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Back TO HOME69% of Americans Don't Want Hybrid or Electric for Their Next Car
by Ben Geman (Axios) ... Most consumers, especially in the U.S., plan to stick with internal combustion tech for their
January 07, 2022 Read Full Article
How Six States Could Transform the U.S. Trucking Industry
by Tom Whipple (Bloomberg) The U.S. trucking industry is set to be transformed by a handful of states adopting zero-emission
January 07, 2022 Read Full Article
Looking to Teach or Learn about the Carbon Cycle? Try This Do-It-Yourself Board Game for a Start
by Joanne Ivancic (Advanced Biofuels USA) It has been a dream of mine to tell the story of the carbon
January 07, 2022 Read Full Article
‘Crazy’ Carbon Offsets Market Prompts Calls for Regulation
by Frances Schwartzkopff (Bloomberg/Advisor Perspectives) ... The buying and selling of credits that purport to offset a company’s pollution has become
January 07, 2022 Read Full Article
Prized Poop Elephant Dung Bricks, Ecovative Partnering up with Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger on Mushroom-Based Leather, and More: The Digest’s Top 8 Innovations for the Week of January 7th
by Helena Tavares Kennedy (Biofuels Digest) Here in Digestville, we’ve covered many ways that waste is useful with trash to treasure,
January 07, 2022 Read Full Article
Time for One More Salute to Bob Dole – As an Early Ethanol Pioneer He Laid the Foundation for Modern Biofuels
by Doug Durante (Clean Fuels Development Coalition/Biofuels Digest) ... When Bob Dole agreed to co-sponsor an amendment with Tom Daschle, a
January 07, 2022 Read Full Article
Biofuel Powered Grain Shipment to Depart WA
by Shannon Beattie (Farm Weekly) In an Australian-first, a grain vessel due to set sail from the CBH Group Albany Grain
January 07, 2022 Read Full Article
Paddy Straw for Biofuel
(The Tribune) Karnal experiment a good initiative -- The problem of managing crop stubble is seeing a major step towards resolution,
January 06, 2022 Read Full Article
Uncovering the Deforestation and Climate Risks of Chinese and EU Soy and Beef Imports from South America
by André Vasconcelos (Global Canopy and Trase/Wilson Center) To examine the role of the international community in shaping Latin America’s environmental
January 06, 2022 Read Full Article
Nominations Open for Advanced Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo Fleet Awards DEADLINE: March 4, 2022
(Advanced Clean Transportation Expo) Each year, ACT Expo celebrates fleets demonstrating leadership in clean transportation at the annual Fleet Awards.
January 06, 2022 Read Full Article
CARB Highlights Potential Changes to California LCFS Program Public Comment DEADLINE: January 7, 2022
(Advanced Clean Tech News) On December 7, 2021, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) hosted a virtual public workshop titled, “Potential
January 06, 2022 Read Full Article
RFA’s Cooper to Testify before House Ag Committee
(Renewable Fuels Association) Renewable Fuels Association President and CEO Geoff Cooper will testify at a House Agriculture Committee hearing on January 12 on
January 06, 2022 Read Full Article
Turkish Airlines to Debut Flights Using Sustainable Aviation Fuel
by Tuba Sahin (Anadolu Agency) National flag carrier to form new structure for AnadoluJet's low-cost business model, says company CEO
January 06, 2022 Read Full Article
ExxonMobil and Neste to Supply Sustainable Aviation Fuel in France
(ExxonMobil)Aviation fuel supplier ExxonMobil and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) producer Neste announce plans for commercial-scale distribution of Neste MY Sustainable
January 06, 2022 Read Full Article
Charting a Course toward Cleaner Shipping
by Christina Nunez (Industry Today) Research suggests that swapping heavy fuel with fuel made from wood waste, waste fats, oils
January 06, 2022 Read Full Article
airBaltic Increases Sustainable Aviation Fuel Usage
(Biofuels International) Latvian airline airBaltic has increased the use of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) by 20%. This has been achieved in cooperation
January 06, 2022 Read Full Article
For Educators: Spark of STEM Videos
Binge-watch the Spark of STEM Coffee Break Series with your host Maynard Okereke! Extend your coffee break with multiple episodes
January 06, 2022 Read Full Article
X-STEM San Diego --- April 19, 2022 --- San Diego, CA
X-STEM San Diego is an IN-PERSON conference for middle through high school students designed to empower and inspire kids about
January 06, 2022 Read Full Article
Debate on the Rule that Seeks to Adjust the Mixture of Ethanol and Biodiesel to 10%
(El Tiempo (Google Translation)) A regulation issued on Wednesday of last week by the ministries of Mines and Energy, Environment
January 06, 2022 Read Full Article
Novozymes to Deliver on Strategy with Carbon Capture Collaboration Agreement
(Novozymes) Novozymes launched its 2025 strategy with a clear objective to explore new growth opportunities. The company is now delivering
January 06, 2022 Read Full Article
Johnson Matthey Launches HyCOgen, an Enabling Technology to Efficiently Convert CO2 and Green Hydrogen into Sustainable Aviation Fuel
(Johnson Matthey/PR Newswire) - Launch of HyCOgen will play a key role in enabling captured CO2 and green hydrogen to be converted into sustainable
January 06, 2022 Read Full Article
Speaker Presentation Ideas Now Accepted for the 2022 International Fuel Ethanol Workshop & Expo --- June 13-15, 2022 --- Minneapolis, MN DEADLINE: February 11, 2022
(Ethanol Producer Magazine/BBI International) The call for speaker presentation ideas is now open for the 2022 International Fuel Ethanol Workshop &
January 06, 2022 Read Full Article
Megatrends in Sustainability Under the Microscope: The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to Nexant
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Find out what Steven Slome from Nexant thinks is hot in biofuels, biochemicals and sustainability
January 06, 2022 Read Full Article
£26m Funding to Support UK Biomass Projects
(Bioenergy Insight) Innovative biomass projects across the UK can now bid for a share of £26 million (€30.4 million) in
January 06, 2022 Read Full Article
Versalis, BTS Biogas Join Forces to Develop New Technology
(Bioenergy Insight) Versalis and BTS Biogas will develop and market an innovative technology for the production of biogas and biomethane
January 06, 2022 Read Full Article
UGI and Vertimass Enter Agreement to Produce Renewable Fuels in the U.S. and Europe
(UGI Corporation) UGI Corporation (NYSE: UGI) announced today that it has entered into a 15-year agreement with California-based technology developer, Vertimass, to utilize their
January 06, 2022 Read Full Article
OPINION: Take the Opportunity to Save on Capital Improvements
by Robert White (Renewable Fuels Association/Ethanol Producer Magazine) ... While the Alternative Fuel Infrastructure Tax Credit expired at the end of
January 06, 2022 Read Full Article
Report: Japan’s Ethanol Blend Level Averages 1.8% in 2021
by Erin Voegele (Ethanol Producer Magazine) Fuel ethanol consumption in Japan is expected to reach 823 million liters (217.41 million gallons)
January 06, 2022 Read Full Article
EPA Gets It Right for American Advanced Biofuels Public Comment DEADLINE: February 4, 2022
by Douglas L. Faulkner and Michael McAdams (Leatherstocking LLC /“The Cleantech Conservative” and Advanced BioFuels Association/Biofuels Digest) ... The Agency has
January 06, 2022 Read Full Article
Biodiesel Blends Battle Snow and Ice in the Windy City
(National Biodiesel Board) With much of the country facing the onslaught of winter weather and the challenges it can bring, many
January 05, 2022 Read Full Article
Airlines Have a Recipe to Reach Zero Emissions by 2050. The Key Ingredient: Cooking Oil
by Hugo Martin (Los Angeles Times/Aviation Pros) ... In a first, one of the two engines on the 737 Max 8
January 05, 2022 Read Full Article
Critical Minerals: America's Achilles' Heel? --- January 12, 2022 --- ONLINE and recording
Experts discuss the importance of metals and minerals for energy technologies and systems, what their mining and processing means for
January 05, 2022 Read Full Article
Carbon Literacy Workshops
Green Takeover's workshop is the first US-designed certification course accredited by the award winning Carbon Literacy Project in the UK. Develop your knowledge
January 05, 2022 Read Full Article
New PhD Course on the Politics of 'Net Zero' and Carbon Removal --- June 13-17, 2022 --- Copenhagen, Denmark DEADLINE: January 15, 2022
by Cecilia von Arnold (Lund University Center for Sustainability Studies) In June 2022, LUCSUS will co-organise a 5-day intensive PhD course
January 05, 2022 Read Full Article
Green Biz 22 --- February 15-17, 2022 --- Scottsdale, AZ
Amidst challenging times, the sustainability profession is evolving — with new concerns, opportunities and concepts emerging faster than ever. Join
January 05, 2022 Read Full Article
3 Hot Technologies: The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to The Wolfpack on New Tech
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Pyran also known as the 5-carbon company, net-zero SAF via wet-waste volatile fatty acids, and
January 05, 2022 Read Full Article
Cummins, Sinopec, Oberon Fuels and More – The Latest Green Hydrogen Initiatives from Power-to-Hydrogen, Methane, DME
by Helena Tavares Kennedy (Biofuels Digest) ... What about the different routes to get that lovely green hydrogen? From splitting water
January 05, 2022 Read Full Article
A Rebuttal to DeCicco: Use Locally Produced Renewable Energy
(Owatonna People's Press/Renewable Fuels Association) The author claims that the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) was enacted in the wake of 9/11.
January 05, 2022 Read Full Article
World Energy Receives SEAL Award for Its Sustainable Aviation Fuel
by Ron Kotrba (Biobased Diesel Daily) World Energy, a producer of biodiesel, renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), has
January 04, 2022 Read Full Article
Global Clean Energy Holdings Acquires Madrid-Based Camelina Firm
by Ron Kotrba (Biobased Diesel Daily) Global Clean Energy Holdings Inc. announced Jan. 3 that it has acquired Camelina Company España
January 04, 2022 Read Full Article
Gen-1 Ethanol Opportunities: Improving Lifecycle GHG Benefits of Existing Biofuel Production --- February 1, 2022 --- ONLINE
On February 1st, 2022, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s Bioenergy Technologies Office
January 04, 2022 Read Full Article
New Report Focuses on Non-Petroleum Fuel Options for Waste and Recycling Fleets
by Ariana Fine (NGT News) NGO Energy Vision’s The Refuse Revolution report on alternative fuels and new vehicle technologies for waste
January 04, 2022 Read Full Article
Energy and Environment Foundation Global Awards Nominations Open DEADLINE: January 15, 2022
The EEF Global Awards is presented by the Energy And Environment Foundation — a not-for-profit, non-political, neutral and independent, non-governmental
January 04, 2022 Read Full Article
New York's Climate Plan: Scoping the Path to New York's Clean Energy Economy --- January 12-13, 2022 --- ONLINE
Please join us on the afternoon of January 12 and morning of January, 13, 2022 for a series of discussions
January 04, 2022 Read Full Article
First WAGABOX Landfill Gas to RNG Project in the US Confirmed
(Waga Energy/Steuben County/North American Clean Energy) Waga Energy is joining forces with Steuben County (New York, USA) on a Renewable Natural Gas
January 04, 2022 Read Full Article
New US Regional Carrier Plans to Be “America’s First Zero-Emission Airline” with Hydrogen-Powered Turboprops
by Tony Harrington (GreenAir Online) New US-based short-haul carrier Connect Airlines has announced plans to become “America’s first zero-emission airline”, signing
January 04, 2022 Read Full Article
Refining NZ Infrastructure Support Govt's Biofuel Mandate
(New Zealand Herald) Infrastructure at Refinery New Zealand will play a key role in the future shift to biofuel as signalled
January 04, 2022 Read Full Article
One of UK Largest Transport Operators Chooses Bio-LNG to Power Its Volvos
(Volvo UK/NGV Journal) Gregory Distribution is extending the use of bio-LNG into its milk transhipment operation, with the arrival of 12
January 04, 2022 Read Full Article
Off-Season 'Cover' Crops Expand as U.S. Growers Eye Low-Carbon Future
by Karl Plume (Reuters) ... The purpose of cover crops is to restore soil, reduce erosion and to pull climate-warming carbon
January 04, 2022 Read Full Article
Biochar in the Woods --- January 27 and February 1-3, 2022
BIOCHAR HELPS FORESTS GROW AND STORE MORE CARBON Given the ongoing drought and dangerous wildfire conditions throughout the west, USBI sees
January 04, 2022 Read Full Article
The Electric-Vehicle Push Empowers China
by Robert Bryce (Wall Street Journal) Instead of using its own energy reserves, the U.S. is betting on its rival’s
January 04, 2022 Read Full Article
RFA: EPA Moving in Right Direction on RFS, but Must Reconsider Retroactive Cut to 2020 RVO
(Renewable Fuels Association) In a virtual hearing on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed renewable volume obligations for 2020 through 2022,
January 04, 2022 Read Full Article
An Energy Transition Needs Lots of Power Lines.
by Dan Gearino (Inside Climate News) This 1970s Minnesota Farmers’ Uprising Tried to Block One. What Can it Teach Us? As
January 04, 2022 Read Full Article
Karnataka to Have Ethanol Policy: Minister Munenakoppa
(The New Indian Express) The State Government will bring a separate ethanol policy to boost ethanol production in sugar factories,
January 04, 2022 Read Full Article
Sugar Mills Earn ₹35,000 cr Revenue by Sale of Ethanol in 4 Years
(The Hindu Business Line) ln the sugar season 2020-21, 22 lakh tonnes (lt) of sugar has been diverted to ethanol.
January 04, 2022 Read Full Article
Commodities 2022: Asian Industrial Ethanol Import Prices May Rise
by Donavan Lim (S&P Global Platts) Far East buyers to pay more for ethanol in 2022; Higher ethanol blending mandate in Philippines
January 04, 2022 Read Full Article
Brazil to No Longer Hold Biodiesel Auctions as of January
by Meghan Sapp (Biofuels Digest) In Brazil, Platts reports there were no longer be biodiesel auctions held to supply biodiesel for
January 04, 2022 Read Full Article
Commercializing Lignin to Chemicals: The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to MetGen
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) The fractionation of lignin – How MetGen does it, their process compared to others, collaboration
January 04, 2022 Read Full Article
Complete Global Guide: The Digest’s Biofuels Mandates Around the World 2022
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) 65 countries have targets or mandates--how much, where, when and what? READ MORE Commodities 2022: European
January 04, 2022 Read Full Article
PCA Pushes Higher 5% Biodiesel Blend
by Catherine Talavera (The Philippine Star) The Department of Agriculture, through the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA), is pushing for the increase
January 03, 2022 Read Full Article
Regulatory and Policy Analysis of Production, Development and Use of Sustainable Aviation Fuels in the United States
Ekrem Korkut and Lara B. Fowler (Frontiers in Energy Research) The United States, spurred in part by international developments, is
January 03, 2022 Read Full Article
Biodiesel vs Electric Vehicles (Optimus Technologies founder Colin Huwyler)
(Aaron Watson Business & Investing) Colin Huwyler is the CEO of Optimus Technologies, a firm that designs and builds EPA compliant
January 03, 2022 Read Full Article
2022 Iowa Renewable Fuels Summit --- January 25, 2022 --- Des Moines, IA
The Iowa Renewable Fuels Summit is the Midwest’s largest biofuels policy conference! Drawing from over a dozen states, attendees represent every
January 03, 2022 Read Full Article
Recyclability vs Recycling Infrastructure: How to Engage Stakeholders and Align Solutions --- January 18, 2022 --- ONLINE
Companies are innovating at an unprecedented speed to offer products that are more sustainable and provide greater value to customers.
January 03, 2022 Read Full Article
In an East Coast First, New Jersey Will Phase out Diesel Trucks
by María Paula Rubiano A. (Grist) New Jersey joins California, Oregon, and Washington in setting ambitious goals to electrify trucks
January 03, 2022 Read Full Article
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS ACS Green Chemistry Institute's 26th Annual Green Chemistry & Engineering Conference (GC&E) --- June 6-8, 2022 --- Reston, VA DEADLINE: February 14, 2022
The Conference will feature over 40 high-quality technical sessions, daily keynote speakers, poster sessions, workshops, and plenty of networking. "Thinking
January 03, 2022 Read Full Article
Brightmark Receives ISCC PLUS Certification
(Brightmark) Certification ensures compliance with high ecological and social sustainability requirements, greenhouse gas emissions savings, and traceability throughout the supply
January 03, 2022 Read Full Article
Denmark Targets 2030 for Fossil Fuel-Free Domestic Flights
by Sumit Singh (Simple Flying) The Danish government yesterday announced that it has a mission to have all of its
January 03, 2022 Read Full Article
JBEI’s Aviation Program: The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to Joint BioEnergy Institute
by Helena Tavares Kennedy (Biofuels Digest) 6 DOE National Labs and 6 Universities are partners with the Joint BioEnergy Institute to
January 03, 2022 Read Full Article
Top 10 Predictions for the Advanced Bioeconomy in 2022
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) A mere “The Year in Rewind” as we sail into 2022? Not the good ship Digest!
January 03, 2022 Read Full Article
Oil and Gas Industry Jockeys to Protect Its Jobs against Biden's Energy Transition
by Jeremy Beaman (Washington Examiner) Leaders on the front lines of the oil and gas industry are pushing back against Democrats'