Saudi dairy firm buying California land for fodder

Reuters -- Saudi Arabia's Almarai, the largest dairy company in the Gulf, has spent C$45 million to buy land in California to supply its business with alfalfa hay, it said Sunday. The 1,790 acres of land at Blythe -- in the state's southeast corner, about 200 km east of Palm Springs -- was acquired through[...]

U.S. EPA finalizes 2016 renewables target at 18.1B gallons

New York | Reuters -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency wants energy companies to blend 18.1 billion gallons (68.5 billion litres) of biofuels into the nation's fuel supply next year, more than in a proposal laid out in May, it said in announcing final rules on renewables use for 2014-16 on Monday. The EPA's long-awaited[...]