Brazil, leader in sugarcane ethanol, opens first corn ethanol plant
Brazilian company FS Bioenergia has inaugurated a corn ethanol plant, the first in the country, to produce 210 million liters year.
Archive for month: August, 2017
Zinke is sending a $75 million gift to oil, gas, and coal companies
Breaking his promise to ensure taxpayers receive a fair return from oil, gas, and coal development on U.S. public lands, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and the Interior Department plan to rescind 2016 royalty reforms at a cost of $75 million annually to U.S. taxpayers.
Group estimates 34,000 gallons of oil spilled off Kuwait
An analysis of satellite imagery by a U.S.-based nonprofit organization suggests at least 34,000 gallons of oil have leaked out during a spill off the coast of Kuwait.
For pickup trucks, more than half all fuel savings come in 2022-2025 CAFE rules
Sometimes, when science and technology issues have economic or political consequences, incorrect or misleading information and analyses can be propagated through the media, leading both decision makers and the public astray.
Musk’s electric-car vision doubted by major parts suppliers
Some of the world’s top auto-parts suppliers aren’t buying all the enthusiasm about the electric vehicles hyped by Tesla Inc.’s Elon Musk and larger carmakers trying to keep up.
The U.S. oil industry is pushing back on sanctions against Venezuela
Promised economic sanctions have yet to materialize amid an outcry by the U.S. oil industry that a potential ban on petroleum imports from Venezuela — the third-largest supplier to the U.S. — would hurt U.S. jobs and drive up gas costs.
EPA report shows economic growth, environmental rules can co-exist
The Trump administration’s argument that “job-killing” environmental regulations are stifling U.S. economic growth is being undercut by … the Trump administration.
The next step for EPA to relax fuel economy standards: public comment period
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt announced that the agency would start a public comment period in efforts to overhaul Obama-era fuel economy standards for cars and light duty trucks from 2021 to 2025.
The first smog-filtering bicycles will roll out in China by the end of the year
Millions of Chinese cyclists may soon be able to ditch their air-pollution masks.
From $2 billion to zero: A private-equity fund goes bust in the oil patch
The more than $1 billion of debt an EnerVest fund took on during oil’s price surge now threatens its viability.
