SFU Professor Mark Jaccard Invited by Parliament of European Union to Provide Expert Insights in European Fuel Quality Directive Policy Debate

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Published on Saturday, 11 May 2013 02:19

Written by John Wallace

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, May 10, 2013 (Marketwired via COMTEX) -- SFU Resource and Environmental Management Professor and noted economist, Mark Jaccard will travel overseas this week after receiving a formal invitation from European Parliament to provide economic and environmental impact insights as part of the region's consideration of a Fuel Quality Directive policy. Joining Jaccard will be Dr. James Hansen, an internationally renowned climatologist who spent 40 years at NASA's Goddard Institute studying human impacts on the global climate condition.

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http://www.marketwatch.com/story/sfu-professor-mark-jaccard-invited-by-parliament-of-european-union-to-provide-expert-insights-in-european-fuel-quality-directive-policy-debate-2013-05-10

Biofuel debate needs to move on

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Published on Thursday, 09 May 2013 05:32

Written by John Wallace

French MEP Corinne Lepage, the European Parliament's lead rapporteur on European Union biofuel legislation, has set the scene for an intense policy debate on the European Commission's proposal to modify the biofuel provisions in the fuel quality and renewable energy directives, as set out in your article “Conflicting reports stir EU debate on biofuel” (EuropeanVoice.com, 27 March).

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http://www.europeanvoice.com/article/2013/may/biofuel-debate-needs-to-move-on/77212.aspx

Intertek Biodiesel Lab Earns BQ-9000 Certification

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Published on Friday, 10 May 2013 21:49

Written by John Wallace

The Intertek biofuels lab in Romeoville, Illinois has earned an important designation from the National Biodiesel Board (NBB).  This company news release says the Intertek lab is now listed as a testing facility on the BQ-9000® website and is a preferred lab for BQ-9000® producers and marketers by the National Biodiesel Accreditation Commission (NBAC):

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http://domesticfuel.com/2013/05/09/intertek-biodiesel-lab-earns-bq-9000-certification/

Comptroller blasts failure to monitor jet fuel

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Published on Thursday, 09 May 2013 00:41

Written by John Wallace

The government authorities responsible for monitoring the production and maintenance of jet fuel have failed to do so properly in recent years, thereby causing a major threat to aviation safety, State Comptroller Joseph Shapira said in his report on Wednesday.

A section of the report looked at the steps taken to ensure the quality and stability of aircraft jet fuel supplied at Ben-Gurion Airport.

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http://www.jpost.com/Enviro-Tech/Comptroller-blasts-failure-to-monitor-jet-fuel-312503

Intertek Biodiesel Laboratory Awarded BQ-9000(R) Certification by the National Biodiesel Accreditation Commission

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Published on Thursday, 09 May 2013 21:33

Written by John Wallace

Intertek, a leading quality solutions provider to industries worldwide, today announced it has been granted BQ-9000(R) certification by the National Biodiesel Accreditation Commission (NBAC). The Intertek biofuels laboratory in Romeoville, Illinois, is listed as a testing facility on the BQ-9000(R) website and is a preferred lab for BQ-9000(R) producers and marketers.

The National Biodiesel Board (NBB) oversees the accreditation program, which is a cooperative and voluntary program for biodiesel producers, marketers and laboratories. BQ-9000(R) is open to biodiesel manufacturers, marketers, distributors, blenders, and laboratories, in both the United States and Canada

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http://online.wsj.com/article/PR-CO-20130508-914289.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

Resources Minister takes bitumen battle to Europe

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Published on Thursday, 09 May 2013 00:38

Written by John Wallace

Environmentalists are warning the European Union’s proposed fuel-quality directive could curtail imports of oil-sands-derived diesel from the U.S. Gulf Coast and drive down the price of Canadian crude.

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http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/resources-minister-takes-bitumen-battle-to-europe/article11768139/