Engineers Voice

California will create the world’s first global warming pollution standard for transportation fuels, cutting fuel carbon content 10 percent by 2020, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has declared. Schwarzenegger said he will issue an executive order requiring the state’s Air Resources Board to draft rules for the new carbon fuel standard. Read more »

Coal-powered ethanol plants release up to 92 percent more carbon dioxide than those powered by natural gas, according to a new study. Frontline BioEnergy, an Ames company that promotes technological advancements, released the report this month amid a heated debate on how Iowa should handle its ethanol plant expansion. Read more »

Biologists at the University of York have established new research links with Chinese scientists to investigate biodiesel – a cleaner, more environmentally friendly alternative to petroleum. Read more »