In October, the Trump Administration announced it would instruct the Environmental Protection Agency to adjust regulations to allow the year-round sale of E15, a cleaner-burning, higher-octane gasoline that contains up to 15 percent ethanol.
It seems like every day there’s a new headline about the dominance of America’s petroleum sector.
Mary Nichols, chairwoman of the California Air Resources Board, set the tone for last week’s Advanced Clean Cars Symposium when she emphasized the “need to use every tool that is available” to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from cars.
This study examined well-to-wheel emissions of flex-fuel vehicles (FFVs) running on methanol made from natural gas. New research showed that emissions from FFVs using M85 (85 percent methanol, 15 percent gasoline) dropped significantly compared with existing estimates.
This study examines whether it’s possible for the United States to eliminate its dependence on foreign oil. We’ve concluded that energy independence is not attainable without the mass adoption of natural gas and biomass as feedstocks for transportation fuels.
