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EPA Finalizes New Renewable Fuel Standards - Ethanol Industry Not Happy - But Why Would Ethanol Stakeholders Expect More Positive Results? - You Reap What You Sow

EPA Finalizes New Renewable Fuel Standards - Ethanol Industry Not Happy - But Why Would Ethanol Stakeholders Expect More Positive Results? - You Reap What You Sow

This final rule builds on the RFS program's progress over the previous two years and reflects the Biden-Harris Administration's commitment to strengthen the nation's energy independence, advance low-carbon fuels, and support agricultural communities. ... Continue reading

Final Vote Results for Roll Call 391

Final Vote Results for Roll Call 391

Did Your Congress Person Vote Yea Or Nay? Preserving Choice in Vehicle Purchases Act This bill modifies the waiver process under the Clean Air Act related to state emission control standards for new motor vehicles (or new motor vehicle engines). Under current law, states are preempted from adopting or enforcing emissio ... Continue reading

Contact Congress: Stop California’s vehicle ban from becoming the national norm

Contact Congress: Stop California’s vehicle ban from becoming the national norm

The state of California is banning the sale of new gas and diesel cars and trucks. They’re also going after diesel semi-trucks. ... Continue reading

FuelCell Energy and Toyota Announce Completion of World's First "Tri-gen" Production System

FuelCell Energy and Toyota Announce Completion of World's First "Tri-gen" Production System

FuelCell Energy's Tri-gen technology produces three products: renewable electricity, renewable hydrogen, and usable water Marks Toyota's first port vehicle processing facility in the world to be powered by onsite-generated, 100 percent renewable electricity Models how fuel cell technology can play a role in helping red ... Continue reading

US Department Of Energy To Spend To Strengthen Supply Chain

US Department Of Energy To Spend To Strengthen Supply Chain

Funding from President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda will Develop New and Alternative Supplies of Critical Materials to Reduce Our Nation’s Reliance on Foreign Sources WASHINGTON, D.C. – In support of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced up to ... Continue reading

E-Fuel, The Latest Distraction and Threat to Ethanol Acceptance

E-Fuel, The Latest Distraction and Threat to Ethanol Acceptance

The hype about electric vehicles and the irrational support for any ersatz e-fuel is nothing more than another harmful distraction ... Continue reading

European July 2023 Passenger Car Sales By Power Choice

European July 2023 Passenger Car Sales By Power Choice

Euro Powertrain in July When some people, who have never been there, think about cars in, say, Germany, they probably imagine Mercedes S-Class and BMW 7 Series vehicles rolling along the Autobahn in abundance.However, in Germany, as in other European countries, gasoline is more than moderately expensive.Vehicles are ty ... Continue reading

Biden-Harris Administration Announces Availability of $350 Million in Grants to States to Cut Methane Emissions from Oil and Gas Sector

Biden-Harris Administration Announces Availability of $350 Million in Grants to States to Cut Methane Emissions from Oil and Gas Sector

Administration Announces Availability of $350 Million in Grants to States to Cut Methane Emissions from Oil and Gas Sector Investment funded by President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act to help tackle the climate crisis, create good-paying jobs, and cut dangerous air pollution. Financial and technical assistance ... Continue reading

Center for Energy Workforce Development Launches Energy Industry Fundamentals 2.0

Center for Energy Workforce Development Launches Energy Industry Fundamentals 2.0

Reimagined curriculum now available for the 2023-2024 school year WASHINGTON, Aug. 28, 2023 -- The Center for Energy Workforce Development (CEWD) announced the launch of its new Energy Industry Fundamentals 2.0 program (EIF 2.0), a 120-hour curriculum that educates high school and technical school students about energy ... Continue reading

Your Federal Taxes Going To Support Tesla And Electric Car Builders

Your Federal Taxes Going To Support Tesla And Electric Car Builders

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 16 Reuters reported that Texas on Wednesday approved its plan to require companies to include Tesla's (TSLA.O) technology in electric vehicle (EV) charging stations to be eligible for federal funds, despite calls for more time to re-engineer and test the connectors. The decision by Texas - the bigges ... Continue reading

August 2023 | LNG Monthly Report

August 2023 | LNG Monthly Report

Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management the most recent report of data on vessel-borne LNG imports, exports of domestically-produced LNG, and re-exports of foreign-sourced LNG. This report includes data from February 2016 to June 2023. ... Continue reading

Truthful Information From IIHS: Safer Cars and Trucks: A guide for new and used vehicle buyers

Truthful Information From IIHS: Safer Cars and Trucks: A guide for new and used vehicle buyers

IIHS: Whether you are in the market for a new or used vehicle, here are key things to consider: Size and weight Smaller, lighter vehicles generally offer less protection than larger, heavier ones. There is less structure to absorb crash energy. ... Continue reading

SoCalGas Turning Agricultural Waste into Fuel

SoCalGas Turning Agricultural Waste into Fuel

The pilot project is expected to produce up to 4.5 billion cubic feet of RNG annually from orchard waste, along with almond, pistachio and walnut shells ... Continue reading

This Week in Energy News: 12 Stories You Need to See

This Week in Energy News: 12 Stories You Need to See

A roundup of the week's most newsworthy energy industry press releases from PR Newswire, including plans for a renewable natural gas project in California and updates in EV charging. NEW YORK, Aug. ... Continue reading

Small-Scale LNG Market worth $92.8 billion by 2028 - Exclusive Report by MarketsandMarkets™

Small-Scale LNG Market worth $92.8 billion by 2028 - Exclusive Report by MarketsandMarkets™

CHICAGO, Aug. 4, 2023 -- The report "Small-Scale LNG Market by Type (Liquefaction, Regasification), Application (Heavy-Duty Vehicles, Industrial & Power, Marine Transport), Mode of supply (Trucks, Trans-shipment & Bunkering) Region (North America, Europe, APAC, MEA) - Global Forecast to 2028", is projected to grow from ... Continue reading

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