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EPA Proposes New Regulations for Renewable Fuel Standard to Implement Requirements of EISA; GHG Reduction and Indirect Land Use Change Effects Included

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Emissions for select fuel pathways for the two time horizon/discount rate approaches. The US Environmental Protection Agency released its expected Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) detailing the implementation of changes to the existing Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS1) as required by the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA).

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Plug-in Manufacturers Grow

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H ere's the Mazda story thanks to Autocar: Mazda plans Volt rival Autocar August 28, 2008 Autocar has learned that Mazda engineers are hard at work trying to develop a rival to the Chevrolet Volt – a car which uses a petrol engine to charge a battery pack which powers the wheels via an electric motor.

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Two Genomic Research Projects in British Columbia Tackle Issues in Emerging Forestry Biofuels Industry

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Cumulative percentage (in 2008) of lodgepole pine killed by the pine beetle infestation in British Columbia. The Ministry estimates that as of 2008 the cumulative area of provincial Crown forest affected to some degree (red-attack and grey-attack) was about 14.5 Source: BC Ministry of Forests and Range. Click to enlarge. million (US$7.2-million)

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Criticism for Government green car buys

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However, the practise of the Government Services Administration’s (GSA) orders for 14,105 fuel efficient vehicles has come in for criticism. The GSA has spent $210million in Recovery Act funding - an average of $14,888 per vehicle - on its new fuel efficient line-up.

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NREL report estimates gasoline produced from biomass could cost about the same as ethanol

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The remaining gas is sent to the fuel combustor. Other differences include but are not limited to stream factor, year dollars used (2007 vs. 2008), and feedstock cost. The design used in this model came from the New Zealand MTG demonstration process design with a few minor modifications. Phillips, S.

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UMass Amherst Licenses Catalytic Fast Pyrolysis Technology to Startup Anellotech to Produce Renewable Biogasoline

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The University of Massachusetts Amherst recently granted a biofuels startup company, Anellotech , exclusive global rights to the university’s catalytic fast pyrolysis (CFP) technology developed by chemical engineer and UMass Amherst faculty member George Huber for producing renewable biogasoline and other biohydrocarbon fuels. Earlier post.).

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