Korean company to build wheat ethanol plant in Australia
The developer of a proposed ethanol plant at Deniliquin says it could create up to 400 jobs and boost the local economy by almost $60 million annually.
Yes, Antarctic ice is melting, but there’s a bright side.
If you follow the news on climate change, you’ve probably noticed a shift toward apocalyptic headlines over the last year or so, especially when the topic is Antarctica. But lost in all the hype is an important message: It’s not too late to save a really, really huge proportion of the ice the frozen continent contains—and thus, virtually every coastal city on Earth.
Toyota aims to nearly eliminate gasoline cars by 2050
Toyota, under ambitious environmental targets, is aiming to sell hardly any regular gasoline vehicles by 2050, only hybrids and fuel cells, to radically reduce emissions.
No sea change for oil
In its latest report, the IEA mentioned that some oil at European and Asian trading hubs was now being stored on vessels, despite prices not really justifying the cost. The implication is that regular storage tanks are getting a tad full.
Key takeaways from the latest CARD study
Iowa State University’s Center for Agricultural and Rural Development released a new study that concludes the original 2016 RFS targets can be met through E85 consumption.
VW to focus on electric, plug-in hybrid tech, slash spending due to diesel scandal
It’s a remarkable turnaround for the company more identified with its so-called “clean diesels” both in Europe and North America than for anything with a plug.
California’s gasoline imports increase 10-fold after major refinery outage
Over a five-month period following an explosion at a California oil refinery in February 2015, imports of gasoline into California increased to more than 10 times their typical level, drawing from sources that include India, the United Kingdom, and Russia.
Loophole gives some buyers of Tesla’s Model X a $25,000 tax deduction
Elon Musk and Tesla Motors, masterful at mining state and federal tax incentives, may have lucked into a tax loophole. The company’s new $100,000-plus Model X electric SUV qualifies for a $25,000 federal tax deduction. That’s on top of a $7,500 federal tax credit and a $2,500 California rebate given to buyers of battery-electric vehicles.
Gasoline prices fall in Midwest as Gulf Coast supply arrives in region
Gasoline prices in the U.S. Midwest tumbled Monday as supply arrived from the Gulf Coast and refineries came out of planned turnarounds.
Alaska mulls extra oil drilling to cope with climate change
Expanding the search for oil is necessary to pay for the damage caused by climate change, the governor of Alaska has told the BBC.
