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Duelling biofuel reports paint a very different picture of the impact of biofuel mandates.
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Former environmental official defends biofuels

A former Ontario official is taking on financial heavyweights in a new report

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Former Ontario environment commissioner Gord Miller is taking on some financial heavyweights in his ongoing defence of government support for biofuels. In a report called Staying the Course, Miller blasts the Ecofiscal Commission, an economics think-tank, for calling for an end to the federal and provincial biofuel mandates because they’re too costly for the environmental
Ottawa needs to get serious about encouraging renewable fuels
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Ottawa needs to get serious about encouraging renewable fuels

A constantly churning industry with various provincial standards 
isn’t a good foundation for growth, proponents say

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If the federal government wants to see renewable fuels attracting investment and growing, it needs to set a national standard and provide stability. That’s according to Warren Mabee, public policy professor at Queen’s University, speaking at the Renewable Fuels Canada Forum, held recently in Ottawa. Sticking with the existing provincial standards means every province goes
Rail cars arrive at Glencore’s Puerto Prodeco coal depository in Colombia. (Glencore.com)
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Glencore sees renewables not cost competitive until mid-century

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London | Reuters — Renewable energy will not be cost competitive with fossil fuels until 2050, Glencore said on Tuesday, much later than energy organizations forecast and supporting the mining and trading giant’s case for continued investment in coal. Glencore, whose non-mining holdings include Canadian grain handler Viterra, has said coal is still an investment
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Canadian biofuels are a success story

Well-designed renewable fuel policies can be good for the environment, the economy, and agricultural producers

In an opinion piece published in a recent edition of this paper (Biofuels are one of our greatest environmental blunders), Gwyn Morgan questions the benefits of biofuels like ethanol and biodiesel. Mr. Morgan would have it that biofuels are a “blunder.” In our opinion, biofuels are a home run for the environment and the rural
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Alberta to back new renewable energy capacity

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Reuters — The Alberta government said Tuesday it will support the creation of 5,000 megawatts of additional renewable energy capacity by 2030 to help achieve goals laid out in its climate plan last year. Shannon Phillips, Minister of Environment and Parks, said Alberta now has a firm target of 30 per cent of electricity used
Andy Martin (l) of Providence College discusses cattail biomass with Dimple Roy (c) and Richard Grosshans (r) of the International Institute for Sustainable Development.
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Manitoba college heats campus with cattails

Using cattails to provide heat makes wetlands more economically viable and therefore more likely to be retained

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A local college says biomass pellets that include cattails harvested from wetlands in the province have heated their campus through the worst of the winter. Providence University Col­lege in Otterburn has been burning biomass since 2011 and in January of this year it used the first of the pellets made from a combination of wood
Hao Hao eats bamboo at the Pairi Daiza wildlife park in Brugelette, Belgium.
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Scientists seek biofuel clues in panda poo

The scat could show how tough plants can be digested


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Belgian researchers are examining the excrement of giant pandas to try to understand how they can digest tough bamboo, hoping for clues on how to develop new generations of biofuel. The genetic makeup of endangered pandas is that of a carnivore but the animals have adapted to a diet consisting almost exclusively of bamboo. While
La Salle Redboine Conservation District manager Justin Reid spoke to municipal and conservation officials during the latest phase of the large-scale water-retention project south of Holland last week.
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Pelly’s Lake watershed management project complete

Officials visit site to see the gates opened on the now complete Pelly’s Lake Watershed Management Project

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Conservation and municipal officials opened the gates here June 16 to release water that had been held back through the spring as part of a water control project expected to bring multiple benefits to the area. The June opening of the gates on the Pelly’s Lake dam built last year is the latest phase of
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Winter rail traffic snarl jams U.S. Midwest ethanol plants

The coldest winter in three decades has stalled locomotives, frozen track switches and delayed crews

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A winter-long traffic jam on U.S. railways is hampering transport of ethanol, forcing production cuts and ratcheting up prices in supply-deprived regions. The coldest winter in three decades has stalled locomotives, frozen track switches and delayed crews, causing snarls in Chicago and other major hubs across the continent and slowing much of the eastbound ethanol
A three-million-BTU biomass burner made by Triple Green Energy in St. Adolphe. The heating units can also be built in self-contained shipping containers for simple transportation and setup. (Submitted photo)
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Straw to be turned into power

After years of development, a St. Adolphe company is planning to use its biomass burners to help power small communities

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Spinning it into gold may be out of the question, but one Manitoba company is hoping to turn straw and other agricultural waste products into electricity. The St. Adolphe-based Triple Green Energy — formerly known as Biomass Best — is preparing to test a new system that it hopes will generate 70 kilowatts of power,

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