biofuel law Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Wed, 15 Oct 2014 08:47:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Use of Advanced Biofuels in Petrol Made Compulsory in Italy https://www.greenoptimistic.com/use-advanced-biofuels-petrol-made-compulsory-italy-20141015/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/use-advanced-biofuels-petrol-made-compulsory-italy-20141015/#respond Wed, 15 Oct 2014 08:46:57 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=49672 Advanced biofuels will have to make up 0.6% of all  types of petrol and diesel used to power cars and trucks in Italy as of 2018. With this new regulation, the country becomes the first in Europe to legally oblige fuel suppliers to incorporate this source of renewable energy into their products. Back in 2009, the […]

The post Use of Advanced Biofuels in Petrol Made Compulsory in Italy appeared first on The Green Optimistic.

]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/use-advanced-biofuels-petrol-made-compulsory-italy-20141015/feed/ 0 49672 Was it Fraud? How Biofuels Company “Earned” Millions from EPA Loophole https://www.greenoptimistic.com/was-it-fraud-biofuels-company-earns-millions-from-epa-loophole-20130102/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/was-it-fraud-biofuels-company-earns-millions-from-epa-loophole-20130102/#respond Wed, 02 Jan 2013 17:36:23 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=30614 In June 2010, a CN Rail cargo train crossed the US / Canada border 24 times, earning some $2.6 million in transportation revenue. This statement, in itself, is probably not newsworthy, as cargo trains transport some 1.8 trillion tons of freight each year throughout North America. However, when you consider the cargo, which included tankers […]

The post Was it Fraud? How Biofuels Company “Earned” Millions from EPA Loophole appeared first on The Green Optimistic.

]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/was-it-fraud-biofuels-company-earns-millions-from-epa-loophole-20130102/feed/ 0 30614