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AUGUST 22, 2012

Total subsidies for renewable energy stood at $66 billion in 2010 (a 10% increase from the year before); the total value of global fossil fuel subsidies is estimated at between $775 billion and more than $1 trillion in 2012, Two thirds of the renewable energy subsidies went to renewable electricity resources and the remaining third to biofuels.

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Renewable International Fuel Energy 312

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JULY 10, 2012

The US Department of Energy (DOE) and the California Energy Commission (CEC) are working together to advance a coal-based polygeneration plant with carbon capture and storage (CCS) simultaneously through the federal National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) review and a complementary California Energy Quality Act process. Approximately 2.6

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Coal Oil California Hydrogen 210

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DECEMBER 9, 2012

PRELIM uses a more comprehensive range of crude oil quality and refinery configurations than used in earlier models and can quantify energy use and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions with detail and transparency the better to inform policy analysis, the duo suggests. Click to enlarge. —Abella and Bergerson.

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Oil-Sands Emissions Oil Hydrogen 236

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OCTOBER 17, 2011

KMI) and El Paso Corporation on Sunday announced a definitive agreement whereby KMI will acquire all of the outstanding shares of EP in a transaction that will create the largest midstream and the fourth-largest energy company in North America with an enterprise value of approximately $94 billion and 80,000 miles of pipelines.

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El Paso North America Gas Purchase 225

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AUGUST 13, 2013

International leaders took note and formed the Climate and Clean Air Coalition to Reduce Short-Lived Climate Pollutants in 2012. Methane, the main component of natural gas, is released from leaking pipelines, coal mines, oil wells, cattle, rice paddies and landfills.

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Climate Pollution Carbon Emissions 199

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AUGUST 5, 2012

3 , changes as the emissions are cooled and diluted in the atmosphere, complicating the definition of primary PM emission factors. When using FT fuel, POA emissions appear to be largely engine oil, but emissions with JP-8 fuel have a large fraction of partially oxidized organic material. 1 and 10 2 ?g —Drozd et al.

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Emissions Engine Fuel Gas 240

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

At the time of the press release, I could not find a definitive picture. If electric vehicles are going to stand a chance against petro-based cars, standards are a must. This is a major step froward in EV mass production. Update: The plug depicted above is not the agreed upon standard. Sorry for any confusion. More on Electric Cars: It’s On!

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Gas-Electric Standards Plug Gas 66