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News from the week of February 14 - 20, 2010
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According to a new market research report, ’Global Biodiesel Market (2009 - 2014)’, published by MarketsandMarkets, the total global biodiesel market is expected to be worth US$12.6 billion by 2014, out of which …
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The American Soybean Association is calling for the Senate to reinsert a retroactive extension of the biodiesel tax incentive in the first Jobs Bill it passes to save the jobs of 23,000 people working in the biodiesel …
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Fuel standards on the West Coast could be harmful to Midwest corn ethanol, officials say. California’s low-carbon fuels standards, a set of regulations aimed at combating global warming, were officially approved last …
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British Airways has secured a deal to build the first eco-jet fuel plant in Britain. Around 500,000 tonnes of waste will be used at the facility every year to produce 16 million gallons of jet fuel. The plant is scheduled …
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In a measure that was delayed by supply problems, Argentina will begin this year to require that gasoline be mixed with ethanol and diesel fuel with biodiesel at a proportion of five percent to possibly reach 20 percent by …
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EdeniQ, a California-based technology company serving the global biofuels industry, today announced results from the first commercial deployment of its Cellunator mixing and milling device. The announcement was made at the …
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As it gently swayed in the crisp winter breeze, the small batch of jumbo grass stood out against a dreary, snow-swept landscape. Unbeknownst to many drivers hurrying along nearby Interstate 29, this perennial grass could one …
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An Illinois-based alternative energy company has renewed plans to build a $45 million biodiesel plant at the Bayer CropScience site in Institute. Kanawha Biodiesel, a subsidiary of Emerald Biofuels of Goff, Illinois, hopes …
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Sachtleben, a unit of Rockwood Holdings Inc. and the leading producer of specialty titanium dioxide and functional additives has developed catalytically active particles that stand to revolutionize the production of biofuels …
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Digital security company Gemalto today launched a pilot of bio-sourced SIM cards by SFR, a French operator. The company said that the card body, made from plant-based bioplastics, is easily recyclable and compostable through …
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Nutritionist Mohsen Meydani, director of the Vascular Biology Laboratory at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University in Boston, Massachusetts, led the research on the oat compounds …
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NutraCea, a world leader in stabilized rice bran nutrient research and technology, today announced that it has signed an asset purchase agreement to sell NutraCea’s existing cereal ingredients business and certain …
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Prairie Malt Limited, a joint venture that is majority owned by Cargill, has teamed with Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. on its "Farming with your Brewer" program to support Canadian barley growers. The program is designed to …
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Rye bread and lactobacilli modify the colonic environment and have the potential to relieve constipation and could be a safe and convenient alternative to laxatives, according to research carried out at the University of …
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In the last fifty years, the Philippines has more than tripled its rice yield, while the world average rice yield has increased only about 2.3 times. Despite being criticized as a poor rice producer because of its status as …
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TreeHouse Foods, Inc. announced today that it priced an underwritten public offering of $400 million in aggregate principal amount of 7.750% senior notes due 2018. TreeHouse will use the net proceeds of the notes offering …
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Tanzania is planning to move to court to stop the U.S. and Brazilian governments, jointly with two multinational firms, from patenting a sorghum gene isolated from Tanzanian farms. The strain of sorghum -- a staple food …
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