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3 Oil Majors That Bet Big On Renewables

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Big Oil has frequently been chided for merely trying to burnish its green credentials, and so far, it has done little to convince us that it is truly moving forward to greenness. Let this sink in: In 2018, Big Oil spent less than 1% of its combined budget on green energy projects. by Alex Kimani for Oilprice.com. 2 Total SA.

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Green Deals: Kick gas + oil to the curb with Greenworks’ Pro 80V electric mower at $447, more

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Walmart is offering the Greenworks Pro 80V 21-inch Electric Mower for $446.70 For comparison, it normally fetches $599 and went for around $530 to $599 at Amazon before selling out there. Included with your purchase is a 5Ah battery and charger, giving you everything needed to kick gas and oil to the curb.

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Green Deals: Kick gas + oil to the curb with BLACK+DECKER’s $79 electric 3-in-1 blower, more

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For comparison, it normally goes for $99 at Lowe’s and around $90 at Amazon, with today’s deal matching the lowest that we’ve tracked in the past 12 months. Now that we’re getting back to mowing and taking care of the lawn more frequently, it’s time to consider kicking gas and oil to the curb.

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Goodyear unveils 90% sustainable-material demonstration tire, approved for road use

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Goodyear’s 90% sustainable-material demonstration tire features four different types of carbon black that are produced from methane, carbon dioxide, plant-based oil and end-of-life tire pyrolysis oil feedstocks. The use of soybean oil in this demonstration tire helps keep the tire’s rubber compound pliable in changing temperatures.

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Siemens Energy secures 50 MW electrolyzer order from European Energy for first large-scale eMethanol project

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Through the nearby 300 MW solar park of Kassø, developed by European Energy, the project will have access to the low-cost renewable electricity needed to produce cost-effective e-Fuel. For comparison: This is more than five times the total electricity consumption of Germany.

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Study finds GHG emissions from corn ethanol now 46% lower than gasoline

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A new study by a team from Environmental Health & Engineering (EH&E) has found that greenhouse gas emissions from corn ethanol are 46% lower than those from gasoline—a decrease in emissions from the estimated 39% done by previous modeling. EH&E) and Adjunct Professor of Environmental Health at Harvard’s T.H. gCO 2 e/MJ (range of 37.6

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Rice study finds using natural gas for electricity and heating, not transportation, more effective in reducing GHGs

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Rice University researchers have determined a more effective way to use natural gas to reduce climate-warming emissions would be in the replacement of existing coal-fired power plants and fuel-oil furnaces rather than burning it in cars and buses.