Tag: emissions
Brazilian ethanol plants pollution is higher than predicted
Tweet In Brazil, a University of Iowa study indicates that Brazillian ethanol fuel producers create up to seven times more air pollutants than originally believed. The new study used survey data to calculate emissions from 2000 to 2008. The results show that pollutants and greenhouse gases were 1.5 to 7.3 times higher than the estimate [...]
Biodiesel's emission-busting numbers: NBB
Tweet In Washington, the National Biodiesel Board is highlighting the significant health and air quality improvements from blending biodiesel with petroleum diesel, as Congress continues to look at supports for the biofuels industry in this budget-slashing year. “According to the EPA,” the NBB said, “biodiesel has the following emissions properties compared with petroleum diesel: Carbon [...]
Less than 33% of UK biofuels comply with voluntary environmental standard: report
Tweet In the UK, most of the biofuels imported between April 2009 and March 2010 under the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation reported details of feedstock and country of origin but less than a third of the fuels complied with the still-voluntary environmental standards. The standards align with the European Union’s Renewable Energy Directive that will [...]
