In Washington, on Tuesday, led by Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Chair Kathy Castor (D-FL), members of the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis unveiled a comprehensive plan titled “Solving the Climate Crisis: The Congressional Action Plan for a Clean Energy Economy and a Healthy, Resilient, and Just America.” The report lays out the Climate Crisis Action Plan, full […]
Insurance takes risks that other forms of capital (like debt and equity) can’t or won’t take, according to Mike Newman and this illuminating slide guide presented at a recent DigestConnect webinar. Cap and Trade limits emissions and puts a price on them, encouraging companies to cut pollution faster and rewards innovation. Find out more about this and […]
The pursuit of sustainable materials through biotechnology — that’s the promise of Genomatica, as we have examined its journey across the development of numerous products and partnerships. In this deck, Genomatica looks at its sustainability scorecard.
2020 has been anything but smooth sailing. COVID-19 has created waves around the world and it shows with a few of The Digest’s most popular stories relating to the ‘Rona Cyclona like a story about ethanol production pivoting to hand sanitizer – but some of the other Top 10 stories of 2020 so far may […]
In Iowa, Reuters reports that Sen. Chuck Grassley told journalists he will back fellow senator Joni Ernst’s plan to block the confirmation of an Environmental Protection Agency official if the agency doesn’t make clear how it will handle SRE “gap” requests. With 52 requests hanging in the air in response to the January 10th Circuit […]
In North Dakota, Midwest AgEnergy Group (MAG), the parent company to ethanol biorefinery, Blue Flint, near Underwood, ND, received a $3.4 million grant from the North Dakota Industrial Commission and are moving forward with a project that will potentially capture and store carbon dioxide (CO2).The grant will be used to advance the development of a […]
In Washington, a broad coalition of ethanol, agriculture, and public interest groups are challenging the Trump administration’s recent fuel efficiency rulemaking, on that grounds that it downplays the harm from reduced emission standards, ignores the efficiency and health benefits of higher ethanol blends, and fails to realize the promise of increased octane in gasoline. The […]
In India, ethanol supply contracts for 1.70 billion liters have been entered into between ethanol manufacturers/sugar mills and oil marketing companies (OMCs) for the current ethanol supply year (Dec-Nov) 2019-20. Against this, 925 million liters of ethanol have already been supplied to the OMCs between Dec. 1, 2019 and June 22, 2020, achieving an average […]
In the Netherlands, rail operator Arriva has completed a trial using HVO on a train running between Groningen and Friesland ahead of the September roll out where the company plans to operate several of its routes using the biofuel. In an effort to reduce its environmental impact, the company has invested in 50 new trains […]
In Brazil, EPBR reports that despite Datagro trying to set the market for CBIOs at nearly $10 each in the first trade for the carbon credits, two operations concluded last week at the equivalent of $2.77. Four thousand credits were sold, according to data from B3. B3 does not identify CBIO issuers and buyers. The […]
