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Two articles on ethanol, EPA, and air quality; one conclusion: forget midlevel blends

August 14, 2007

Posted by Nathanael Greene in Curbing Pollution , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming

Tags:
airpollution, biofuels, E85, EPA, ethanol, midlevelblends

On Friday, InsideEPA.com (subscription required) ran two interesting articles on ethanol and air quality. The headline for the first is "Agency Models Used To Predict Biofuels Emissions Rely On Outdated Data." The news here is as bad as it sounds....continued

Senators wrangle over mid-blends of ethanol

July 27, 2007

Posted by Nathanael Greene in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming , U.S. Law and Policy

Tags:
cleanairact, E85, EPA, ethanol, legislation, minnesota

Inside EPA (subscription required) reported that Sen. Inhofe (R-OK) renewed his efforts to allow EPA to take longer than 180 days to consider requests for waivers from fuel related provisions of the Clean Air Act. This is intended to allow EPA to take its...continued

Update on UL and E85 pumps

December 21, 2006

Posted by Nathanael Greene in Moving Beyond Oil

Tags:
autoindustry, biofuels, E85, ethanol, gasoline, gaspumps, gasstations, insurance, safetystandards

My colleague Amelia Nuding did some research on the status of the Underwriters certification of E85 fuel dispensers. Here's a summary of what she found. Recently UL pulled their certification for these pumps until they can confirm that these devices...continued

MN gets E85 Everywhere

December 13, 2006

Posted by Nathanael Greene in Moving Beyond Oil

Tags:
biofuels, cellulosicethanol, E85, minnesota

Or at least that's what Gov Pawlenty would like to see happen along with some ethanol from cellulose development according to this press release. I don't know what's behind the goals, but you have to be at least a little...continued

Nathanael Greene
Nathanael Greene
Director of Renewable Energy Policy
New York City
I coordinate NRDC's work on renewable energy--fuels and power--and policies that will advance them. For...
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