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Biodiesel board announces sustainability principles

The National Biodiesel Board has completed it's annual conference meeting in San Francisco and one of the larger announcements are new rules for sustainable biodiesel. A Sustainability Task Force met during the event and developed and passed the principles that demonstrate their claimed commitments to climate change mitigation, human rights, food security, and respect for natural resources. Much different than soy-sourced biodiesel, sustainable biodiesel needs to meet the following long list of principles: it's made legally, it's manufactured ... Read more →

National Biodiesel Board considers All Things Biodiesel Sebastian Blanco

Biodiesel information makes up a healthy percentage of our posts on AutoblogGreen, but if you're craving more, check out AllThingsBiodiesel, the new site set up by the National Biodiesel Board. The ...

Wal-Mart might start using biodiesel in America's largest private truck fleet Sebastian Blanco

There's an argument you sometimes hear from SUV fans that increasing the MPG rating of a Hummer by a little bit makes a bigger difference than increasing the MPG numbers on a fuel-efficient standard ...

2006 U.S. biodiesel production triple that of 2005, ethanol up by 20 percent Sebastian Blanco

Perhaps that prediction of a biodiesel glut will come true. The National Biodiesel Board (NBB) is certainly reporting we're making a lot more biodiesel, with the recent announcment that U.S. ...

New biodiesel specifications will keep particulate filters clean Derrick Y. Noh

By now, we know all about the new ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel widely available throughout the States, but where does biodiesel fuel stand in relation to new emissions policies and technologies? At ...

AmandaAcrossAmerica checks out biodiesel 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

As part of AutoBlogGreen's continuing coverage of Amanda Congdon's coast to coast journey across America, I wanted to let you know about her crew's latest episode. As mentioned in ABG's interview with Amanda, they visited the Nation BioDiesel Board in Jefferson City, Missouri. The National Biodiesel ...

Making orange green: UT makes its own biodiesel 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Similar to Jacksonville's internal biodiesel production but on a smaller scale, the University of Tennessee is working on a self-sustained project of their own. Project leader Scott Curran, a senior engineering student, says they can produce 200 gallons of B20 in one week from leftover vegetable oil ...

Find biodiesel fuel with a phone call 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Can't find biodiesel fuel while traveling cross country? The National Biodiesel Board today launched a toll-free hotline to help truckers and motorists find retail pumps anywhere in the . The announcement was made at the Great American Trucking Show. The hotline is staffed 24/7 and will use mapping ...

Austin, Texas has more B20 than your town 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

The National Biodiesel Board (NBB) would like everyone to know that there is more to Austin, Texas than live music: it's also the town with the most retail stores selling biodiesel (B20) in the United States. Coincidentally, there are twenty B20 pumps in Austin, most of them recently-biodieseled ...

Quality biodiesel could mean doubled production soon 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

National Biodiesel Board executive director Joe Jobe told Illinois Farm Bureau directors that biodiesel production in 2006 should be 150 million gallons, double the 2005 amount. The catch is that this biodiesel has to be quality stuff, man. Low-quality fuel, like the thing in Minnesota with poor ...


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