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Valero And Mission NewEnergy Execute 5-year, US$3.5B Biodiesel Supply Agreement

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Mission NewEnergy has operations in Australia, Malaysia, India and Mauritius. Its biodiesel refineries are located at Kuantan Port in Malaysia. Currently operating a 100,000 tonne per annum biodiesel facility, Mission is building a second, 250,000 tpa (approx. 75 million gallons p.a.) Mission NewEnergy Investor Presentation Sep 2009.

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Study: Hydrofluorocarbons Will Contribute Significantly to Global Warming by 2050

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Partly based on this research, the eight nation-states and territories of Micronesia and the Republic of Mauritius have proposed to regulate these HFCs under the Montreal Protocol, although the treaty does not cover these gases. The increasing use of HFCs could significantly undo the climate benefits attained under the Montreal Protocol.

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Cutting Non-CO2 Pollutants Can Delay Abrupt Climate Change; The Fast Action Climate Agenda

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The small island nations of Micronesia and Mauritius submitted a joint proposal in April to phase down production and consumption of HFCs under the Montreal Protocol. Molina received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1995 for his path-breaking work in 1974 that sounded the alarm on ozone-depleting CFCs.). Stephen Andersen.