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Massachusetts to Accept Only Waste-Derived Biofuels to Qualify for Mandate for Diesel and Home Heating Oil

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Waste feedstocks are defined in the enabling legislation specifically as “ previously used or discarded solid, liquid or contained gaseous material with heating value resulting from industrial, commercial or household food service activities that would otherwise be stored, treated, transferred or disposed. The Clean Energy Biofuels Act.

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DOE awards $27.5M to 16 water infrastructure projects

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With the right technology, it’s possible to convert wastewater into renewable power, along with chemicals, fertilizers, and reusable water. They are based out of California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, and Virginia.

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NSF awards $2M to Rice U collaboration to explore direct conversion of CO2 into fuels

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The assistant professor and William Marsh Rice Trustee Chair of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering has proposed the development of a modular electrochemical system that will provide “a sustainable, negative-carbon, low-waste and point-source manufacturing path preferable to traditional large-scale chemical process plants.”.

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New Four-Step Process for the Direct High-Yield and Economic Production of Renewable Jet and Diesel Fuels From Wood Processing Waste

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Integrated conceptual lignocellulosic biorefinery for the production of renewable chemicals and liquid fuels. As such, our process provides another way to make jet and diesel fuels range alkanes from waste hemicellulose-derived solutions. The four-step process to make straight-chain alkanes is highlighted in the shaded box. Green Chem.

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Massachusetts sets state GHG emissions limit for 2020 at 25% below 1990 levels, releases plan with additional measures, including Pay As You Drive auto insurance

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Massachusetts Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) Secretary Ian Bowles has set the statewide greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions limit for 2020 required by the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2008 at 25% below 1990 levels, the maximum authorized by the Act, saying that measures already in place will get Massachusetts much of the way toward that goal.

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Eni, FCA partner on R&D to cut road vehicle CO2 emissions; methanol/ethanol blends, renewable diesel, ANG, on-board CO2 capture

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The two companies, renewing their strategic commitment to a low-carbon future and in line with Italy’s National Energy Strategy, will combine their respective expertise, experiences and know-how to reduce the sector’s level of CO 2 emissions. 20% of the Fiat Doblò fleet will be powered by methane.

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Appreciating The Past, Plymouth Moves To A Renewable Future

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The motto, "Making Plymouth a Green Energy Hotspot" embraces the historic community's commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by encouraging the transition to sustainable energy sources.

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