Biofuel Blog War

A report by the American Lung Association says that biodiesel is important for keeping the air clean.
The State of the Air Report 2009 was shown during the American Lung Association of the District of Columbia’s recent (ALADC) news conference, as touted in this National Biodiesel Board press release:
“Give your support to any effort to advance [...]

Two weeks ago I reviewed, “Two Billion Cars” by Daniel Sperling and Deborah Gordon. I focused on several aspects but I did not tie together this important point: Daniel Sperling vehemently dislikes corn ethanol and he is the lead researcher for the California Air Resources Board (CARB) that just passed the Low Carbon Fuels Standard [...]

During a recent session of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce aviation forum, FedEx announced that it has a goal of using renewable fuels for 30 percent of its fuel needs by 2030. The company is confident that this action will both reduce air-transportation costs and greenhouse gas emissions.
According to a New York Times article published [...]

Fourteen southern African nations are now members of the Global Renewable Fuels Alliance.
The Southern African Biofuels Alliance has joined forces alliance to help “promote biofuels friendly policies throughout the world.”
Andrew Makenete, President of the Southern African Biofuels Association (SABA) called on other nations to speak out in favour of policies that would promote investment [...]

I ran across an interesting article in Popular Mechanics about some issues that pure biodiesel might have in some new diesel engines.
Dave Hubbard, who follows developments in biodiesel and even makes the green fuel himself, writes that changes in environmental laws have actually made formerly B100-compatible engines unable to burn the pure form of the [...]

A new office building for the Iowa Soybean Association will help the group in its efforts to promote biodiesel. And the ISA will be able to complete the construction of its Ankeny, Iowa building thanks to some help from the state legislature.
This story from MidwestAgnet.com says Iowa’s Governor Chet Culver went to the construction [...]

Researchers in New Mexico have found a good use for the millions of gallons of briney waste water produced from refining petroleum, which also keeps the mess from being injected back into the ground.

This story from Biodiesel Magazine says the Center of Excellence for Hazardous Materials Management (CEHMM) in Carlsbad has found that the waste [...]

The Y-12 National Security Complex was a big winner in the Dept. of Energy’s program recognizing environmental sustainability. The complex, located in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, is a premier manufacturing facility dedicated to making our nation and the world a safer place.
Y-12 received three of the eight EStar awards presented this year. [...]

Friday will mark a historic day as Minnesota becomes the first state in the nation to require all diesel sold in the state to have a 5 percent biodiesel blend.
A biodiesel mandate is nothing new for the land of 10,000 lakes. The state has had a 2 percent requirement since 2005. And in [...]

A biodiesel maker in Upstate New York has expanded its capacity to turn waste vegetable oil into the green fuel by five-fold.
This story in Biodiesel Magazine says Buffalo Biodiesel Inc. can now crank out 5 million gallons each year:
According to Sumit Majumdar, president of Buffalo Biodiesel, the expansion project took approximately two months to complete. [...]