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City of Bogota, Columbia launches electric taxi pilot; part of C40-CCI EV Network

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The City of Bogota, Colombia, has launched a pilot project to spur the use of electric vehicles in Bogota’s center-city taxi fleet. The first taxis are expected to be operational in the city in the next few months. Bogota’s project will improve local air quality and noise pollution.

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MIT Report Finds Natural Gas Has Significant Potential to Displace Coal, Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Role in Transportation More Limited

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By contrast, making methanol, a liquid fuel, out of natural gas requires much less up-front conversion cost and could have an impact on oil usage and thus improve energy security, but would not reduce greenhouse gases. The report issued this week is a preliminary overview of a more detailed report that will be released later this year.

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UOP looking to biomass catalytic pyrolysis to expand volumes of renewable hydrocarbon fuels

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RIMPAC and Green Fleet demo. Held every two years by Commander, US Pacific Fleet (PACFLT), Rim of the Pacific ( RIMPAC ) is a multinational maritime exercise that takes place in and around the Hawaiian Islands. We see it as a great enabler to allow us to revitalize the chemical industry and the renewable fuel industry in the US.

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