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Mascoma Announces Feedstock Processing and Lignin Supply Agreement with Chevron Technology Ventures; Chevron Working on Converting Lignin to Hydrocarbon Fuel Components

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Mascoma Corporation has entered into a feedstock processing and lignin supply agreement with Chevron Technology Ventures (CTV), a division of Chevron USA, Inc. Chevron and lignin for fuels. Chevron says tests have shown that this produced water does not inhibit the lignin conversion. Earlier post.)

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Help! A Gas Station Charged Me $1,500 and My Bank Won’t Believe It’s Fraud.

Baua Electric

I recalled that when we went to fill up the rental car at a Chevron station near the airport, the attendant placed the card in a hand-held machine and then told me it had been rejected, requiring me to use a second card. Follow New York Times Travel on Instagram , Twitter and Facebook.

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Help! A Gas Station Charged Me $1,500 and My Bank Won’t Believe It’s Fraud.

Baua Electric

I recalled that when we went to fill up the rental car at a Chevron station near the airport, the attendant placed the card in a hand-held machine and then told me it had been rejected, requiring me to use a second card. Follow New York Times Travel on Instagram , Twitter and Facebook.

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DOE awarding $72M to 27 projects to develop and advance carbon capture technologies, including direct air capture

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Chevron Natural Gas Carbon Capture Technology Testing Project. Chevron USA. DOE Funding: $1,499,954; Non-DOE Funding: $375,000; Total: $1,874,954. AOI 2 (Subtopic 2.1): Carbon Capture Testing on Natural Gas Flue Gas. DOE Funding: $799,687; Non-DOE Funding: $200,000; Total: $999,687.

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Report from the REFF-Wall Street; Themes in Renewable Energy Finance

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Dr. Don Paul is the Executive Director, University of Southern California Energy Institute and a former vice president and chief technology officer of Chevron. As another panelist pointed out, “ The New York Times is well-equipped to write the article about how Stimulus Funds have been wasted ”.

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Toyota dubbed as world’s third-most obstructive company against climate policies

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While it was no surprise to see oil companies such as ExxonMobil and Chevron at the top of the report’s list, its third-ranked company was quite a surprise. Toyota was dubbed the world’s third-most obstructive organization for lobbying governments that set climate policies.

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Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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Chevron owns the NiMH patents and have not allowed EV size batts to be built. Got a hot tip on breaking green news, or a suggestion for areas of coverage? Galbraith joined The New York Times in June 2008 to write about renewable energy. In most conversions cost is about the same because of needless weight.

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