Minnesota Passes 20% Biodiesel Mandate
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The Minnesota Legislature has passed the largest biodiesel mandate in the country, sending the bill to Governor Tim Pawlenty for his signature.
Finnish Biodiesel Fuels Mixed Reaction
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Neste Oil, Finland’s biggest oil refiner, launched a new biodiesel blend commercially this week -- a controversial mixture of fossil fuel diesel and Neste's renewable diesel, which is based on renewable raw materials including
Making Energy from Cow Manure
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Launched just last month, Environmental BioMass Energy will provide financing of $66 million for a new plant that will translate cow manure into 20 megawatts of energy.
Switchgrass Crop Earmarked for Biomass Production
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Oklahoma will be home to the world's first production-scale crop of switchgrass planted specifically for cellulosic ethanol production.
Biofuel Production Condemned as "Criminal" by UN
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Jean Ziegler, the UN's Special Rapporteur on the right to food, has called for a five-year moratorium on the production of biofuels.
BP Does $59 Million Brazilian Biofuels Deal
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Oil giant BP has has taken a 50 percent stake in Tropical BioEnergia, a biofuels joint venture between Santelisa Vale and Maeda Group which makes ethanol from "sustainable feedstocks."
Get Your Very Own Personal Refinery
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Go ahead and fight the man with your own ethanol machine and accompanying mini-pump.
BP Backs Biofuel Research
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The Energy Bioscience Institute, funded by the major English oil company BP, is funding its first 49 projects with approximately $20 million
The Battle Over Biofuels
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A changing world economy combined with new scientific evidence, cast doubt on the promise of biofuels as an energy source.
Cities Impacting Ocean Chemistry
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The carbon dioxide emissions from cities are creating problems in the air and see as pH levels are being thrown out of balance.
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