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03.18.08
Australia Commits Almost $1 Billion To Clean & Renewable Initiatives
Australia's government has committed $930,000,000 for development, commercializa...
03.17.08
Petrobras and Mitsui Form Renewable Energy JV
Brazil's Petrobras is forming a 50:50 joint venture with Mitsui & Co. Ltd. of Ja...
03.14.08
Biodiesel Plant Producing in Zimbabwe
Government officials in Zimbabwe say a biodiesel plant set up as a joint venture...
03.13.08
US Congress Passes One-Month Extension Of Farm Bill
Unable to reach agreement with the White House on a new farm bill, the US Congre...
03.13.08
Thai Company To Invest $15 Million in Palm Biodiesel
Thai agricultural company Charoen Pokphand Group says it will invest $15 million...
03.12.08
Gulf To Invest In Central American Ethanol
Gulf Ethanol Corporation says it will meet this month with several Central Ameri...
03.12.08
Burma Says Jatropha Crop Is Ready
In Burma, the government says the first national jatropha crops are ready for ha...
03.11.08
Founder and former chairman of D1 Oils, Karl Watkin, has resigned as non-executi...
03.10.08
US Federal Trade Commission Will Lable Biodiesel
The Federal Trade Commission has approved publication of a Federal Register noti...
03.07.08
ExxonMobile to Invest $125 Billion Through 2012
ExxonMobil intends to spend more than $125 billion in capital expenditures from ...
EU Looks To Biofuel Sustainability
11.29.07
The European Parliament's Environment Committee has voted to amend the new EU fuel quality directive to include criteria to ensure that biofuel used to meet greenhouse gas targets must meet production sustainability and biodiversity criteria.
The panel also amended a directive that would require oil companies to cut oil life cycle emissions by 10% from 2010-2020, to allow emission reductions of 2% every two years from 2012.
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