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Canada final regulations to require ave. renewable fuel content of 5% in gasoline
Canada final regulations to require ave. renewable fuel content of 5% in gasoline Sep.

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 01:11:59 GMT

Federal renewable fuel regulations will require 2 billion litres of renewable fuel
Federal regulations requiring an average renewable fuel content of 5% in gasoline have been finalized and will come into effect starting December 15, 2010.

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:10:50 GMT

Professor's Firing Fuels 'PC' Debate at UCLA
A longtime professor at UCLA, told that he would not be rehired because his "research is not aligned with the academic mission" of his department, says he's being fired after 36 years at the prestigious school because his scientific beliefs are "politically incorrect." But UCLA says Dr.

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 07:24:05 GMT

New Process for Production of Biodiesel Directly From Wet Algal...
Process flow diagram for biodiesel production through intracellular lipid hydrolysis and supercritical in situ transesterification using ethanol .

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:24:26 GMT

Ionic Liquids Process Recovers Bitumen from Utah Oil Sands With Little Water Use
A team at Penn State University has demonstrated that a previously developed method employing ionic liquids together with a nonpolar solvent such as toluene can effect a separation of bitumen from oil sands in the Western US at ambient temperatures , although with greater difficulty than Canadian oil sands.

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 21:40:46 GMT