NewsRack: 'Biodiesel' news in 'Transportation-National' topic for user flenvcenter

Cell Toxicity and Oxidative Potential of Engine Exhaust Particles: Impact of Using Particulate Filter or Biodiesel Fuel Blend (Cached)	20.5.2013	pubs.acs.org
Environmental Science & Technology DOI: 10.1021/es305330y
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Aerobic Biodegradation Kinetics and Mineralization of Six Petrodiesel/Soybean-Biodiesel Blends	17.4.2013	Environmental Science & Technology: Latest Articles (ACS Publications)
Environmental Science & Technology DOI: 10.1021/es400360v
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David Dodge: Treating Biodiesel Like a Microbrew	16.4.2013	Green on HuffingtonPost.com
As you walk into the Cowichan Biodiesel Cooperative's processing facility in Duncan B.C., it really does look like a microbrewery. Tanks, pumps, hoses and other assorted machinery are all reminiscent of the brew master's trade. But unlike the yeasty, worty smell that you get at a brewery, the biodiesel processing facility has the faint hint of French fries.
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More voices emerge in support of California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard	3.4.2013	Main Feed - Environmental Defense
By Tim O'Connor In the past two weeks, California’s California Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) received a heavy dose of positive news: strong support from major companies to develop cleaner transportation fuel options and solid evidence to prove the standard is working. On April 2 nd , major business interests and non-profit organizations across the state filed four separate briefs supporting the LCFS in the state Appeals Court in Fresno. The briefs, filed in response to a letter from the court in February, say definitively that the LCFS is a necessary program for California because it creates a market signal for new, cleaner fuels and solutions that can grow California’s economy and improve air quality. The impressive diversity of interests weighing in is a who’s-who list of energy giants, including the nation’s largest supplier of natural gas for vehicles (Clean Energy), a 108-year old utility with 15 million customers (Pacific Gas & Electric), a consortium of alternative diesel ...
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Finding Synergies in Fuels Properties for the Design of Renewable Fuels – Hydroxylated Biodiesel Effects on Butanol-Diesel Blends	12.3.2013	Environmental Science & Technology: Latest Articles (ACS Publications)
Environmental Science & Technology DOI: 10.1021/es400131j
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Green Blog: On Our Radar: Prison Term for Biodiesel Fraud	25.2.2013	NY Times: Science
A Maryland man is given a 12-year sentence for selling credits for renewable fuel he never manufactured.
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Canada to end biofuel subsidy in 2017: report	23.2.2013	Yahoo: Politics
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - The Canadian government plans to end its subsidy for production of biofuels when its current program ends in 2017, a newspaper reported on Saturday. The Globe and Mail quoted a letter from Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver to the biofuels industry on Thursday explaining that Ottawa needed to cut spending to tame its deficit. Oliver said that the ethanol industry now produces the necessary volume of renewable fuel for Canada to meet its target of 5 percent ethanol in the country's gasoline supply, the newspaper reported. ...
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Synergetic Sustainability Enhancement via Current Biofuel Infrastructure: Waste-to-Energy Concept for Biodiesel Production (Cached)	23.2.2013	pubs.acs.org
Environmental Science & Technology DOI: 10.1021/es304001y
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McDonald’s Trucks Traveling Greener On Recycled Frier Oil	22.1.2013	WCCO: Local News
Cooking oil may be taking off as a fossil fuel alternative in The United Arab Emirates.
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Fiscal Cliff Deal Extends Biofuel Credits	7.1.2013	Environmental News Network
By now the New Year's fiscal cliff deal has received quite a bit of press. We have already discussed the significance of extending the Wind Production Tax Credit here earlier. Less well known is the inclusion of measures included in the deal to revive tax credits for advanced biofuels. It is well worth a moment to examine these to understand what impact these actions might have on both our future energy and food supply.
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Congress Extends Incentives for Biodiesel Industry	4.1.2013	NY Times: Business
The fiscal package passed this week included a retroactive reinstatement of a dollar-a-gallon credit going back to January 2012, when it lapsed.
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Tax credit renewal is good news for biodiesel, wind industries	3.1.2013	Minnesota Public Radio: News
Key tax credits for the biodiesel and wind industries have been renewed as part of the fiscal cliff legislation.
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Biodiesel Train Crossed US-Canada Border 24 Times to Exploit Biofuel Loophole	22.12.2012	TreeHugger
You don't have to be Sherlock Holmes to figure out that there's something going on if a train crosses the US-Canada border 12 times back and forth (24 times across the line) without unloading its cargo.
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Argentina complains to WTO over US, EU barriers to trade in beef, lemons and biodiesel	6.12.2012	Star Tribune: World

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Argentina complains to WTO over US, EU barriers	6.12.2012	Seattle Times: Nation & World
Argentina filed complaints with the World Trade Organization Wednesday over trade barriers it blames for keeping its beef and lemons out of the United States and blocking biodiesel sales to Europe.
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Rachel Smolker: A 'Sustainable' Military?	5.12.2012	Green on HuffingtonPost.com
This past week, the Senate voted to strike language from the National Defense Authorization Act that would have limited military use of biofuels
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Mandated boost in biodiesel blending not in state's cards yet	1.12.2012	Star Tribune: Business
Minnesota legislators passed a law mandating more biodiesel be blended into diesel fuel. But top state officials say the state isn't ready to implement it.
UW students turning 2013 Malibu into fuel-saving dual-motor hybrid	22.11.2012	Seattle Times: Local
University of Washington engineering students are turning a gas-powered car into an unusual electric-diesel hybrid as part of a competition sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy.
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Lance Seefeldt: Say Cheese: Riding Alternative Biofuel to Energy Independence	15.11.2012	Green on HuffingtonPost.com
The election may be over, but our country's need to become energy independent continues. Realizing the goal of making America self-sufficient in energy remains a ways off, but advances in the scientific community are making that future less distant.
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Local Drivers Fill Their Cars With WHAT?	15.11.2012	Green on HuffingtonPost.com
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — Drivers in the San Francisco Bay Area have become the first motorists in the nation to fill up their gas tanks...
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