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Valero And Mission NewEnergy Execute 5-year, US$3.5B Biodiesel Supply Agreement

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Subject to favorable economics, as Mission’s available stock of Jatropha matures to scale Mission will supply Valero with palm oil based biodiesel. Mission was the first non-German biodiesel producer to be certified by AGQM, the German Biodiesel production process certification body. 75 million gallons p.a.)

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Study: Hydrofluorocarbons Will Contribute Significantly to Global Warming by 2050

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Their assessment was based on an analysis of current hydrochlorofluorocarbon (HCFC) consumption in leading applications, patterns of replacements of HCFCs by HFCs in developed countries, and gross domestic product (GDP) growth. Alternative gases are available: the hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). Velders, David W. Fahey, John S.

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Cutting Non-CO2 Pollutants Can Delay Abrupt Climate Change; The Fast Action Climate Agenda

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The small island nations of Micronesia and Mauritius submitted a joint proposal in April to phase down production and consumption of HFCs under the Montreal Protocol. Molina received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1995 for his path-breaking work in 1974 that sounded the alarm on ozone-depleting CFCs.). Stephen Andersen.