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NACS Cautions Retailers Concerning EPA's Decision to Authorize E15

NACS Cautions Retailers Concerning EPA's Decision to Authorize E15

PR Newswire ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 13 ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Retailers should exercise extreme caution when considering whether to sell E15 (gasoline containing 15 percent ethanol) following the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) decision today to authorize the use of E15 in vehicl ... Continue reading

National Alt-Fuel Day Odyessy Oct. 15th - Great Time to Learn About Fantastic Job and Business Opportunities

National Alt-Fuel Day Odyessy Oct. 15th - Great Time to Learn About Fantastic Job and Business Opportunities

AUTO CENTRAL - October 9, 2010: On Friday, October 15th, the National Alternative Fuels Training Consortium (NAFTC) is staging their biennial National AFV Day Odyssey event at select college and training centers across America. This free event provides an excellent opportunity for people of all ages to discover how the ... Continue reading

Putting Stock Back In Stock Car Racing and ... Racing Without Gasoline

Putting Stock Back In Stock Car Racing and ... Racing Without Gasoline

Putting Stock Back In Stock Car Racing. And---Racing Without Gasoline. By Larry Nutson Senior Editor, Chicago Bureau The Auto Channel Chicago, Illinois October 13, 2010; An invitation mentioning stock car racing conjures up images of Daytona Beach and the famed 500 or perhaps Talladega Raceway, Bristol Motor Speedway o ... Continue reading

IIEA Views EPA E-15 Ruling for 2007 and Newer Vehicles as "Good Start" but Cites Abundant Data Demonstrating Alcohol Fuel is Safe and Clean in Older Vehicles

IIEA Views EPA E-15 Ruling for 2007 and Newer Vehicles as "Good Start" but Cites Abundant Data Demonstrating Alcohol Fuel is Safe and Clean in Older Vehicles

SANTA CRUZ, Calif.--The International Institute for Ecological Agriculture (IIEA) welcomes the long-overdue Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) ruling in favor of the increased use of alcohol fuel blends. The EPA's decision today allows states to mandate an increase in the maximum alcohol fuel blend from 10 to 15% ... Continue reading

EPA Grants e15 Use Waiver - Is the Wall Crumbling? - COMPLETE AUDIO REPLAY

EPA Grants e15 Use Waiver - Is the Wall Crumbling? - COMPLETE AUDIO REPLAY

WASHINGTON, DC - October 13, 2010: In today's EPA Press Conference EPA Assistant Administrator Gina McCarthy announced that they are granting a limited waiver for the use of e15 gasoline (gasoline with 15% ethanol) for cars and small trucks that are 2007 and newer. The decision was based on the research conducted by th ... Continue reading

EPA Has Opportunity Today to Set America on Course to Regain Economic Health... Will They Take It?

EPA Has Opportunity Today to Set America on Course to Regain Economic Health... Will They Take It?

AUTO CENTRAL - October 13, 2010: After many months of stalling, the EPA may finally give the okay that the ethanol industry and all sensible Americans have been anxiously awaiting: a federal mandate to add 15% ethanol to all gasoline (although the gasoline industry and their whores have been dreading this change for ob ... Continue reading

The Key to Restoring Our Economic Health is the Quick and Absolute Adoption of Alternative Energy Technologies, Fuels and Vehicles

The Key to Restoring Our Economic Health is the Quick and Absolute Adoption of Alternative Energy Technologies, Fuels and Vehicles

By Marc J. Rauch Exec. Vice President/Co-Publisher THE AUTO CHANNEL • Economic growth and prosperity will not come about by doling out more welfare. • It will not come about because we make temporary repairs to our nation’s roads. • And it will certainly not come about because we have tried to fix a ... Continue reading

New Survey Finds Majority of Americans Are Confused About Alternative Fuel Options - VIDEO ENHANCED

New Survey Finds Majority of Americans Are Confused About Alternative Fuel Options - VIDEO ENHANCED

MONTVALE, NJ For 50 years, Americans focused on things like horsepower, color, and design when deciding which car to buy. Today, that decision includes even more mystifying choices, including how the vehicle is powered – Is it a hybrid? Is it electric? Does it take regular gasoline or diesel fuel? A new survey fro ... Continue reading

Solazyme and Ecopetrol Extend Partnership to Produce Renewable Oil and Bioproducts Using Microalgae in Colombia

Solazyme and Ecopetrol Extend Partnership to Produce Renewable Oil and Bioproducts Using Microalgae in Colombia

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.--Solazyme, Inc., an industrial biotechnology company producing renewable oils and bioproducts using microalgae, has signed its third development agreement with Ecopetrol (EC, NYSE), the largest company in Colombia and one of the four major oil companies in Latin America, to analyze manufactu ... Continue reading

The 2011 Shell Eco-marathon Americas Kicks Off Fifth Year With the Addition of Plug-In Electric Vehicles

The 2011 Shell Eco-marathon Americas Kicks Off Fifth Year With the Addition of Plug-In Electric Vehicles

PR Newswire HOUSTON, Oct. 7 HOUSTON, Oct. 7 -- For the fifth year in a row, high school, university, and college students from across North and South America are designing and testing their vehicles to get ready for the ultimate fuel efficiency challenge. Their goal? To see who can go the farthest distance using the le ... Continue reading

GE Continues Expansion of $40 Billion Energy Technology Portfolio With Acquisition of Dresser, Inc.

GE Continues Expansion of $40 Billion Energy Technology Portfolio With Acquisition of Dresser, Inc.

ATLANTA--GE today announced that it has signed a contract to acquire Dresser, Inc., a global energy infrastructure technology and service provider. The $3 billion deal is the latest in a series of acquisitions over the last 10 years that has helped grow GE’s energy business and deliver record profitabili ... Continue reading

OriginOil (Algae Transformer) Enters Strategic Partnership with Major Bio-Capture Player

OriginOil (Algae Transformer) Enters Strategic Partnership with Major Bio-Capture Player

LOS ANGELES--OriginOil, Inc. (OOIL), the developer of a breakthrough technology to transform algae, the most promising source of renewable oil, into a true competitor to petroleum, today announced that it entered recently into a strategic partnership agreement with MBD Energy Limited, its first customer and a leading p ... Continue reading

Gasoline Liars Try Once Again to Derail American Energy Independence

Gasoline Liars Try Once Again to Derail American Energy Independence

PR Newswire WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- More than 22,000 Americans have e-mailed President Obama urging him to stop the Environmental Protection Agency from approving a 50 percent increase in the amount of ethanol in gasoline until comprehensive, independent and objective scientific ... Continue reading

President Obama Eyes Fuel Economy Target Near 60 mpg (of what?)

President Obama Eyes Fuel Economy Target Near 60 mpg (of what?)

Washington DC October 1, 2010; The AIADA newsletter reported that automotive News reports that the Obama administration may recommend that automakers increase the fuel economy of their vehicles to as much as 62 miles per gallon, almost double the current goals, by 2025. The U.S. may announce as soon as Friday a goal to ... Continue reading

5th Annual AltCar Expo in Santa Monica This Friday and Saturday

5th Annual AltCar Expo in Santa Monica This Friday and Saturday

SEE, RIDE, & DRIVE THE NEWEST ALTERNATIVE ENERGY CARS THAT ARE STREET READY & AVAILABLE NOW FOR PURCHASE SANTA MONICA, CA - September 28, 2010: The 5th Annual AltCar Expo will debut new alternative cars on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 1 and 2, 2010 from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. Some will ... Continue reading

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