Western Refining to fund $1.95 million in New Mexico algal fuel research as part of emissions settlement

In New Mexico, biofuels are the beneficiary of a settlement reached between the New Mexico Environment Department and Western Refining, regarding air quality violations at two of the refiner’s plants. As part of an overall settlement, Western Refining will provide $1.95 million in funding to the Center for Excellence in Hazardous Material Management in Carlsbad, in support of development work on algal biofuels.

According to a report at KVIA.com, “the first payment of $650,000 will be made on Monday. The next payment will be March 1.”

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