The environment

According to the Climate Change Committee, shale gas exploitation is not necessarily incompatible with meeting the UK's fifth carbon budget.

Using hydrogen for heating would significantly reduce the UK’s CO2 emissions, if backed up with carbon capture and storage (CCS) development.

The report examines long term trends in the contribution of transportation to total greenhouse gas emissions in the US, in the context of the other sources of emissions.

AutoGas-powered vehicles produce up to 20% lower emissions than gasoline vehicles and offer substantial cost savings on fuel and maintenance.

The major environmental, economic and efficiency goals sought in California's proposed sustainable freight plan will be attainable only with expanded use of advanced clean diesel technology.

CleanTech Biofuels, Inc. has acquired a 99% membership interest in 25 Van Keuren, LLC, a New Jersey Limited Liability Company.

The first non-Boeing airplane used in ecoDemonstrator programme will be powered by Brazil-based biofuel.

Nearly 60 producers and providers of clean fuels signed a joint letter urging state policymakers to sustain the state's low carbon fuel policy.

NASA is to begin an airborne experiment to investigate the sources of two powerful greenhouse gases and how they cycle into and out of the atmosphere.

In partnership with Propel Fuels, the City of Carlsbad is now fueling with Propel Diesel HPR (High Performance Renewable).

The study findings will help to provide the tools for selecting the most suitable CO2 storage sites as part of the large scale development of carbon capture and storage (CCS).

Jenifer Baxter, Head of Energy and Environment at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, comments on findings that, the UK is almost certain to miss its EU 2020 targets for renewable energy.

Global Bioenergies awarded €400 000 grant from the German Federal Ministry of Research and Education (BMBF) to produce renewable gasoline additives, which Audi will use for engine testing.

HoSt has received an order for the construction of a new biogas plant in Suffolk, UK.

Canfor Pulp Products Inc. and Licella Fibre Fuels Pty. Ltd. have entered into a biofuels-biochemicals joint venture agreement.