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Indonesia palm oil giant defends recordJakarta (AFP) Aug 20, 2010 Indonesia's biggest palm oil producer Friday rejected fresh allegations of illegal forest clearing after foreign auditors suggested it had misrepresented the findings of an independent investigation. Sinar Mas Agro Resources and Technology (SMART), part of the Sinar Mas group, has been struggling to repair its image after a Greenpeace name-and-shame campaign led several foreign buyers to cancel major contracts. Its credibility took another blow Thursday when British auditors the BSI Group compla ... read more |
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New York NY (SPX) Aug 03, 2010Exousia Advanced Materials has announced that its biodiesel production facility located in South Carolina is currently completing the maintenance and re-tooling of the facility and will begin delivering biodiesel orders in August. "We believe in biodiesel and see a bright future ahead in our sales. Domestic, clean energy production and the restoration of green collar jobs in America has to ... more 
Washington DC (SPX) Aug 02, 2010The search for new raw materials for making biodiesel fuel has led scientists to an unlikely farm product - butter. In a new study in ACS' bi-weekly Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, they report that butter could be used as an eco-friendly feedstock, or raw material, for making diesel fuel. Michael Haas and colleagues cite rising global demand for biodiesel, and the desire to exp ... more 
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 30, 2010Environmental and industry groups that frequently oppose each other on a broad range of policy issues are launching a joint campaign calling on Congress to require thorough and objective scientific testing before allowing an increase in the amount of ethanol in gasoline. Raising strong concerns about consumer safety and environmental protection, the groups have joined forces to sponsor an ... more |
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US Ethanol Production And Corn Demand Will GrowAmes IA (SPX) Jul 29, 2010 America's growing interest in renewable fuels has spurred a robust discussion about the pros and cons of continuing or changing current U.S. federal government ethanol policies, specifically, (1) mandates to increase the use of renewable fuels like ethanol from approximately 13 billion gallons today to 36 billion gallons by 2022, (2) a 45-cent-per-gallon tax credit for "blenders" who add ethanol to gasoline, and (3) a 54-cent-per-gallon tariff, which increases the price of foreign imports. A new s ... read more |
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