s Tax Credit
Why Big Oil Should Not be Allowed to Monopolize the Blender’s Tax Credit
By Brian J. Donovan
Renergie
April 20, 2009
The issue is whether state legislatures should allow oil companies, or affiliates of oil companies, to have a monopoly on blending fuel ethanol with unblended gasoline.
The American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 established the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax [...]
California Approves Nation’s 1st Low-Carbon Fuel Rule
California approves nation’s 1st low-carbon fuel rule
By SAMANTHA YOUNG
The Associated Press
April 24, 2009
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California air regulators on Thursday adopted a first-in-the-nation mandate requiring low-carbon fuels, part of the state’s wider effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
The California Air Resources Board voted 9-1 to approve the standards, which are expected to create a [...]
Don’t Sink Energy Independence by Crimping Biofuels
Don’t sink energy independence by crimping biofuels
By Gal Luft
The Detroit News
April 20, 2009
This week, the California Air Resources Board, or CARB — the same agency that only five years ago gained notoriety for its role in “killing” the electric car — could be in a position to deliver another crippling blow to the United States’ [...]
Plan Would Mandate Fuels Have Less Carbon
Plan would mandate fuels have less carbon
Ethanol industry fears punishment
By Michael Gardner
The Union-Tribune
April 21, 2009
SACRAMENTO – California is on the verge of adopting another landmark policy to curb greenhouse gas emissions and reduce demand for imported oil, this time by requiring fuel providers to cut the carbon intensity in gasoline and diesel by 10 [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )EPA Issues Proposed Endangerment Finding for Greenhouse Gases
EPA Issues Proposed Endangerment Finding for Greenhouse Gases:
Proposed Cause or Contribute Finding Identifies Motor Vehicles as Contributing Source
Green Car Congress
17 April 2009
After a thorough scientific review ordered in 2007 by the US Supreme Court, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a proposal with two distinct findings regarding greenhouse gases. (Earlier post.) The endangerment finding [...]
EPA to Propose Regulating Greenhouse Gas Emissions
EPA to Propose Regulating Greenhouse Gas Emissions
By Juliet Eilperin
The Washington Post
April 17, 2009
The Environmental Protection Agency today plans to propose regulating greenhouse gas emissions on the grounds that these pollutants pose a danger to the public’s health and welfare, according to several sources who asked not to be identified.
The move, coming almost exactly [...]
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