The European Biodiesel Board (EBB) is threatening legal action against American biodiesel subsidies, which they claim as an unfair trade practice.
Grainnet.com reports the Europeans are claiming the U.S.’s $1-a-gallon biodiesel mixture credit is artificially reducing the price of biodiesel sold in Europe by about 60-90 cents a gallon… compared to what European biodiesel goes for:
The EBB’s press release threatened action both before European antidumping authorities and before the World Trade Organization.
The U.S. biodiesel subsidies are set to expire at the end of 2008, but are quite likely to be extended.
Diesel fuel is used far more extensively for passenger cars in Europe than in the United States, and the European Union has a goal of 10 percent use of biofuels by 2020.
However, the EBB claims that the U.S. subsidies (which the EBB asserts are also taken advantage of by Asian biodiesel producers who transship through the United States) are shutting down European biodiesel production and making expansion of such production difficult.
The EBB says American biodiesel being imported to Europe went from 90,000 metric tons last year to 700,000 metric tons this year… despite the fact that the American soybean-based biodiesel is more difficult to get into the European Union.
A new report by the SRI Consulting says consumption of hydrogen will grow 40 percent in the next five years… thanks to environmental regulations and the inferiority of current sour feedstocks.
The first USETHANOL Biofuel Station is will be running its pumps beginning next Monday, October 29, 2007. Consumers will be able to fill up with biofuels at the station in Longview, WA after the official opening at 11:00 am PDT.
The world’s self-proclaimed leader in natural and organic grocery sales has earned special recognition form the 
In 2007, Whole Foods Market is being recognized for increasing its green power purchasing to include more than 509 million kilowatt-hours of wind-based renewable energy credits. This is enough renewable energy to offset 100 percent of the electricity used in all of its stores, facilities, bake houses, distribution centers, regional offices and global headquarters in the U.S. and Canada. Whole Foods Market is the only FORTUNE 500 Company to offset 100 percent of its electricity use with renewable energy credits.
Coal-based electricity is emerging as a qualified energy source for one concerned group as the nation heightens its energy awareness. The 
The American Soybean Association (ASA) is raising concerns about the level of government funding to alternative energy sources, particularly biodiesel, in the Senate’s version of the Farm Bill.
Among those testifying before Rep. Edward J. Markey’s (D-Massachusetts) committee, musician Adam Gardner (left) of the band Guster… founder of the non-profit group “Reverb” which has helped other bands, including the Barenaked Ladies, the Dave Matthews Band, Alanis Morrisette, John Mayer, Norah Jones, The Fray, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers green up their tours.
Dale Ludwig, chief executive officer of the Missouri Soybean Association, said the facility planned in Moberly “will pretty much do it” for the construction of Missouri plants given statewide soybean production. He said statewide biodiesel production is expected to peak at about 200 million gallons a year once all proposed plants are up and running.
Ethanol interests are hoping that Congress might finally get the energy bill into conference committee this week. 
Meanwhile, the Senate Agriculture Committee is finally scheduled to mark up a farm bill Wednesday morning, with chairman Tom Harkin announcing agreement on structure last week. 
Florida Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Charles Bronson has announced