Companies that make alternative fuels, pressured by lower oil prices and regulatory uncertainty, launched a push for legislation to make it more likely fledgling segments of the biofuels industry can survive.
Think about it this way: Every Nissan Leaf might run on electric power, but how that electricity was generated determines what greenhouse gas emissions the car is responsible for.
Clobbered by falling oil prices, Iraq is headed over a fiscal cliff, unable to make critical investments needed to keep its oil flowing and still pay the skyrocketing costs of fighting Islamic State extremists, according to government officials. Without a recovery in oil revenues, some fear the country is again sliding toward a breakup.
Some call it the “stinkweed.” Yet despite that inglorious moniker, there’s an awful lot to like about pennycress, say officials with one St. Louis startup company. That’s because pennycress seeds — five to seven thousand of them in a given plant — have the potential to produce the world’s next big biofuel …
A Syrian businessman facing European Union sanctions denied on Tuesday allegations that he bought oil from the Islamic State group for President Bashar Assad’s government.
Predicting and diagnosing the trajectory of oil prices has become something of a cottage industry in the past year. But along with all of the excess crude flowing from the oil patch, there is also an abundance of market indicators that while important, tend to produce a lot of noise that makes any accurate estimate nearly impossible.
FCA US, the company formerly known as Chrysler, says the Ram truck brand will expand its compressed natural gas offerings to include regular cab and two-wheel-drive versions of its Ram 2500 pickups, giving its mostly commercial customers more options for the fuel-efficient trucks.
Telsa Motors Inc.’s plan to cut jobs in China underscores the electric-car pioneer’s struggles in the country, a crucial market for the developing technology.
It is one of the profound ironies of climate change that a state besieged by its effects — where coastal islands face existential threats and daily floods render major thoroughfares difficult to navigate — is also populated by powerful politicians who express deep suspicion of the relevant science.
… as much as I hate to say it, Jay is using information to sway the argument that is untrue and misleading. And so, since I think that Jay should know, and does know better, that he is lying in the AutoWeek story.
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Group representing non-corn biofuels makers wants Congress to make changes
Companies that make alternative fuels, pressured by lower oil prices and regulatory uncertainty, launched a push for legislation to make it more likely fledgling segments of the biofuels industry can survive.
Think your electric car is green? It depends on how the electricity is generated
Think about it this way: Every Nissan Leaf might run on electric power, but how that electricity was generated determines what greenhouse gas emissions the car is responsible for.
Falling oil prices hindering Iraq’s ability to fight ISIS
Clobbered by falling oil prices, Iraq is headed over a fiscal cliff, unable to make critical investments needed to keep its oil flowing and still pay the skyrocketing costs of fighting Islamic State extremists, according to government officials. Without a recovery in oil revenues, some fear the country is again sliding toward a breakup.
Startup turns this ‘stinkweed’ into biofuel
Some call it the “stinkweed.” Yet despite that inglorious moniker, there’s an awful lot to like about pennycress, say officials with one St. Louis startup company. That’s because pennycress seeds — five to seven thousand of them in a given plant — have the potential to produce the world’s next big biofuel …
Syrian magnate denies buying ISIS oil
A Syrian businessman facing European Union sanctions denied on Tuesday allegations that he bought oil from the Islamic State group for President Bashar Assad’s government.
Everyone is guessing when it comes to oil prices
Predicting and diagnosing the trajectory of oil prices has become something of a cottage industry in the past year. But along with all of the excess crude flowing from the oil patch, there is also an abundance of market indicators that while important, tend to produce a lot of noise that makes any accurate estimate nearly impossible.
Ram will offer a less-expensive 2500 CNG-powered pickup
FCA US, the company formerly known as Chrysler, says the Ram truck brand will expand its compressed natural gas offerings to include regular cab and two-wheel-drive versions of its Ram 2500 pickups, giving its mostly commercial customers more options for the fuel-efficient trucks.
Tesla runs out of charge in China
Telsa Motors Inc.’s plan to cut jobs in China underscores the electric-car pioneer’s struggles in the country, a crucial market for the developing technology.
Sunshine State irony: Florida, affected by climate change, bans the term
It is one of the profound ironies of climate change that a state besieged by its effects — where coastal islands face existential threats and daily floods render major thoroughfares difficult to navigate — is also populated by powerful politicians who express deep suspicion of the relevant science.
Why is Jay Leno misrepresenting ethanol?
… as much as I hate to say it, Jay is using information to sway the argument that is untrue and misleading. And so, since I think that Jay should know, and does know better, that he is lying in the AutoWeek story.