In Washington, the USDA has expanded their BioPreferred list. Among the new entrants, California based Entropy Resins’ Super Sap 100/1000 System has been certified for sustainable performance composite resins. Also in California, BioSolar’s BioBacksheet for PV solar modules, was certified with the highest possible rating of 95 percent based on its extensive and innovative use […]
In Louisiana, on the behest of fuel retailers, Tangipahoa Parish Council is seeking Congressional assistance to secure availability of ethanol-free gasoline after Marathon Oil stopped producing “pure gasoline” on June 21. The Council is asking all other Parishes in the state to follow their lead in pushing Congress to ensure a choice between ethanol-blended and […]
In Washington, the World Bank says biofuel expansion means global prices for corn and other major grains could rise by as much as 3% and the price of sugar by 8%, according to its new internal research, which is based on a simulation model covering 25 countries or regions through 2020. Using a global economic […]
In India, farm minister Sharad Pawar is trying to get the Prime Minister to intervene on the on-going dispute over setting ethanol prices for the 2011/12 season. Over the past six months, 600,000 metric tons of ethanol were exported at low prices because there was no market for them, which the farm minister says should […]
In Brazil, the foreign affairs minister says that if the US doesn’t begin paying its fines for trade damages based on its previous cotton program—which the country became famous for when it won again the US in the WTO—then it will pick up where it left and go after the US for its ethanol import […]
In the Philippines, President Aquino said that he will direct the DOE to investigate using water hyacinth as a potential biofuel feedstock. This was in response to flooding in Cotabato City, caused by hyacinths clogging of the Mindanao river system.
In France, G20 agriculture ministers are meeting for the first time this week to discuss food security issues and campaigners Oxfam are pushing for countries to drop their biofuel targets in order to reduce pressure on food resources. They want to see subsidies eliminated as well as the mandates. The French agriculture minister says that […]
In the Ukraine, the federal government has introduced tax exemptions for the import of equipment used for construction or renovation of biofuel production facilities; equipment used for production or modernization of technical equipment and vehicles facilitating the use of biofuels; and biofuel-fed technical equipment and vehicles (including agricultural automotive machinery). The tax exemptions include import […]
In Missouri, the National Biodiesel Board is breaking out on its own and launching a multi-million dollar nationwide print, radio, TV and online campaign to promote biodiesel as an advanced biofuel that already works within existing infrastructure for likes pipelines and barges. The push comes amid the federal push against ethanol subsidies in order to […]
In Washington, the Des Moines register is reporting on changes in tactics by the USDA and the ethanol industry, in response to the US Senate passing an amendment that would halt the ethanol tax credit as of July 1. Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa said that ethanol supporters are looking for a piece of legislation […]
