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Scientists turn toxic by-product into biofuel booster
2013-02-04 11:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld
[NEWS] Contact: Karen McNulty Walsh kmcnulty@bnl.gov 631-344-8350 DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory Engineered enzyme increases output of alkanes, possible replacement for key component of gasoline UPTON, NY-Scientists studying an enzyme that naturally produces alkanes — long carbon-chain molecules that could be a direct replacem…
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New U.S. Biofuel Proposals Could Draw Heavily from Food Sources
2013-02-02 00:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: New biofuel requirements proposed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are being met with concern by a spectrum of interest groups from environmentalists to the oil industry, with some warning that a gap between the proposal and existing law could force the government to draw on food-based alternative fuels. The announcement, which opens a 45-day feedback period, sets standards under the country's landmark Renewable Fuel Standard programme. That 2007 legislation established long-term...
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EPA proposes 2013 standards for RFS; cellulosic biofuel at 14 million gallons
2013-01-31 22:30:21| Green Car Congress
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Despite court ruling, EPA raises biofuel estimate
2013-01-31 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Days after a federal appeals court said the Obama administration is setting overly optimistic production quotas for the struggling biofuels industry, the government issued new standards Thursday that raise production estimates for 2013. New standards announced by the Environmental Protection Agency require production of 14 million gallons of so-called cellulosic biofuels made from grasses and woody material. That's up from an 8.7 million-gallon requirement in 2012 - when actual production was...
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Ionic liquids effective for pre-treating mixed blends of biofuel feedstocks
2013-01-30 19:30:23| Green Car Congress
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