On the heels of its successful launch on YouTube earlier this year, the nation’s premier biodiesel advocacy group has expanded its Web presence with the launch of the National Biodiesel Board’s Facebook page. This press release from the NBB explains how the board will use this newest medium as another outlet for biodiesel information and discussion: With more than 100 …
Scientists for Biodiesel Tops 100
Add two university deans to the growing list of scientists who are backing biodiesel. According to the National Biodiesel Board, more than 100 scientists have signed the “Scientists for Biodiesel” declaration, which highlights biodiesel’s sustainability and its benefits to reduce dependence on petroleum, help address climate change and boost domestic economies: Thomas Payne, Vice Chancellor and Dean at the University …
WVO Bus to Teach Sustainability Lesson
Artists and activists Graham Evans and Emily Nelson are getting ready to tour the Northeast and Midwest, teaching people how to grow and cook their own food in a sustainable way… in a sustainable set of wheels. The pair and their Nourish(meant) project will be refurbishing a 14-passenger school bus that will run on waste vegetable oil, have a kitchen …
DF Cast: Making the Case for Biofuels to the EPA
Members of the biofuels industries, including those growing the feedstocks to make the green fuels of ethanol and biodiesel, made their way to Washington, D.C. this week to try to stop the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from implementing rules that the biofuels folks will hurt their industry. The biggest point of contention is the EPA’s Indirect Land Use proposal that …
California Approves B20 for Underground Storage
The state of California has given the OK to store higher blends of biodiesel in underground storage tanks. Previously, 5 percent biodiesel… or B5… was the limit that a 25-year-old California law imposed. But Biodiesel Magazine reports that California’s Water Resources Control Board has expanded underground storage of biodiesel blends up to B20: The three-year variance allows underground storage of …
Presentations from Brussels Biofuels Congress Available
Just in case you missed last March’s World Biofuels Markets congress in Brussels, Belgium, now you have a chance to see and hear the presentations from the three-day event. Green Power Conferences, which put on the international meeting, is making the entire set of presentations available… for a fee: The complete set contains: * The speaker presentations from the three …
Farm to Fuel Summit Features Biofuels Meeting
This year’s Farm to Fuel Summit, the fourth year for the Florida-based meeting, will kick off with a Pre-Farm to Fuel Summit meeting on Wednesday, July 29, 2009, from 2-4 pm. Entitled, “Moving Biofuels into Production in Florida,” the meeting is sponsored by the Florida Biofuels Association, Inc. in association with the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, the …
Lean, Mean AND Green Marines
While I’ve always admired U.S. Marines for their ability to go anywhere, anytime, under any conditions – and kick some serious butt!!! – you have to admire the way they are also looking out for the environment. This article from the San Diego News Network says Marines at nearby Camp Pendelton are adopting lots of alternative energy choices, including some …
Greenhunter Energy’s Stock Sees Huge Jump
The stock in a company that seemed to be wiped out by Hurricane Ike last year has taken a dramatic jump. While Texas-based renewable energy company Greenhunter Energy Inc won’t say anything about Tuesday’s 62 percent surge in price, this story in the Wall Street Journal tries to clear up some of the mystery of why Greenhunter closed at $1.86: …
Purdue: B20 Just As Good As Ultra-low Sulfur Diesel
A 20 percent blend of biodiesel runs just as good as No. 2 ultra-low sulfur diesel. That’s the findings of a new study from Purdue University that showed no statistical dropoff when semis run the green fuel: “In terms of performance, reliability and maintenance costs, it was basically a wash,” said John Lumkes, the assistant professor of agricultural and biological …