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CARB releases 2022 draft Scoping Plan update

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That broad-based coordination lays the foundation for a whole of government approach to future implementation. Line haul and passenger rail rely primarily on hydrogen fuel cell technology, and others primarily utilize electricity. Phase out oil and gas extraction operations by 2045.

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SHV Energy to market and sell Neste Oil’s biopropane

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Neste Oil and SHV Energy have agreed that SHV Energy will market and sell biopropane to be produced at Neste Oil’s Rotterdam refinery. LPG already provides our customers with a cleaner rural energy choice to the high-carbon fuel alternatives many are dependent on in off-grid areas. Earlier post.)

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New UC Davis market-based sustainability forecasting approach concludes supplanting gasoline and diesel with renewable fuels could take 131 years

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At the current pace of research and development, replacing gasoline and diesel with renewable fuel alternatives could take some 131 years, according to a new University of California, Davis, study using a new sustainability forecasting approach based on market expectations. The forecast was published online 8 Nov.

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Opinion: Alternatives to the RFS

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It’s also a political lightning rod given the stagnation of fuel consumption matched with accelerating ethanol blending. The oil industry would seem to be understandably upset about it. The expansion of the RFS in 2007 goes far beyond just replacing MTBE with ethanol as the required fuel oxygenate (and avoiding lawsuits ).

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Study finds behavior-influencing policies remain critical for mass market success of low-carbon vehicles

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Policies to entice consumers away from fossil-fuel powered vehicles and normalize low carbon, alternative-fuel alternatives, such as electric vehicles, are vital if the world is to significantly reduce transport sector carbon pure-emissions, according to a new study.

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USDA, DOE and US Navy to invest up to $510M over next 3 years to build out drop-in biofuel production capacity for military and commercial transportation

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The United States spends more than $300 billion on imported crude oil per year, the three Departments noted in their Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the joint initiative. Enhanced reliability of fuel supplies through diversification to advanced drop-in biofuels is also essential to sustain the U.S. —Navy Secretary Ray Mabus.

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Exclusive: Fast-forwarding green trucking | Autocar Professional

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Our focus remains on serving the cement, steel, FMCG, oil and gas, and container industries, among others. Heavy-duty electric trucks have a future. So we anticipate rapid proliferation in the near future. Their timely establishment, however, is critical to support the growing demand for LNG as a fuel alternative.

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