Opportunities Abound in the Anaerobic Digestion Sector Over the last few months there have been significant changes in government policy in various countries around the world that are expected to re-ignite the biogas sector and help it to fulfill its...
It seems the Trump administration is hellbent on shelving environmental legislation. The latest administration move to axe funding for NASA’s carbon monitoring system — a climate science research project that previously received $10 million a year to support the program...
Petroleum industry representatives have put pressure on the Trump administration to backtrack on the renewable fuel standard (RFS) — an energy policy that was introduced back in 2005 by President George Bush to give local biofuel producers access to the...
Credit: Mike Mozard/JeepersMedia via Flickr[/caption] The Advanced Biofuels Association (ABFA), supported by members of House Biofuels Caucus, have challenged the US Environmental Protection Agency in court after they recently granted hardship waivers for several small refineries, including some that are...
Nearly half of all Americans are exposed to outdoor air pollution that could potentially impact their health, according to a report recently published by the American Lung Association, which has been ranking US cities according to their air quality for...
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently published a report which outlines the economic impact that the biofuel and bioenergy industry has made in the US. The report measures factors such as economic growth, job creation and average household income...
Opening SWANA’s 41st Annual Landfill Gas & Biogas Symposium, held in Denver, Colorado in March, 2018, Kirsten Cappel from the EPA’s Landfill Methane Outreach Program outlined the latest trends in the landfill gas energy industry and provided some background information...
Livestock farms could provide an abundant supply of renewable energy through methane from manure projects. Farm manure, already widely used in biogas projects, could provide a readily available and renewable source of energy that would reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions...
Combustion is the process whereby a fuel is burned in the presence of oxygen to produce energy. The process requires a fuel, air and an ignition source (spark/flame), and results in carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, oxygen, nitrogen oxide,...
