The decision to delay Senate consideration of an extension of the biodiesel tax incentive is certain to have a negative impact on the domestic biodiesel industry. “Since the biodiesel tax incentive expired last year, U.S. biodiesel producers have been forced to lay-off employees, cut payrolls and stop production. Further delay addressing this issue is certain to make this situation worse and imperil the 23,000 green jobs the industry currently supports,” stated Manning Feraci, Vice President for Federal Affairs at the National Biodiesel Board (NBB). view more

Reuse Renew Recycle Remix - The R4 music project is a collaboration built by the community remix site ccMixter.org. The Brown album features 8 tracks created by 15 artists and was showcased at the biodiesel Conf and expo. view more

The National Biodiesel Board recognized Ramiro Lopez, City of Irving, Texas and other biodiesel champions at the annual Eye on Biodiesel awards presentation. They were presented at the National Biodiesel Conference & Expo, which wrapped up in Grapevine, Texas today. view more

Today, at the National Biodiesel Board’s Annual Conference & Expo, officials from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) attended to provide a briefing on biodiesel’s role in the future of renewable fuels and, more importantly, to provide a comprehensive briefing on the EPA’s recently introduced final RFS2 rule. view more

New research out of Kuwait, using a new method of calculating the crude oil production potential of 47 of the world’s largest oil producing countries, has found that peak oil — the period in time when oil production reaches a maximum and then begins to decline — will come much sooner than expected… 2014 to be exact. Read more of this story » view more

Hummer is another one of General Motor’s zombie brands that will likely soon cease to exist (if no last minute buyer steps up). The builder of gas-guzzling SUV’s was thought to have been saved when Chinese construction company Sichuan Tengzhong, but the Chinese government squashed the deal. GM was preparing to wind down the brand, even as it entertained two other potential buyers. But Hummer still has a little bit of life left in it, apparently. A large fleet order was placed for 849 Hummer H3 and H3T pickups. That is enough to put the Shreveport, Louisiana plant back to work for an extra month. Read more of this story » view more

E85 Ethanol in California: “I’m not dead…’Ere, he says he’s not dead…Well, he will be soon, he’s very ill…I’m getting better…No you’re not, you’ll be stone dead in a moment….I’m not dead yet.” In scenes that bring to mind the Bring Out Your Dead sketch from Monty Python and the Holy Grail, two prominent ethanol distribution [...] view more

In Texas, Renewable Energy Group (REG) announced that it expects to close the acquisition of 105 Mgy of additional biodiesel production capacity by the end of February. REG said that it expects to acquire, primarily for stock, the 30 Mgy Western Iowa Energy in Wall Lake, Iowa; the 30 Mgy Central Iowa Energy in Newton, [...] view more

In Massachusetts, Ze-gen announced that it has raised .6 million of its .6 million Series B equity round from nine investors, a round which commenced with an initial target of million and originally closed in January 2009. Funds from the round will go towards commercialization of the company’s waste biomass gasification technology. Ze-Gen has previously [...] view more