All Entries Tagged With: "GHG"

EPA to launch new, comprehensive greenhouse gas reporting system

In Washington, the EPA announced that in January 1 it will require large emitters of heat-trapping emissions to begin collecting greenhouse gas data under a new reporting system. This new program will cover approximately 85 percent of the nation’s GHG emissions and apply to roughly 10,000 facilities. EPA’s new reporting system will provide a better [...]

September 29, 2009 | Jim Lane | Comments 0

Today in Biofuels Opinion: “If we are going to count the angels on the head of a pin when it comes to GHG emissions from biofuels…”

Craig Cox, Midwest vice president of the Environmental Working Group: “Everybody out here, including the corn ethanol industry, tends to understand the future of corn ethanol is limited.”
Renewable Fuels Association President Bob Dinneen: “If we are going to count the angels on the head of a pin when it comes to GHG emissions from biofuels, [...]

August 07, 2009 | Jim Lane | Comments 0

Oil & gas industry accounts for 40 percent of all greenhouse gas mitigation investment since 2000, API study finds

In Texas, a study by the University of Texas at Austin’s Center for Energy Economics and T2 & Associates for the American Petroleum Institute found that the US government and all US industries invested $132.9 billion in technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions between 2000 and 2008.
The oil & gas industry accounted for $58.4 billion, [...]

June 16, 2009 | Jim Lane | Comments 0

EPA announcement on Renewable Fuel Standard

Biofuels Digest will be reporting live on the EPA announcement regarding rulemaking on the Renewable Fuel Standard regarding indirect and direct greenhouse gas emissions.
Secretary Vilsack: An important day for rural America. Signed and executed an exec memorandum to interagency group. Opportunity for biofuels to be key. Create biofuel marketing development program. Infrastructure in a sustainable [...]

May 05, 2009 | Jim Lane | Comments 0