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02/20/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Biofuel producers are not happy with EPA chief’s call for policy reform

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has expressed its intention to reform the U.S. biofuel policy following the bankruptcy of the biggest oil refiner on the East Coast, reported Reuters. When Philadelphia Energy Solutions filed for bankruptcy in January, the Pennsylvania-based oil refiner cited the exorbitant cost of complying with the U.S. Renewable Fuel Standard […]

12/31/2017 / By Janine Acero

Beer as a renewable fuel: Vehicles could run on it 2022, without having to be altered

Beer could soon replace diesel and gasoline as a promising source of sustainable motor fuel by 2022, thanks to chemists who developed a method for converting the alcoholic beverage into a new type of fuel without the need to alter the vehicles. Scientists from the University of Bristol have managed to create fuel from beer by converting […]

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