agriculture biofuel News
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Iowa Legislature Unanimously Votes To Extend Renewable Fuels Infrastructure Program
On April 27, 2016, the Iowa Senate voted 49-0 to extend the Renewable Fuels Infrastructure Program (RFIP) through June 30, 2017. The legislation, House File 2464, was passed by the Iowa House 94-0 and provides funding for cost-share grants to upgrade fueling infrastructure. RFIP covers up to 70 percent of the installation cost of E15, E85, or biodiesel blend fuel pumps for Iowa retailers, up to ...
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Canadian Bioenergy and ADM enter into negotiations to build canola biodiesel facility
Canadian Bioenergy Corporation, a leading supplier of premium biodiesel in Canada, and Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM), a global leader in agricultural processing and biofuel production, have entered into negotiations to form a joint venture to construct and operate a 265 million litre/year (70 million gallon/year) canola-based biodiesel production facility at the site of ADM's canola ...
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DOE Hosts Alternative Aviation Fuels Workshop, New LUC Emissions Research Discussed
On September 14-15, 2016, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) hosted a two-day workshop with lead experts on aviation biofuels exploring opportunities to increase competitiveness of alternative jet fuels. The Alternative Aviation Fuel Workshop was organized in four parallel breakout sessions covering the economic and technical competitiveness, fuel conversion and scale-up, environmental ...
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`Energy from biomass and waste` Expo & Conference Wins Supporters from Near and Far First international meeting in the U.S. to focus on `biomass and waste to profit`
Pittsburgh, PA / Alpen, Germany – America's first international exhibition and conference on energy from biomass and waste (EBW) will enjoy strong support from sponsors and partners. Sponsors include: the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection; Green Power, Inc.; West Penn Power Sustainable Energy Fund, Inc.; Herbert, Rowland & Grubic, Inc.; The Pennsylvania State University; and ...
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Biofuels 2007 Announcement - 29-31 October 2007, Vienna, Austria
BIOFUELS 2007 29-31 October 2007, Marriott Hotel, Vienna Building on the highly successful 2006 European Biofuels Forum which attracted over 300 attendees from 36 countries, The World Refining Association is delighted to announce that Biofuels 2007 will be taking place on 29-31 October in Vienna, Austria. Energy security issues, government policies and the strive towards more ...
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FAO calls for review of biofuel policies and subsidies
Biofuel policies and subsidies should be urgently reviewed in order to preserve the goal of world food security, protect poor farmers, promote broad-based rural development and ensure environmental sustainability, FAO said in a new edition of its annual flagship publication The State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) 2008. “Biofuels present both opportunities and risks. The outcome would depend on ...
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EPA Proposes Increases in Renewable Fuel Levels
Today the EPA announced proposed volume requirements under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program for the years 2014, 2015 and 2016, and also proposed volume requirements for biomass-based diesel for 2017. The proposal would boost renewable fuel production and provide for ambitious yet responsible growth over multiple years, supporting future expansion of the biofuels industry. “This ...
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EU leaders tackling high energy and food prices
EU leaders at the European Council meeting held an exchange of views on the issues posed by rising food and energy prices. The worldwide surge in commodity prices is posing problems in Europe, with low-income households among the worst affected, and it also has serious repercussions for developing countries. The European Council stated that the Union has already started to tackle soaring food ...
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Record Number of Organizations Signal Unified Support for Farm Bill Energy Title
Today, more than 100 national, state and regional organizations delivered a letter to the leaders of the House and Senate Agriculture Committees urging them to adopt a new Farm Bill with robust mandatory funding for renewable energy and energy efficiency programs. The letter was organized by the Agriculture Energy Coalition and 25x’25 Alliance, Environmental Law & Policy Center, and the ...
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SCS is First U.S. Certification Body Recognized under the International Sustainability & Carbon Certification (ISCC) System
Scientific Certification Systems (SCS) is the first certification body in the United States to be accredited by the International Sustainability & Carbon Certification (ISCC) biofuel certification system. SCS has been approved to conduct biofuel certifications, and in addition, to conduct "ISCC Plus" certification for food, animal feed and derivative chemicals produced from any feedstock. ...
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American Farm Bureau’s Stallman Calls for Tax Changes
Farmers and ranchers need tax certainty to thrive in a modern economy, and making permanent deductions that expired in 2013 is a good first step, the American Farm Bureau Federation told the House Ways and Means Committee today. “One of the major goals of tax reform should be to provide stable, predictable rules for businesses so that they can grow and create jobs,” American Farm ...
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AP article overlooks positives in agriculture, unfairly criticizes biofuels
A recent article by the Associated Press attacks American agriculture by blaming biofuels for harming our natural resources. Unfortunately, the story recycles the same tired arguments, and overlooks several facts that deserve to be highlighted. The article’s main conclusion is that biofuels have incentivized farmers to plant corn, and this increased corn production has led to environmental ...
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Is EPA stacking the deck against ethanol?
The Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) today asserted that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) stacked the deck against biofuels in its process to “peer review” the agency’s indirect land use change analysis (ILUC) conducted for the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS2) proposed rule. This morning the EPA released the much anticipated peer reviews of its lifecycle greenhouse gas (GHG) analysis ...
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David Blume Keynotes San Mateo County BioEd/Science Teachers Talk, Gualala Arts Council Lecture Series, BonFire Heights Festival and ACORE’s Renewable Energy Finance Forum
The International Institute for Ecological Agriculture (IIEA): WHAT: The International Institute for Ecological Agriculture (IIEA) announced today that its Executive Director and Founder David Blume will keynote a series of presentations in California this September. Blume is a globally renowned regenerative agriculture and biofuels expert and is author of Alcohol Can Be A ...
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David Blume Plenary Talks at New Living Expo 4/29 and the Freestone Fermentation Festival 5/21, 2011 Provide Practical Transition Solutions for Post-Petroleum Living
International Institute for Ecological Agriculture (IIEA): What: The International Institute for Ecological Agriculture (IIEA) announced today that its Executive Director and Founder David Blume is a featured speaker at the New Living Expo in San Francisco, CA as well as at the Fermentation Festival in, Freestone, Sonoma County, CA. Blume, a globally renowned regenerative ...
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Ethanol Industry to EPA: RFS about more than greenhouse gases
The drive to produce and use more domestic renewable fuels is about energy security, economic opportunity, and environmental sustainability. Unfortunately, in its proposed rule for the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS2), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) seems to be ignoring the energy and environmental benefits of this program while it seeks greenhouse gas reductions based on unproven ...
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EU energy ministers endorse unsustainable biofuels targets
European Union energy ministers decided not to account for the real greenhouse gas emissions caused by biofuels used for transport in the EU. In a political agreement reached today, ministers refused to reflect indirect land-use change (ILUC) in GHG accounting and subsidy schemes for biofuels. Ministers recognised that “it is likely that greenhouse gas emissions linked to indirect land-use ...
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Agriculture can be powered by renewable energy sources
Some agricultural activities, such as irrigation, could be powered by renewable sources, a new study indicates. Farm machinery could also be renewably-powered, but the machinery would need to be adapted to use renewable electricity, instead of liquid fuel. Agriculture is a major contributor to global warming through greenhouse gases (GHG) from activities such as deforestation, soil treatment and ...
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Harvesting Energy, Stimulating Economic Growth
Ernst Conservation Seeds to Present Innovate Energy Program at EBW Expo & Conference in Pittsburgh, PA Pittsburgh, PA. Ernst Conservation Seeds, is involved in an innovative effort to create energy from biomass through high-energy switchgrass and other warm season grasses. Ernst Conservation Seeds, a three generation family business based in Meadville, PA, will present its new program at ...
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Waste-based biofuels sector needs smarter EU 2030 package to realize its high potential
Europe has a significant untapped potential for converting wastes from farming, forestry, industry and households to advanced low-carbon biofuels, but only if it sets a strong sustainability framework and ambitious decarbonisation targets for transport fuels in 2030, finds a new report entitled “Wasted: Europe’s Untapped Resource”. The project, supported by a coalition of ...
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