A Science Advisory Board (SAB) panel is urging the Environmental Protection Agency to include in its forthcoming oil spill research strategy provisions for spills of alcohol-based biofuels, which may require unique cleanup methods since the fuels do not react to dispersants and other conventional spill cleanup processes in the same way as petroleum hydrocarbons. EPA is developing the spill research strategy in the aftermath of the BP Deep Water Horizon spill in the Gulf, according to a draft SAB document, because of "the need for innovative spill response technologies and raised questions rela
December 30, 2025