In Maryland, the “Monthly Energy Review” by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), with data through December 31, 2012 is showing that renewable energy sources and natural gas expanded rapidly during the Obama Administration’s first term while coal, nuclear power, oil imports and use, energy consumption, and CO2 emissions all declined significantly. Comparing data for […]
In Washington, Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley told reporters that RIN prices had gone through the roof because of speculation and that it was up to regulators like the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to look into controlling it. Anti-biofuels groups are taking advantage of soaring RIN prices as an opportunity to get rid of the RFS.
In the Philippines, the country’s long-awaited E10 policy will finally begin on Monday. Local environmental group Kaibigan ng Kaunlaran at Kalikasan (KKK) is seeking studies from the government, if any, showing that E10 would not be harmful to the national fleet. It claims that none have been undertaken since E5 was introduced in 2007, setting […]
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In Sri Lanka, following a ban on ethanol imports earlier this month, the President, acting as the minister of finance, is gazetting a policy that will boost ethanol production at the Pelawatte Sugar Industries and Sevenagala Sugar Industries mills that were nationalized last year. Local ethanol production has risen in recent years while local demand […]
In Hawaii, a bill establishing a two-year hemp pilot program has passed a second reading with amendments in the Senate after being passed unanimously on the floor of the House in March. The bill would allow the University of Hawaii at Manoa to establish an industrial hemp remediation and biofuel crop plant program. Said State […]
In Maryland, Advanced Biofuels USA has released a statement opposing the Energy Security Trust proposal, deeming it “counterproductive, insufficient, and inconsistent.” The release continues, “the Energy Security Trust, is an “all–of-the-above” program that is primarily focused on increasing the production of non-renewable, GHG producing natural gas for the production of electricity that would in part […]
In Washington, leadership from the Energy and Commerce Committee have released a white paper seeking input on what happens when excess biofuel is available on the market than is necessary to meet the mandated 10% ethanol blend. Both Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Ranking Member Henry Waxman (D-CA) collaborated for the development of the white […]
In Washington, Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, and Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Ranking Member of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, asked Gina McCarthy, nominee to lead the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), to outline how she will protect American citizens from rising gas prices due to the […]
In Washington, Republicans are set to again attack Navy spending on biofuels, this time to the $984 billion federal spending bill. Also on the chopping block is circumventing Obama’s authority on Keystone. TheHill.com reports that Senator Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) has proposed an amendment that would have transferred military funds for biofuels to operation and maintenance […]
