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EIA: US biodiesel and renewable diesel imports decline 36% in 2014

Green Car Congress

EIA attributed the decline mainly to uncertainty surrounding future Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) targets and the absence of a late-year influx of volumes from Argentina. The remaining volumes of regular biodiesel imports entered the United States primarily on the East Coast, mostly from Indonesia and Argentina.

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Electric motorcycles are gaining momentum

Plug in America

Actor Ewan McGregor and his friend, Charley Boorman, premiered “ Long Way Up ,” which follows them riding from Argentina to Los Angeles on electric Harley-Davidson LiveWire motorcycles. Federal tax credit : Tax credit for the purchase of a new two-wheeled plug-in electric drive motor vehicle.

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EIA: US biomass-based diesel imports increased to record levels in 2013; from net exporter to net importer

Green Car Congress

Biomass-based diesel fuels also qualify for the California Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS). per gallon biodiesel blending tax credit, which expired on 31 December 2013. The increase in imports of regular biodiesel were primarily from Argentina, particularly in the final four months (September to December).

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California Goes To Hell In A Handbasket But Greenius Says AB 811 is Our Route To Green Heaven

Creative Greenius

While it’s sad but true that the entire gang in Sacramento can no longer figure out how to make California work, President Obama and his “Yes I Can&# team do know what they’re doing. And damned if California isn’t going to score like a horny Republican Governor on Viagra in Argentina.