Injection of Fracking Fluids Linked to Ohio Earthquakes
by Bill Chameides (Duke University) …So let’s take a look at specific regulations which were designed to protect the public from injection wells used to dispose of fracking wastes … but because they...
View ArticleCity Runs into Problems during Test Burn of MFA Biofuel
by Jacob Barker (Columbia Daily Tribune) A giant grass grown through a federal program with MFA Oil didn’t work out too well as a biofuel at Columbia’s municipal power plant. A report sent to the...
View ArticleScientific Symposium on the Toxicology of Alternate Fuels
(EurekAlert) ”Biofuel” has become a global buzzword, with cars and trucks powered by fuel made from corn, corncobs and stalks, switchgrass and even waste oil from cooking french fries, envisioned as...
View ArticleBipartisan Group of Legislators Introduce RFS Reform Act
(Office of Representative Jim Costa (D-CA 16th)) Reps. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), Jim Costa (D-CA), Steve Womack (R-AR), and Peter Welch (D-VT) released the following statement today regarding the...
View ArticleNew Winter Crop, Mini-Biorefinery to Launch in DeWitt
by Stephanie Fischer (Stuttgart Daily Leader) DeWitt became the first Community of Innovation after city leaders saw the opportunity in developing a biofuel resource. A new winter crop and the...
View ArticleMurphy USA Opens First Arkansas E15 Station
(Renewable Fuels Association/Ethanol Producer Magazine) Murphy USA opened the first E15 (15 percent ethanol, 85 percent gasoline) station in Arkansas on Dec. 11. It is located at 2720 N. West Avenue...
View ArticleCamelina Refinery Seeks to Jump-Start Jobs in Delta
by Green Guide Staff (InArkansas.com) In the sleepy town of DeWitt, past a wooden sign labeled “ArcoFeed,” within the walls of a half-ruined filling station, there sits a metal box about the size of...
View ArticleAlgae Biomass Organization Hails New Publication that Identifies Most...
(Algae Biomass Organization) Analysis can reduce time, cost associated with site development The Algae Biomass Organization (ABO), the trade association for the algae industry, today (March 10, 2014)...
View ArticleRenewable Energy Group Buys Tyson Foods’ Stake in Dynamic Fuels
(Arkansas Business) Renewable Energy Group Inc. has reached an agreement with Tyson Foods Inc. of Springdale to acquire Tyson’s 50 percent ownership of Dynamic Fuels LLC, the companies announced...
View ArticleUSDA Awarding $6 Million to Prepare Farmers for New Farm Bill Programs
(US Department of Agriculture) Farm Bill Implementation Continues at Brisk Pace with Universities and State Cooperative Extension Programs Now Set to Help Educate Farmers Agriculture Secretary Tom...
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Teknor Apex Company Named Commercial Bioproduct Innovation of the Year award...
(OBIC Bioproducts Innovation Center) Bioproduct Innovation of the Year Awards Announced at Bioproducts World Showcase and Conference The inaugural Bioproducts Innovation of the Year awards were...
View ArticleGrant Given to Arkansas Company Making Compostable Bag
(THV11) A company affiliated with the University of Arkansas that makes a compostable bag as a substitute for plastic bags has been awarded a $741,221 grant by The National Science Foundation. The...
View ArticleGrant Funds Research into Nanomaterials Effect on Feedstock Yield
(University of Arkansas at Little Rock/Ethanol Producer Magazine) The Arkansas Science and Technology Authority has approved grant funding for a UALR biology professor who says nanomaterials could...
View ArticleOklahoma Worries Over Swarm of Earthquakes and Connection to Oil Industry
by Lori Montgomery (The Washington Post) … What to do about the plague of earthquakes is, however, very much an open question in Oklahoma. Last year, 567 quakes of at least 3.0 magnitude rocked a...
View ArticleOklahoma Worries Over Swarm of Earthquakes and Connection to Oil Industry
by Lori Montgomery (The Washington Post) … What to do about the plague of earthquakes is, however, very much an open question in Oklahoma. Last year, 567 quakes of at least 3.0 magnitude rocked a...
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The Cellulosoic Biofuels Odyssey: Crossing the Finish Line
“The Cellulosic Biofuels Odyssey,” artwork by David R. Dudley; concept by Heather Youngs, Susan Jenkins, and David Dudley. by Greg Breining (Bioenergy Connection) When Bioenergy Connection first...
View ArticleE15’s Big Dance
by Bob Dinneen (Renewable Fuels Association/Ethanol Producer Magazine) The future is bright as hundreds of E15 stations are in the works with many expected to open, writes Bob Dinneen of RFA. It’s...
View ArticleKum & Go to Offer E15 at More than 65 Stores in 7 States
by Erin Voegele (Ethanol Producer Magazine) Kum & Go has announced it will begin offering E15 as a fuel option. Over the next two years, the company plans to make E15 available at more than 65...
View ArticleBiodiesel Industry Falters; Lack of Support Cited
by Austin DuVall (Arkansas Business) Arkansas’ biodiesel industry has failed to live up to its early promise, and Troy Hornbeck says he knows why. Hornbeck, who with his two brothers, Jon and Jeff,...
View ArticleWorld’s Largest Alternative & Renewable Fuels Consulting Group Announces...
(Digital Journal/Lee Enterprises Consulting, Inc.) Lee Enterprises Consulting Adds World Leader in Pilot Plant Design and Fabrication to Team of Experts — Lee Enterprises Consulting, the world’s...
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