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Junkyard Find: 1982 Peugeot 505S Turbodiesel

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I've found an oil-burning 505 in a boneyard in California's Central Valley, so let's take a look. The 504 stayed in production quite deep into the 21st century ( in Nigeria ), and the 505 was its ordained successor. 1982 Peugeot 505 Turbodiesel in California wrecking yard. Like eating caviar and strawberries.

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ExxonMobil brings Kearl oil sands expansion online ahead of schedule; overall capacity doubling to 220K barrels per day

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The California Air Resources Board (ARB) established the 2014 Crude Average carbon intensity of 11.30 gCO 2 e/MJ, calculated by weighting the carbon intensity value for each crude by the volume supplied to California refineries during 2012, 2013, and 2014.).

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Global billionaires unite in “Breakthrough energy coalition” to support development of zero-carbon energy

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Aliko Dangote, Founder and Chief Executive, Dangote Group, Nigeria. University of California, Office of the Chief Investment Officer, US. HRH Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Alwaleed Philanthropies, Saudi Arabia. Richard Branson, Founder, Virgin Group, UK. Ray Dalio, Founder, Bridgewater Associates, US.

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Low-lying and other vulnerable countries calling for fast action on non-CO2 global warming pollutants

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The scientific case for such a strategy was laid out in an Op Ed in The New York Times by Professor Veerabhadran Ramanathan, from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego, and his colleague, Professor David Victor.

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GE study finds 5% of worlds natural gas production wasted per year by flaring

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Although Nigeria has reduced flare gas emissions by 28% from 2000 levels, the country’s oil industry still wastes 15bcm of natural gas every year. —David Victor, director of the Laboratory on International Law & Regulation at the University of California San Diego.

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IHS CERA meta-analysis finds lifecycle GHG emissions for fuel produced solely from oil sands crude average 11% higher than from average crude refined in the US; high variability

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Although crudes derived from the Canadian oil sands are more carbon-intensive than the average oil refined in the United States, they are within the range of some other crude oils produced, imported, or refined in the United States, including crudes from Venezuela, Nigeria, Iraq, and California heavy oil production, according to the report.

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Glencore to pay >$1.1B to resolve government’s investigation into bribery and commodity and price manipulation

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million in payments to be made to intermediary companies in order to secure improper advantages to obtain and retain business with state-owned and state-controlled entities in West Africa, including Nigeria, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, and Equatorial Guinea. Finally, between approximately January 2011 and August 2019, Glencore Ltd.