The GSPI Consortium says it is the world's first nearly carbon neutral biodiesel plant. It works like this. The system uses a ... than methanol in biodiesel production. The ethanol will be ...

The Seattle Times reports that the Washington State Department of Ecology has sent a warning to a biodiesel-crushing plant in the state that it is releasing methanol, a toxic vapor, without a permit.

declined to say how many of the state's 10 biodiesel plants are idled. But much of Iowa and U.S. biodiesel production has either greatly slowed or stopped, given the uncertainty that the industry ...