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DOE Turns Down V-Vehicle Loan Applications

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million to re-equip and tool an existing manufacturing facility as VVC’s first regional assembly plant in Monroe, Louisiana. The DOE conducted an extensive technical, market, financial, regulatory, credit and legal analysis following its determination that the applications were substantially complete in May 2009.

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National Academies’ Gulf Research Program awards $10.8M to address systemic risk in offshore oil and gas operations

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Comprehensive awareness of the systemic vulnerabilities that can lead to uncontrolled hydrocarbon release during drilling, production, or decommissioning activities of offshore oil and gas operations is essential to reducing existing risks and anticipating and avoiding new ones, the GRP says. Louisiana State University.

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Perspective: The UN Approval Process for Carbon Offsets

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While in the corporate bond world, the credit ratings agencies rated the bonds of thousands of companies and were not dependent on any one company for fees, subprime mortgage-backed credit derivatives were being produced by a small number of banks. Each SABMF has a production capacity of five million gallons per year of fuel-grade ethanol.

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America’s lithium laws fail to keep pace with rapid development – ET Auto

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Across Texas, Louisiana and other mineral-rich states, it’s unclear who owns the millions of metric tons of lithium locked in salty brines underneath U.S. states, legal experts, politicians, landowners, investors, royalty firms, industry executives and consultants.

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EPA Administrator broadly outlines Trump Administration thinking on fuel economy standards and California

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In August 2018, EPA and US Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) released a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to adjust the Congressionally-mandated Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) and Light-Duty Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards. Earlier post.). —Andrew Wheeler.

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Perspective: Why Carbon Emissions Should Not Have Been the Focus of the UN Climate Change Summit and Why the 15th Conference of the Parties Should Have Focused on Technology Transfer

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Renergie was formed for the initial purpose of raising capital to develop, construct, own and operate a decentralized network of ten modular-designed small advanced biofuel manufacturing facilities (SABMFs) in the parishes of the State of Louisiana which were devastated by hurricanes Katrina and Rita. ]. Donovan, CEO of Renergie, Inc.

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Gas War: 25 States Sue EPA Over Updated Emissions Regulations

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workforce, noting that most aspects of battery production presently take place outside the country. & Interestingly, California publicly made deals with numerous automakers that required them to do exactly that if they wanted to continue selling products within its borders. .& Swelling vehicle prices was another issue.&

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