Petrobras: drilling in new deepwater pre-salt block indicates 700M barrels oil, 3T cubic meters gas

Source: Green Car Congress

Petrobras announced the development of the exploration of block BM-C-33, south of the Campos basin. The drilling of the well 1-REPF-12D-RJS, where the discovery of a new hydrocarbon reservoir in the pre-salt layer was recently a ...
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Univ of Delhi team uses Ru/C catalyst for one-pot conversion of biomass to DMF; EMF as another promising biofuel

Source: Green Car Congress

Researchers at the University of Delhi (India) report the one-pot conversion of lignocellulosic and algal biomass into 2,5-dimethylfuran (DMF) using a multicomponent catalytic system comprising [DMA]+[CH3SO3]− (DMA= ...
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Aviation Trade Associations Back Biofuel Development

Source: Aero-News.net

Thirteen aviation trade associations representing all facets of the industry have sent a letter to Senators Carl Levin (D-MI) and John McCain (R-AZ), urging them to support U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) efforts to “research, test, and deplo ...
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Senate panel reins in Pentagon on clean energy

Source: MPR | Minnesota Public Radio

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon's investment in green energy requires too much green paper for some in Congress. A sharply divided Senate Armed Services Committee voted this week to prohibit the military from spending money on alternative fuels if t ...
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America’s Real Climate and Environmental Crisis

Source: Town Hall

EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson says we face serious threats to human health, welfare and justice. She’s absolutely right. However, the crisis is not due to factory or power plant emissions, or supposed effects of “dangerous manmade global ...
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BIO Applauds EPA’s Rejection of a Petition to Retroactively Waive the 2011 Renewable Fuel Standard

Source: environmental-expert.com

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) today expressed support for the Environmental Protection Agency’s denial of a January 2012 petition by petroleum industry representatives to retroactively w ...
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Ethanol Climbs From Five-Month Low on Sign of Rising Cost

Source: Bloomberg.com

Ethanol futures climbed from a five- month low in Chicago, paring a weekly decline that was the largest of 2012. Prices increased as dry, hot weather in the corn-rich U.S. Midwest threatens crop development, ...
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Senate Committee Wants to Sink Military’s Biofuels Program

Source: Science

No go. Senator James Inhofe doesn’t think the Pentagon should be using biofuels. In separate 13-to-12 votes, the Senate Armed Services Committee adopted amendments to ban the Department of Defense (DOD) from p ...
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Working hard to grow soy markets

Source: BCR News

Spring planting season results in a lot of long days, late nights and hard work for soybean farmers across the United States. While you are busy working in the field this spring, it’s important to know your fellow far ...
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