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• News from the Biobased Information System
  ( December 12, 2002 )
  
  
• New RFA Publication Highlights Potential Synergies for Ethanol and Fuel Cells
  ( September 05, 2002 )
  
  
• USDA Report Find Ethanol is Energy Efficient
  ( August 05, 2002 )
  
  
• News From the Biobased Information System
  ( July 24, 2002 )
  
  
• New research institute will turn ag byproducts and wastes into energy and useful products
  ( July 24, 2002 )
  
  
• MN Corn Processors Seeks Merger With ADM
  ( July 17, 2002 )
  
  
• A Green Bill Of Health? The Government Backs Biobased Manufacturing
  ( July 02, 2002 )
  
  
• DOE Pushes Lawmakers to Include Renewable Fuels Mandate in Energy Bill
  ( July 02, 2002 )
  
  
• USDA Announces $33 Million in Grants for Value-added and Energy Ventures
  ( June 26, 2002 )
  
  
• Harvesting Plastics
  ( June 25, 2002 )
  
  
• Minnesota Transportation Dept. Directed to Use Agri-based De-icers
  ( May 14, 2002 )
  
  
• EIA Analysis of Renewable Fuels Standard and MTBE Ban in Energy Bill
  ( April 19, 2002 )
  
  
• April 2002 Biobased Fuels, Power and Products Newsletter Released
  ( April 10, 2002 )
  
  
• National Ethanol Vehicle Coalition Newsletter is Out
  ( April 02, 2002 )
  
  
• Calif. governor postpones ban on MTBE fuel additive
  ( March 18, 2002 )
  
  
• Biodiesel survives rocky road at Minnesota Legislature
  ( March 12, 2002 )
  
  
• Minnesota Poised to Enact Nation's First Biodiesel Mandate
  ( March 12, 2002 )
  
  
• ND Governor Orders Ethanol for State Fleet
  ( March 11, 2002 )
  
  
• Energy Efficiency Found with Soy Insulation
  ( March 11, 2002 )
  
  
• Farmers Seek New Uses for Soybeans
  ( February 25, 2002 )
  
  
• DOE Concludes No Major Infrastructure Barries for Ethanol Expansion
  ( February 21, 2002 )
  
  
• Results of MO Ethanol Economic Impact Study Released
  ( February 21, 2002 )
  
  
• Workshop Looks at the Impact of MTBE's Phase-Out on Gasoline Supplies
  ( February 20, 2002 )
  
  
• Corn-Based Deicer Bill Moves in Minnesota Legislature
  ( February 06, 2002 )
  
  
• Community, Farmer Involvement Crucial in Federal Government’s Emerging Bio-fuels Policies
  ( January 31, 2002 )
  
  
• Latest Nat. Ethanol Vehicle Coalition Newsletter Released
  ( January 29, 2002 )
  
  
• National Ethanol Vehicle Coalition's Newsletter Released
  ( January 16, 2002 )
  
  
• A Road Salt Substitute?
  ( January 07, 2002 )
  
  
• Siouxland Energy Begins Ethanol Production
  ( January 04, 2002 )
  
  
• Japan Eyes Ethanol to Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions
  ( December 27, 2001 )
  
  
• Flexibility Provided to Refiners Producing Reformulated and Conventional Gasoline
  ( December 27, 2001 )
  
  
• New Hampshire trying to cut MTBE use in gasoline
  ( December 17, 2001 )
  
  
• SD Corn Growers and Ethanol Coalition Applaud Daschle Energy Bill
  ( December 13, 2001 )
  
  
• RFA Urges Gov. Davis to Hold the Line on MTBE Ban:
  ( December 13, 2001 )
  
  
• Biomass Research & Dev. Initiative Issues December Newsletter
  ( December 13, 2001 )
  
  
• John Deere Approves Eco-Friendly Biodiesel Fuel For Its Products
  ( December 12, 2001 )
  
  
• Iowa Groundbreaking Makes 18 Ethanol Plants Under Construction
  ( December 06, 2001 )
  
  
• More renewable fuels use will help US economy says study
  ( December 06, 2001 )
  
  
• Cooking oil, chicken to power UK supermarket trucks
  ( December 06, 2001 )
  
  
• National Ethanol Vehicle Coalition Newsletter Released
  ( November 29, 2001 )
  
  
• Construction on 3 New Ethanol Plants Begins
  ( November 21, 2001 )
  
  
• Department of Energy Funds Biomass Recovery Innovation
  ( November 15, 2001 )
  
  
• E85 Now Available in Maryland
  ( November 15, 2001 )
  
  
• RFA Says Policy Goals of RFG Oxygen Standard Must Be Maintained
  ( November 13, 2001 )
  
  
• Ethanol Industry Marks Two Years of Record Production
  ( November 13, 2001 )
  
  
• New campaign puts consumers in a farmer's shoes
  ( November 13, 2001 )
  
  
• Ethanol Business is Bright Spot
  ( November 09, 2001 )
  
  
• Yosemite Valley Transportation System Testing Biodiesel
  ( October 17, 2001 )
  
  
• Chesapeake Biofuel and Pure Energy Form Strategic Alliance
  ( October 16, 2001 )
  
  
• House Passes Farm Bill
  ( October 11, 2001 )
  
  
• House Agriculture Committee Readies 2001 Farm Bill
  ( September 28, 2001 )
  
  
• Pro-ethanol groups back EPA in California lawsuit
  ( September 18, 2001 )
  
  
• White Plumes Relinquish Hemp Crop
  ( September 18, 2001 )
  
  
• The Case For Hemp - by Winona LaDuke
  ( September 18, 2001 )
  
  
• Illinois AgriFIRST Program to Fund Producer-Owned Bio-Processing
  ( September 18, 2001 )
  
  
• DOE Announces $30 Million Investment in Bioproducts Development
  ( September 18, 2001 )
  
  
• A gold rush for ethanol
  ( June 13, 2001 )
  
  
• Ethanol-Based Fuel from Pure-Energy a Success in Pennsylvania
  ( February 16, 2001 )
  
  
• Banning MTBE Nation-Wide: A Second Attempt by Fitzgerald
  ( February 13, 2001 )
  
  
• Concrete Company Chooses Biodiesel
  ( February 12, 2001 )
  
  
• A Boost for Ethanol and Biodiesel Production
  ( February 02, 2001 )
  
  
• New Market for Ethanol By-Product
  ( January 22, 2001 )
  
  
• Biodiesel for Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
  ( January 08, 2001 )
  
  
• National Conference of State Legislatures Adopts Pro-Hemp Resolution
  ( December 28, 2000 )
  
  
• Former Kentucky Governor Delivers Hemp to Lakota Sioux
  ( December 20, 2000 )
  
  
• DEA to Propose Rules Regarding Hemp Products
  ( December 19, 2000 )
  
  
• Chicago Becomes First City to Ban MTBE
  ( December 14, 2000 )
  
  
• Commodity Credit Corporation Announces Bioenergy Program Sign Up
  ( December 14, 2000 )
  
  
• Toward the Federal Biomass Initiative
  ( December 13, 2000 )
  
  
• The House that Soy Built
  ( November 20, 2000 )
  
  
• Snowmobiles to Cruise on Ethanol
  ( November 17, 2000 )
  
  
• DOE Announces National Bioenergy Center
  ( November 17, 2000 )
  
  
• Caliber™ Keeps Ice at Bay
  ( November 16, 2000 )
  
  
• Soy-Based Adhesive to Go Commercial
  ( November 01, 2000 )
  
  
• USDA Biofuels Program Encourages Smaller Producers
  ( November 01, 2000 )
  
  
• Earthshell’s Biodegradable Packaging Receives Green Seal of Approval
  ( October 30, 2000 )
  
  
• Channel Islands National Park Launches Marine Biodiesel Program
  ( October 27, 2000 )
  
  
• GAO Report Shows $138 Billion Disparity Between Oil and Ethanol Tax Breaks
  ( October 19, 2000 )
  
  
• In a Carbohydrate Economy, Ownership Matters
  ( October 16, 2000 )
  
  
• Soy-based Solutions from Cortec®
  ( October 12, 2000 )
  
  
• Thailand Offers Ethanol Tax Incentives
  ( October 11, 2000 )
  
  
• More Natural Fiber Composites from Johnson Controls
  ( October 10, 2000 )
  
  
• Good News for Ethanol in Thailand
  ( September 19, 2000 )
  
  
• Processing Plant Adds Value to Fiber Crops in Wales
  ( September 19, 2000 )
  
  
• Corn and Soybeans Clean Up
  ( September 13, 2000 )
  
  
• Senate Committee Passes MTBE Ban, Alternative Fuels Mandate
  ( September 11, 2000 )
  
  
• Biobased Building Materials Enhance the Work Environment
  ( September 05, 2000 )
  
  
• Natural Fibers Make Headliners
  ( September 05, 2000 )
  
  
• Demand for Natural Fibers in Plastics Composites Grows
  ( August 31, 2000 )
  
  
• Lear Introduces Natural Fiber Polymers to Automobile Interiors
  ( August 31, 2000 )
  
  
• DOE Awards $8 Million to Biobased Products Industries
  ( August 28, 2000 )
  
  
• Public Transit Fueled by Biodiesel
  ( August 18, 2000 )
  
  
• Environment Canada Says Road Salts are Toxic
  ( August 17, 2000 )
  
  
• Rice Straw Profits Paid in Bills
  ( August 11, 2000 )
  
  
• Senate Bills Address MTBE and Renewable Fuels
  ( August 11, 2000 )
  
  
• Wisconsin Encourages Ethanol Production
  ( August 09, 2000 )
  
  
• Natural Fibers Get Under the Hood
  ( August 03, 2000 )
  
  
• Navajo Nation Redefines Hemp
  ( August 03, 2000 )
  
  
• Lowe's Renovates with Soy-Based Product
  ( August 02, 2000 )
  
  
• Compostable Logo to Identify Biodegradable Plastics
  ( July 20, 2000 )
  
  
• Hawaii Governor Signs Bill Giving Tax Credit to Ethanol Plants
  ( July 12, 2000 )
  
  
• Seeds of Economic Growth Planted in Kiowa County
  ( July 12, 2000 )
  
  
• Department of Energy Awards Biobased Product Funding
  ( July 10, 2000 )
  
  
• EPA Proposal Would Make it Easier to Use Ethanol in RFG
  ( July 07, 2000 )
  
  
• Midwest Effort to Promote Biobased Products and Bioenergy
  ( July 07, 2000 )
  
  
• Bagasse Fiberboard Facility to Sweeten Hawaii's Sugarcane Industry
  ( June 30, 2000 )
  
  
• Symalit Steps into the Natural Fiber-Reinforced Thermoplastics Market
  ( June 29, 2000 )
  
  
• Iowa Law Gives Greater Preference to Soy-Based Lubricants
  ( June 29, 2000 )
  
  
• Biodiesel Meets Clean Air Act Amendment Requirements
  ( June 23, 2000 )
  
  
• U.S. Soy Field Diesel Products Available in Seven States
  ( June 20, 2000 )
  
  
• Sunoco to Increase Use of Ethanol-Blended Gasoline
  ( June 14, 2000 )
  
  
• Update on Brazil's Ethanol Industry
  ( June 13, 2000 )
  
  
• 2000 Summer Olympics to Use Plant-based Plastics
  ( June 09, 2000 )
  
  
• California Awards Grants for Rice Straw Utilization
  ( June 07, 2000 )
  
  
• Study on European Hemp and Flax Markets Released
  ( June 06, 2000 )
  
  
• Soy-based Adhesive System for Finger-Jointed Lumber
  ( June 02, 2000 )
  
  
• Biomass Research and Development Act of 2000 Passes Congress
  ( May 31, 2000 )
  
  
• Saskatchewan Promotes Ethanol
  ( May 26, 2000 )
  
  
• Semi-truck Fifth Wheel Grease Made from Soy
  ( May 26, 2000 )
  
  
• Maryland Authorizes Industrial Hemp Pilot Program
  ( May 24, 2000 )
  
  
• Another Solution to the MTBE/Oxygenate Requirement Dilemma
  ( May 15, 2000 )
  
  
• New Line of Plant-based Anti-allergen Cleaners
  ( May 12, 2000 )
  
  
• Plant-based Oil Spill Cleaner Battles Spill in California
  ( May 12, 2000 )
  
  
• Pacific Whale Foundation's Tour Boats Use Bio Fuel
  ( May 12, 2000 )
  
  
• Vermont Passes Resolution Urging Federal Government to Reconsider Hemp Policies
  ( May 12, 2000 )
  
  
• Utilities exploring soy-based transformer oil
  ( May 11, 2000 )
  
  
• Environmental groups want MTBE out, oxygenate requirement in
  ( May 11, 2000 )
  
  
• Renewable Fuels Act of 2000 proposed
  ( May 08, 2000 )
  
  
• E85 now available at Pentagon site
  ( May 04, 2000 )
  
  
• New Executive Order on transportation
  ( May 03, 2000 )
  
  
• Soy-based products for concrete industry
  ( May 01, 2000 )
  
  
• Ethanol plant a first for Missouri
  ( May 01, 2000 )
  
  
• Ink Zapper enters the market
  ( April 27, 2000 )
  
  
• Report examines alternative rice straw uses
  ( April 26, 2000 )
  
  
• Soy-based paint stripper from Franmar
  ( April 26, 2000 )
  
  
• EIA report on biomass-to-ethanol
  ( April 26, 2000 )
  
  
• Industrial hemp on Pine Ridge Reservation
  ( April 26, 2000 )
  
  
• Kenaf Soaks It Up!
  ( April 21, 2000 )
  
  
• Arizona passes alternative fuel legislation
  ( April 20, 2000 )
  
  
• Maryland Passes Hemp Bill
  ( April 07, 2000 )
  
  
• Farmers Praise a Soy-Based Additive for Diesel Fuel
  ( April 04, 2000 )
  
  
• Clinton administration urges elimination of MTBE in favor of ethanol and other renewables
  ( March 22, 2000 )
  
  
• Kafus raising capital to finance construction of unique newsprint mill
  ( March 16, 2000 )
  
  
• Ethanol industry sets production records
  ( March 16, 2000 )
  
  
• New Minnesota ethanol plant
  ( March 16, 2000 )
  
  
• Wheat and barley-to-ethanol plant to open
  ( March 16, 2000 )
  
  
• Kafus Molded Fibers LLC forms
  ( March 07, 2000 )
  
  
• Biodiesel legislation introduced in Minnesota House
  ( March 02, 2000 )
  
  
• Minnesota E85 refueling sites reach 20
  ( February 29, 2000 )
  
  
• Clinton's proposed budget encourages "biobased" products and bioenergy
  ( February 28, 2000 )
  
  
• Green Seal's proposed environmental standard for adhesives open to review
  ( February 24, 2000 )
  
  
• Barkboard(TM) to be produced by CanFibre
  ( February 24, 2000 )
  
  
• Crane & Co. launches Continuum(TM) tree-free paper
  ( February 23, 2000 )
  
  
• Clinton discusses "bio-based" fuels and products in State of the Union Address
  ( February 23, 2000 )
  
  
• Plastics from plants: a Cargill/Dow joint venture
  ( February 23, 2000 )
  
  
• High Plains to produce glycerol as ethanol co-product
  ( February 23, 2000 )
  
  
• FarmConnect coop forms in Minnesota
  ( February 17, 2000 )
  
  
• Home Depot to carry CanFibre's AllGreen(TM) MDF
  ( January 21, 2000 )
  
  
• Plant-based motor oil paves the way for cooperatives, legislation
  ( December 16, 1999 )
  
  
• Kafus Bio-Composites are here
  ( December 10, 1999 )
  
  
• Tosco turns away from MTBE, looks to ethanol
  ( December 08, 1999 )
  
  
• Guayule, the future of latex?
  ( December 03, 1999 )
  
  
• Audubon article promotes industrial hemp
  ( November 24, 1999 )
  
  
• Getty Petroleum abandons MTBE
  ( November 18, 1999 )
  
  
• New York restricts MTBE use
  ( November 12, 1999 )
  
  
• Arizona school buses run on biodiesel
  ( November 05, 1999 )
  
  
• NTEC and ADM agreement to develop biodegradable solvent
  ( November 01, 1999 )
  
  
• Terry Ventura touts value-added agriculture
  ( October 25, 1999 )
  
  
• More funding for Minnesota's E85 efforts
  ( October 25, 1999 )
  
  
• CanFibre to build third US fiberboard plant
  ( October 21, 1999 )
  
  
• P-Series fuel biorefinery receives federal funding
  ( October 18, 1999 )
  
  
• ASTM sets provisional biodiesel specification
  ( October 15, 1999 )
  
  
• Minnesota to get more E85 refueling stations
  ( October 13, 1999 )
  
  
• GSA to support alternative fuel vehicles
  ( October 13, 1999 )
  
  
• Natural fiber mats and panels for the automobile industry
  ( October 05, 1999 )
  
  
• Final EPA Blue Ribbon Panel report on gasoline oxygenates released
  ( September 29, 1999 )
  
  
• Isobord introduces two new strawboard products
  ( September 28, 1999 )
  
  
• Interior car parts made from waste flax straw
  ( September 28, 1999 )
  
  
• California State Assembly passes resolution supporting industrial hemp
  ( September 16, 1999 )
  
  
• Proposed CA ethanol plant an answer to rice straw dilemma
  ( September 14, 1999 )
  
  
• Municipal solid waste-to-ethanol plant planned for New York
  ( September 14, 1999 )
  
  
• New agricultural fiberboard plant opens in Idaho
  ( September 10, 1999 )
  
  
• Kafus pre-sells 20 years' worth of wastewood-based fiberboard
  ( September 07, 1999 )
  
  
• Chicago buses to run on ethanol-diesel fuel blend
  ( September 07, 1999 )
  
  
• Another blow to MTBE
  ( September 01, 1999 )
  
  
• National Corn Growers Association receives DOE funding
  ( September 01, 1999 )
  
  
• USDA Issues Biobased Product Listing Procedure
  ( August 24, 1999 )
  
  
• Glucose Solution To Nitrate Contamination
  ( August 13, 1999 )
  
  
• Clinton's Speech on the Bio-based Products Initiative
  ( August 13, 1999 )
  
  
• Clinton Issues Executive Order on Bio-based Products and Bioenergy
  ( August 13, 1999 )
  
  
• Minnesota Brewing Co. Boosts Profits With Ethanol Production Plan
  ( August 12, 1999 )
  
  
• New Value Added Farming Advisory Group Formed
  ( August 12, 1999 )
  
  
• ABC News Reports on Hemp Legalization Movement
  ( August 11, 1999 )
  
  
• New Newfoundlander Hemp Beer Gaining Popularity
  ( August 06, 1999 )
  
  
• Senate Agriculture Committee Approves Biomass Bill
  ( August 04, 1999 )
  
  
• FAA certifies lead-free, ethanol-based airplane fuel
  ( August 02, 1999 )
  
  
• EPA Recommends Reduction in MTBE, Ethanol's Future Uncertain
  ( July 29, 1999 )
  
  
• Orenda Aerospace Receives Government Investment for Bio-Oil Power Generation
  ( July 26, 1999 )
  
  
• National Research Council Report on Biobased Industrial Products
  ( July 22, 1999 )
  
  
• New Value-Added Agriculture Course Plan
  ( July 20, 1999 )
  
  
• New EPA Guidelines May Be Bad News For Ethanol
  ( July 13, 1999 )
  
  
• Hawaii Approves Hemp Test Plot
  ( July 12, 1999 )
  
  
• Soy-Based Solvent to Clean Oil Spills
  ( July 06, 1999 )
  
  
• California Commission Reaffirms MTBE Ban
  ( July 02, 1999 )
  
  
• New, Less Expensive Biomass-to-Chemicals Process
  ( July 01, 1999 )
  
  
• Canadian Methanol Producer Files Suit Against US, Claims California MTBE Ban Violates NAFTA
  ( June 30, 1999 )
  
  
• Ford Encourages Ethanol Use in FFVs
  ( June 22, 1999 )
  
  
• Michigan Postal Service Using Plant-Based Motor Oil
  ( June 22, 1999 )
  
  
• Minnesotan Alfalfa Co-op Exploring Biomass Power
  ( June 21, 1999 )
  
  
• High Plains Corp. To Use Landfill-Derived Fuel
  ( June 21, 1999 )
  
  
• Two Large Mexican Cities to Use Ethanol in Government Vehicles
  ( June 16, 1999 )
  
  
• Sucrose-Based Epoxies Could Benefit Sugar Growers
  ( June 14, 1999 )
  
  
• Ag-based Cleaner Company Begins Retail Sales
  ( June 11, 1999 )
  
  
• Review of Hemp Laws in Kentucky Supreme Court
  ( June 11, 1999 )
  
  
• Farmers Rally Against Big Agriculture at Midwest Farm Price Crisis Forum
  ( June 10, 1999 )
  
  
• Hemp Resolution to be Proposed by California County and State Farm Bureau Federations
  ( June 07, 1999 )
  
  
• Bill Introduced to Phase-Out Use of MTBE in the U.S.
  ( June 04, 1999 )
  
  
• Illinois Forms Industrial Hemp Investigative Task Force
  ( June 04, 1999 )
  
  
• DOE Issues New Rules to Encourage Use of Biodiesel
  ( June 02, 1999 )
  
  
• 1999 Ethanol Vehicle Challenge Winners
  ( June 01, 1999 )
  
  
• Banana Waste into Paper
  ( May 27, 1999 )
  
  
• Ventura Signs Bill Requiring Minnesota to Apply for Federal Permits for Industrial Hemp Production
  ( May 26, 1999 )
  
  
• Senator Lugar Launches Major Bio-based Industry Initiative
  ( May 20, 1999 )
  
  
• DOE Designates New Alternative Fuel Additional Substitute for Gasoline Made from Renewable Sources
  ( May 20, 1999 )
  
  
• Pure Energy Corporation Tackles DOE Challenge: New Category Of Fuels Is Designated
  ( May 20, 1999 )
  
  
• Domestic Production of Ethanol Up, Production of MTBE Down
  ( May 18, 1999 )
  
  
• New Ethanol Plant for Huron, South Dakota
  ( May 13, 1999 )
  
  
• Ethanol Becoming a Viable Choice in Fuel Cell Technology
  ( May 13, 1999 )
  
  
• Renewable Fuel Association Says Report on Oxygenates Confuses The Debate
  ( May 12, 1999 )
  
  
• Hawaii's Hemp Bill Passes in the Senate and House
  ( May 12, 1999 )
  
  
• Four Sacramento, California Companies to Receive Grant for Innovative Uses of Rice Straw
  ( May 12, 1999 )
  
  
• Biodegradable Food Packaging Debuts at Dept. of Interior
  ( May 11, 1999 )
  
  
• Minnesota Legislature Gives Ethanol a Boost
  ( April 29, 1999 )
  
  
• Home Grown Auto Parts
  ( April 27, 1999 )
  
  
• Minnesota House Retains Industrial Hemp Provision
  ( April 27, 1999 )
  
  
• Canadian Farmers Line Up for Hemp Seed
  ( April 27, 1999 )
  
  
• Missouri Breaks Ground on its First Ethanol Plant
  ( April 26, 1999 )
  
  
• Corn Stover Commercialization. . . A Potential Winner!
  ( April 26, 1999 )
  
  
• Iowa's House of Representative Votes to Ban MTBE
  ( April 26, 1999 )
  
  
• A Sweet Operation Opens in Ethiopia
  ( April 26, 1999 )
  
  
• New Hampshire's Hemp Bill in a Quandry
  ( April 26, 1999 )
  
  
• Ethanol Vehicle Challenge Drives Home "Green Is Best" Message
  ( April 23, 1999 )
  
  
• Hemp Gives Dauphin an Economic Lift
  ( April 23, 1999 )
  
  
• North Dakota Becomes the First State to Legalize Industrial Hemp
  ( April 20, 1999 )
  
  
• Kenaf Demands Increase in Europe: New Italian-U.S. Joint Venture Underway
  ( April 15, 1999 )
  
  
• Hawaii's House Hemp Bill Passes Senate
  ( April 14, 1999 )
  
  
• North Dakota Poised to Become the First State to Legalize Industrial Hemp
  ( April 13, 1999 )
  
  
• California Invests in New Uses for Rice Straw
  ( April 13, 1999 )
  
  
• Update on Hemp Bills Introduced in Eleven States
  ( April 08, 1999 )
  
  
• Come On Minnesota: Give Us Back Our Hemp
  ( April 08, 1999 )
  
  
• Farmers Lobby to Legalize the Growing of Hemp
  ( April 07, 1999 )
  
  
• California MTBE Controversy Spreads: Texas is Looking to MTBE Alternatives
  ( April 06, 1999 )
  
  
• New Soy-Based Lubricating Oil
  ( April 06, 1999 )
  
  
• How to Clean the Latest Generation of “New” Natural fibers
  ( April 06, 1999 )
  
  
• California Democratic Party Passes Hemp Resolution
  ( March 31, 1999 )
  
  
• California's Governor Announces Phase-Out of MTBE
  ( March 30, 1999 )
  
  
• Spinach Protein Finds New Use in Electronics
  ( March 29, 1999 )
  
  
• City of Bloomington Chooses Tree-Free Paper!
  ( March 26, 1999 )
  
  
• The MTBE Cover-Up
  ( March 22, 1999 )
  
  
• Soybeans are Now Giving Exxon a Run for Their Money!
  ( March 19, 1999 )
  
  
• New Water Sealants Made from Soybeans
  ( March 19, 1999 )
  
  
• Activated Carbons: Move Over Coal, Nutshells are Taking Over!
  ( March 19, 1999 )
  
  
• Faster & Cleaner: Fry Oil Becomes Biodiesel Fuel
  ( March 12, 1999 )
  
  
• Southern States Power Buys Plant To Produce Bio-diesel
  ( March 02, 1999 )
  
  
• DOE Announces $1 Million in Grants For New Ethanol Technologies
  ( March 01, 1999 )
  
  
• Study Affirms Ethanol's Ability to Meet California Oxygenate Demand
  ( February 25, 1999 )
  
  
• New Bioreactor Unveiled-Converts Animal Waste to Compost
  ( February 17, 1999 )
  
  
• Nine States Introduce Industrial Hemp Legislation in 1999
  ( February 16, 1999 )
  
  
• Crane Wins Currency Bid with Tree-Free Paper
  ( February 16, 1999 )
  
  
• Mercury Eating Trees
  ( February 11, 1999 )
  
  
• Sugar Plant Becomes an Ethanol Plant in Sweden
  ( February 11, 1999 )
  
  
• A Bill Introduced to Promote Cooperatively-Owned Livestock Processing Plants in Minnesota
  ( February 09, 1999 )
  
  
• Clinton Budget Includes Biomass Energy Tax Credits
  ( February 08, 1999 )
  
  
• CA Hearings on Environmental and Health Effects of MTBE
  ( February 08, 1999 )
  
  
• Planet-Friendly Plastics
  ( February 04, 1999 )
  
  
• Industrial Hemp Legislation Introduced in Hawaii
  ( January 22, 1999 )
  
  
• Industrial Hemp Legislation Introduced in Minnesota
  ( January 20, 1999 )
  
  
• Ford and Kafus Lead Industry With Initiative to Create More Eco-Friendly Car Interiors
  ( January 13, 1999 )
  
  
• Clean Radioactive Soil Naturally
  ( January 04, 1999 )
  
  
• Study Shows Ethanol is More Environmentally Friendly than MTBE
  ( December 31, 1998 )
  
  
• California Lifts Oxygen Cap
  ( December 31, 1998 )
  
  
• Bugs Provide a Concrete Solution
  ( December 31, 1998 )
  
  
• If UK Dropped Unfair Taxation, Biofuels Could Flourish
  ( December 10, 1998 )
  
  
• Biodiesel Legislation Helps the Soybean Growers
  ( December 10, 1998 )
  
  
• Iowa Creates New Law to Promote Biobased Hydraulic Fluids
  ( December 10, 1998 )
  
  
• Lube Up Those Rails With Soy
  ( December 10, 1998 )
  
  
• New Adhesive--Made from Soybeans and Formaldehyde-Free!
  ( December 09, 1998 )
  
  
• Turning Soybeans into Hand Lotion
  ( December 09, 1998 )
  
  
• Biofuels: Briquette May Help Spare Forests
  ( December 09, 1998 )
  
  
• Natural Enzymes Take Center Stage
  ( December 07, 1998 )
  
  
• John Deere Test Soy Resins
  ( December 07, 1998 )
  
  
• Iowa Researchers Trying to Market a Corn-Based Fiberboard
  ( December 07, 1998 )
  
  
• Delaware Researches Use Soybean Oil to Make Composite Resins
  ( December 07, 1998 )
  
  
• New Class of Alkyd Resins Made from Soybeans
  ( December 07, 1998 )
  
  
• Monsanto Abandons Biodegradable Plastics
  ( December 06, 1998 )
  
  
• World’s First Large-Scale Unsubsidized Rural Electrification Scheme
  ( December 06, 1998 )
  
  
• European Commission Wants More Renewable Energy
  ( December 06, 1998 )
  
  
• Harvest Board Building New Strawboard Plants
  ( December 04, 1998 )
  
  
• First Biomass to Ethanol Plant Breaks Ground
  ( December 03, 1998 )
  
  
• Charge It With Corn: New Corn-based Plastic Cards
  ( December 03, 1998 )
  
  
• Pierce International to Build Five U.S. Strawboard Plants
  ( December 03, 1998 )
  
  
• U.S. Ethanol Production is at an All-Time High
  ( December 03, 1998 )
  
  
• A New Biocomposite Company is Formed
  ( December 03, 1998 )
  
  
• Illinois Governor Launches First Test of Pure Energy’s OxyDiese
  ( December 03, 1998 )
  
  
• Mosquitoes Beware
  ( December 03, 1998 )
  
  
• Got Milk? Got Paint
  ( December 03, 1998 )
  
  
• Popeye Would Be Proud
  ( December 03, 1998 )
  
  
• Killer Corn
  ( December 03, 1998 )
  
  
• Finger-Jointed Lumber with Soy Adhesive Certified
  ( December 03, 1998 )
  
  
• American Petroleum Institute Refuses Certification of Vegetable-Based Engine Oil
  ( December 03, 1998 )
  
  
• Guangzhou Bans Unbiodegradable Plastics
  ( December 03, 1998 )
  
  
• North Carolina Dry Cleaning Solvent Taxes
  ( December 03, 1998 )
  
  
• CFC Phase-out
  ( December 03, 1998 )
  
  

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