by Madeline St. Amour (CentralMaine.com) The Department of Environmental Protection issued the permits after finding no 'credible, conflicting technical information'
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Back TO HOMELePage’s Executive Order on Ethanol Is Fueled by Myths, and It’s a Win for Foreign Oil
By Rick Santorum (Americans for Energy Security and Innovation/Bangor Daily News) ... Energy security goes hand in hand with national security,
July 19, 2016 Read Full Article
Ethanol Claim a Dangerous Combination of Misinformation, Power
by Doug Berven (Portland Press Herald/POET) Gov. LePage and his allies need to look at the facts before alleging that
July 08, 2016 Read Full Article
Maine Retiree Fueling Governor’s Questions about Ethanol
by Scott Thistle (Portland Press Herald) Ralph Stevens, a retired mechanic who says ethanol emissions may have caused the state's
July 01, 2016 Read Full Article
LePage Orders Study of Health Effects of Ethanol Emissions
(Portland Press Herald) The governor tells the DEP and CDC to cooperate on a study of the health impacts of
June 21, 2016 Read Full Article
The Ethanol in Your Gas Tank Should Come from a Tree in a Maine Forest
by Kevin L. Raye (Bangor Daily News/Down East Strategies) Yet our forestry sector is in serious trouble, as mill closures
May 13, 2016 Read Full Article
Towns to Vote on Whether to Burn Their Trash or Convert It into Biofuel
by Andy O’Brien (The Free Press) ... With PERC out of the picture, two nonprofits are bitterly competing for thousands of
April 08, 2016 Read Full Article
White Mountain Biodiesel Announces Plans to Expand Plant Capacity and Begin Direct Sales of Biodiesel to Retail Customers
(White Mountain Biodiesel) NBB member White Mountain Biodiesel, LLC announced today that it has begun the expansion of its plant
February 29, 2016 Read Full Article
USDA Highlights Benefits of Rural Development Grants with Eye on Bioenergy
by Meghan Sapp (Biofuels Digest) In Washington, the USDA has highlighted the economic impacts on rural communities bioenergy investments have
January 29, 2016 Read Full Article
Algae Foundation Collaborates with SFCC on DOE Grant
(Algae Industry Magazine) he Algae Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to educating the public about algae, its biology, ecology, cultivation
January 26, 2016 Read Full Article
Fiberight Announces Major Investor during Trash Group’s Meeting
by Dawn Gagnon (Bangor Daily News) Members of the group representing the trash-disposal interests of nearly 200 Maine towns were
December 22, 2015 Read Full Article
Immersive Algae Education Programs Growing in Popularity
(Algae Industry Magazine) Students of algal research, including it’s various applications and business models, have increasing opportunities to get quickly
December 21, 2015 Read Full Article
Food Waste Legislation Includes AD Provisions
by Erin Voegele (Biomass Magazine) On Dec. 7, Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, introduced the Food Recovery Act of 2015. The
December 11, 2015 Read Full Article
Electric Cars Can’t Take the Cold
by Jeff Plungis (Bloomberg) Batteries generate power less efficiently as temperatures drop. --- ... The trouble is, except for Oregon, none of
December 07, 2015 Read Full Article
EPA Review Raises Alarm in Maine over Potential Increase of Ethanol in Gasoline
by Whit Richardson (Portland Press Herald) Critics say the change would cost drivers, farmers, fuel sellers and small-engine equipment owners.
November 23, 2015 Read Full Article
A High Price to Pay: The Hidden Costs of Corn-Ethanol Mandates on New England
(Center for Regulatory Solutions) ... How have the RFS and federal corn consumption mandates impacted non-corn states, and the
November 10, 2015 Read Full Article
Cellulosic Jet Fuel: The Digest’s 2015 8-Slide Guide to Mercurius
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Mercurius says it “has the technology and processes that will, for the first time, make
October 22, 2015 Read Full Article
A New Maine Manufacturing Strategy Could Turn Plants into Products
By Charlotte Mace (Bangor Daily News/Sustainable Economy Program at Environmental Health Strategy Center) ... Yes, several Maine mills have closed and
September 04, 2015 Read Full Article
MSW and the Promise of Biotechnology
by James L. Stewart (MSW Management/Biofuels Digest) When it comes to its progress in achieving zero waste to landfills, the United
August 25, 2015 Read Full Article
China Voters Mull Support for Fiberight Waste-to-Energy Project (China, Maine, that Is)
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In Maine, the Board of Selectmen for the township of China are looking at supporting
July 29, 2015 Read Full Article
Technologies Pitch The Public To Help Them Win SAFE Energy Security Prize: SeaChange Group
(Securing America’s Future Energy) Today’s low prices at the pump may have many people believing our nation’s energy security problem
July 21, 2015 Read Full Article
Nearly Half of Senate Writes Urging for Streamlined Support for Forest Bioenergy
by Megan Sapp (Biofuels Digest) In Washington, nearly half of the US Senate has written to the Secretary of Agriculture, the
July 02, 2015 Read Full Article
King Bill Establishes Biomass Emissions as Carbon Neutral
by Erin Voegele (Biomass Magazine) Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, has introduced legislation that aims to ensure emissions generated from sustainably
May 19, 2015 Read Full Article
Trash-to-Biofuel Takes New Turn in Marion
by Rick Smith (The Gazette) No one has claimed that making biofuel out of garbage is as simple as tossing
April 21, 2015 Read Full Article
Waste-Biogas Is at Least Ten Times More Effective than Crop-Biogas at Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions
(Bangor University) In a paper just released in the leading bioenergy journal Global Change Biology Bioenergy, researchers from Bangor University
March 06, 2015 Read Full Article
Ocean Circulation Change: Sea level Spiked for Two Years along Northeastern North America
(Science Daily/University of Arizona) Sea levels from New York to Newfoundland jumped up about four inches in 2009 and 2010
March 02, 2015 Read Full Article
Group Representing 187 Maine Municipalities Inks Development Deal for Hampden Waste Handling Facility
by Dawn Gagnon (Bangor Daily News) After receiving assurances that the technology is viable, members of the Municipal Review Committee
February 06, 2015 Read Full Article
Five Myths about Gas Taxes
by Paul Bledsoe (The Washington Post) A dramatic 40 percent drop in oil prices since June has prompted new discussion aboutraising
December 22, 2014 Read Full Article
New Waste-to-Energy Facility Proposed in Hampden
by Terry Stackhouse (WABI TV) A group managing the trash disposal needs of nearly 190 Maine towns wants to build
December 17, 2014 Read Full Article
UMaine Team Hired to Study whether ‘Trashanol’ Will Work in Maine
by By Nok-Noi Ricker (Bangor Daily News) The organization representing the trash interests of 187 Maine towns is now partnering with
October 24, 2014 Read Full Article
US Homeland Security Moves to Tackle Climate Change Risks
by Lisa Anderson (Reuters) Protecting the infrastructure of American cities from the effects of climate change is rising on the
October 03, 2014 Read Full Article
State Scrambles to Save Old Town Pulp Mill, 200 Jobs
by Susan Sharon (MPBN News) "Effective immediately all Old Town mill operations will be indefinitely suspended." That was the message
August 15, 2014 Read Full Article
Pyrolysis of Biomass for Fuels and Chemicals: NEWBio Webinar Report
by Olatomiwa Bifarin* (Advanced Biofuels USA) The June edition of the Northeast bioenergy webinar series by Northeast Woody/Warm-season Biomass Consortium
June 13, 2014 Read Full Article
NCMA Launches Interactive Algae Website and Database
(Algae Industry Magazine) East Boothbay, Maine-based Provasoli-Guillard National Center for Marine Algae and Microbiota (NCMA) has announced the launch of
December 23, 2013 Read Full Article
Paper Mill in Maine, US Making Sugars for Biofuel from Wood Waste
(Biofuels International) The paper industry in Old Town, Maine, US has been stuck in gradual decline for some years now.
November 26, 2013 Read Full Article
Debunking the Myths of Biofuel
by Jackie Ward (WCSH6.com) One Maine company is helping turn leftover restaurant grease into a valuable fuel that's helping other
November 01, 2013 Read Full Article
Portland Biodiesel Company Helps Phish, Other Touring Bands, Go Green
by Seth Koenig (Bangor Daily News) Starting this week, when tour buses for bands like Phish travel through Maine, they’ll
July 05, 2013 Read Full Article
UMaine’s Paper Days Focuses on Future of Nanofibers, Biofuels and Industries that Will Benefit Maine
by Nick McCrea (Bangor Daily News) ...University of Maine researchers updated more than 300 forestry and paper industry officials, stakeholders
May 01, 2013 Read Full Article
Maine Legislator Turns up Heat on Ethanol Battle
by Eva Murray (Bangor Daily News) ...Rep. Jeff Timberlake, R-Turner, has been heading up an effort in the Maine Legislature
April 30, 2013 Read Full Article
Maine Company Making Biofuel from Spent Grease
(WCSH6.com) With a few added chemicals and some serious filtration, Maine Standard Biofuels takes leftover cooking oil from restaurants and
April 05, 2013 Read Full Article
Ethanol Fuel Targeted by Legislators, Administration
by Brett Whitmarsh (WLBZ) The Maine legislature will decide whether to restrict or even eliminate the use of ethanol in
February 06, 2013 Read Full Article
Bills Seek to Reduce or Remove Ethanol from Maine Gas
by Scott Thistle (Maine Sun Journal) A pair of bills introduced Thursday by state Rep. Jeff Timberlake, R-Turner, could have a
January 25, 2013 Read Full Article
Maine DEP Working on Plan to Ban Gas Blends with More than 10 Percent Ethanol
by Matthew Stone (Bangor Daily News) The Maine Department of Environmental Protection is preparing to wade into a national
January 11, 2013 Read Full Article
Grass for Biofuel Could be the Next Cash Crop in Aroostook County
by Julia Bayly (Bangor Daily News) ...The Center for Rural Sustainable Development at the University of Maine at Fort Kent last week announced
December 05, 2012 Read Full Article
Pentagon Biofuels Effort Aids Energy Independence
By Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-New Hampshire) and Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine) (Politico) It’s disappointing that Congress may try to second-guess
July 17, 2012 Read Full Article
New UMaine Technology Center to Turn Wood Chips and Grass into Fuel and Plastics
by Nick McCrea (Bangor Daily News) A research and technology hub that one day could help wean the United States
July 17, 2012 Read Full Article
Dial 9011 for Crop Assistance
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Section 9011 of the Farm Bill – the Biomass Crop Assistance Program – USDA deploys
June 14, 2012 Read Full Article
US Military Looking at Wood-Based Biofuels
(Western Farm Press) The U.S. military is very interested in alternative fuels — in particular, the wood-based biofuels being researched
May 25, 2012 Read Full Article
Algae Instrumentation Manufacturer Launches Scholarship Program
(Fluid Imaging Technologies) Fluid Imaging Technologies Supports Biofuel, Nutraceutical Research Worldwide Yarmouth, ME: Laboratory instrumentation manufacturer Fluid Imaging Technologies, Yarmouth, Maine (www.fluidimaging.com)
April 13, 2012 Read Full Article
Low Carbon Fuel Standard Could Double Gas Prices
by Cindy Zimmerman (DomesticFuel.com) A new study released today by the Consumer Energy Alliance (CEA) indicates that a low carbon fuel standard
March 27, 2012 Read Full Article
Sebago Farms Plans Massive Greenhouse, Algae Biofuels Facility in Maine
by Lori Valigra (Massive High Tech) In an area of Maine generally known for its strip malls and big box
January 13, 2012 Read Full Article
'A Woman's Work Is Never Done'
by Barbara Walters (ABC 20/20)Though conspicuous consumption in tough economic times has given the superrich bad press, self-made moguls like
October 31, 2011 Read Full Article
Researchers Discover New Process for Biofuel
(R&D) Researchers have long been interested in waste products as sources of biofuel. In Maine, those waste items could include
October 28, 2011 Read Full Article
Senators Introduce Bill to End Ethanol Subsidies, Import Tariff
by Jim Snyder (Bloomberg) ...Senators Dianne Feinstein, a California Democrat, and Tom Coburn, an Oklahoma Republican, said the 45-cent credit, which is
May 04, 2011 Read Full Article
Pulp Non-Fiction: Biofuels a Ray of Sunshine in a Gloomy Season
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) As the pulp and paper industry reels from the internet’s impact, biofuels and renewable chemicals
February 22, 2011 Read Full Article
Maine Gets Most Federal Biofuel Help of Any State
by Mal Leary (Capitol News Service/Bangor Daily News) Maine has received more cash from the federal government for the development of