The environment

BIOX and World Energy have closed the acquisition of the, previously announced, 90 million USG biodiesel facility in Houston, Texas.

IGS CNG Services has opened a CNG fuelling station in partnership with Montgomery County in Moraine, Ohio.

Sir David King FRS HonFEI has professed the importance of clean energy innovation in tackling the challenge of climate change.

Institution of Mechanical Engineers welcome a new carbon target from UK Government, but say it must be seen as a starting block.

Oil prices have rallied from US$27/bbl at the start of this year to above US$50/bbl this month, according to ING research.

SCCS has welcomed the launch of the Carbon Capture and Storage Association’s new report, resulting from the UK’s cancelled Carbon Capture and Storage Competition.

Greenbelt Resources has secured a US$170 000 investment for clean energy technology.

Extending policies for tax credits and efficiency standards would help reduce energy-related carbon dioxide emissions, by reducing motor fuel use, and energy use in buildings, by increasing efficiency.

Enterprise is investigating a fire at its recently acquired natural gas processing plant in Pascagoula, Mississippi.

An Australian green fuel biorefinery, capable of producing renewable diesel and jet fuel, supported by Australian Renewable Energy Agency.

Proposed fuel economy and greenhouse gas emissions standards would increase fuel economy and reduce diesel consumption in medium and heavy duty vehicles.

Newsweek has placed Praxair in its Green Rankings as a top green company.

The Global CCS Institute has released two new reports that say 8 billion tonnes of industrial emissions are being overlooked in the climate fight.

Prices of carbon dioxide emission allowances in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) have fallen for the second auction in a row.

Volvo Car has launched its new V90 station wagon with Westport's BiFuel technology.