Can’t Do Without Biofuels, Scientists Tell California

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Despite the skepticism that surrounds biofuels, researchers say California will need them in order to meet its 2050 greenhouse-gas emissions goals. Read more →

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Ethanol Tries To Make The Cellulosic Switch

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A government-backed project in California appears to be succeeding at retrofitting an ethanol plant to produce desperately sought cellulosic biofuels. Read more →

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Biofuel Pullback Urged To Relieve Food Pressure

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The Union of Concerned Scientists says the U.S. needs to reduce its biofuels mandate while fuels from nonfood feedstocks slowly come online. Read more →

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US-Backed Cellulosic Ethanol Plant In Trouble

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The same month it began operating, the ZeaChem cellulosic ethanol plant in Oregon has been forced to cut workers and scale back operations due to money troubles. Read more →

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Cellulosic Biofuel: Let The Dribble Begin!

Columbus, Miss., plant (image via KiOR)

In Mississippi, KiOR is making and shipping diesel fuel made from pine wood chips that previously fed a now-shuttered paper mill." Read more →

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Cellulosic Ethanol Breakthrough In Oregon

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At long last, ZeaChem is making ethanol at its 250,000-gallon demonstration biorefinery in northeastern Oregon, using non-food feedstocks. Read more →

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Court Tells EPA To Get Real On Cellulosic Biofuels

Sorghum is one of the bifuel feedstocks promoted by U.S. policy (image via Wikimedia Commons/Matt Lavin)

A court ruling could limit the Obama administration's ability to use the renewable fuel standard to spur investment in nonfood-feedstock biofuels. Read more →

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Marginal Lands Could Curtail Food vs. Fuel Fight

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Researchers see “huge untapped resource" growing mixed species cellulosic biomass on marginal lands. Read more →

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DOE Pushes For Truly Sustainable Biofuels

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Five projects get $10 million to develop techniques to convert biomass into processable sugars that can made into bioproducts and drop-in biofuels for cars, trucks and planes. Read more →

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Biofuels A Winner In Fiscal Cliff Deal, Too

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The wind power industry wasn’t the only renewable energy winner in the fiscal cliff deal that cleared Congress late Tuesday – biofuels also scored. Read more →

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