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Obamas budget proposes terminating Diesel Emissions Reduction Act grant program

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Among the many program terminations, reductions and savings outlined today in the president’s budget is the proposed termination of the US Environmental Protection Agency’s Diesel Emissions Reduction Act grant program. Enacted funding for the program in 2010 was $60 million.

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UC Riverside researchers receive two grants to advance steam hydrogasification reaction for waste-to-fuels

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Researchers at the University of California, Riverside’s Center for Environmental Research and Technology (CERT) at the Bourns College of Engineering have received two grants to further explore a steam hydrogasification process they developed to convert waste into fuels. Earlier post.).

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Chemrec Grant Application for Full-scale Black Liquor to Fuel Plant Passes Hurdle

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The Energy R&D Board of the Swedish Energy Agency has selected an investment grant application from Chemrec for further consideration. The SEK 500 million ($64 million, €45 million) grant application is for an industrial scale production plant for renewable automotive fuel from biomass through gasification of black liquor.

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Federal Appeals Court vacates EPA Cross-State Air Pollution Rule

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CSAPR (also called the Transport Rule) was finalized in July 2011 and replaced and strengthened the requirements of the 2005 Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR), which the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit ordered EPA to revise in 2008. statutory text grants EPA authority to require upwind States to. Congress could well.

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EPA denies waiver of Renewable Fuels Standard

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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it has not found evidence to support a finding of severe “economic harm” that would warrant granting a waiver of the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS).

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Modeling study suggests 1.8M excess deaths attributable to urban air pollution in 2019

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billion people) are exposed to annual average levels of fine particulate matter exceeding the World Health Organization (WHO) guideline from 2005, leading to 1.8 The WHO 2005 guideline for PM 2.5 The first study was funded by grants from NASA and the Wellcome Trust. million excess deaths in cities globally in 2019.

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EPA Grants California Vehicle GHG Regulations Waiver

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The US Environmental Agency (EPA) has granted California’s waiver request enabling the state to enforce its greenhouse gas emissions standards (Pavley I) for new motor vehicles, beginning with the current model year. California requested from EPA the waiver required for implementation of the Pavley regulations in December 2005.

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