Entries from The Big Biofuels Blog tagged with 'Association'
The Malaysian Minster of Plantation Indusries on sustainability
The Malaysian Minister of Plantation Industries spoke exclusively to the World Refinning Association ahead of the Asian Biofuels Roundtable to be held in Malaysia at 23-25 March. It is interesting that there is no discussion of prior informed consent of...
Listen to the RFA's outlook for ethanol presentation
Did you miss the US Renewable Fuel Association's teleconference about the outlook for ethanol? I did. But I'll be listening to it over the next couple of days... ...
National Algae Association
I've just been pointed at the US-based National Algae Association, which recently appointed Will Thurmond as Chairman, Research and Development Round table. Membership of the organisation is $750/year Researchers can join for £250. ...
RFA comes out against Texas' plan for a biofuels waiver
The US Renewable Fuel Association has come out strongly against Texas' request for a standstill in the amount of biofuel it consumes. The Association's point of view is pretty much that this is a federal mandate and so should be...
Two US associations react to rising food prices
The National Biodiesel Board and the Renewable Fuels Association have issued statements refuting the position of many of the US food sales companies that rising food costs are being caused by rising crop prices. They may have a point in...
Now big food is using underground campaigning against ethanol
Now big food, in the shape of the US Grocery Manufacturers' Association is using underground campaigning against ethanol, according to DesMoinesRegister.com ,which is printed deep in the heart of the US cornbelt, Iowa. The website reports Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer saying "Underground...
Is the price of corn too low?
Is the price of corn too low? Is the rising price of corn feeding through to inflation in the price of food. The answer may not be as clear cut as first appears, sure the price of corn has increased...
European Ethanol Association
There is a new trade group designed to promote industrial ethanol in the European Union... called the Industrial Ethanol Association. It has an interesting view of fair trade in ethanol......
US' Sweet adiction to sugar farmers
The price of the US' sweet addiction to sugar farmers and the potential for further distorting the market for ethanol in the US is explored in a post over on the Politics of Food. Rachel C. Dechenne says in a...
Biofuel volumes to grow in UK, wheat costs up?
Biofuels volumes in the UK are set to rise, but will the announcement by BP, Associated British Foods and DuPont increase the price of food in the UK? The wide spread availability of biofuels in the UK took a major...
Now US Grocers want an end to corn subsidies and ethanol tariffs
US Grocers want an end to US corn subsidies and tariffs. In a recent statement their trade body said: America's biofuels policy must be pursued thoughtfully and deliberately, taking into full account the possible unintended consequences of a sharp increase...
US renewable fuel association, a few questions
It is worth going to check out the keynote speech from the US Renewable Fuel Association meeting in Tucson, Arizona on 20 February 2007. Speaking as not as one of the "nattering nabobs of negativity" but rather as a skeptical environmentalist there...
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