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Sasol embarking on feasibility study on a US gas-to-liquids facility in Louisiana

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South African energy and chemicals group Sasol today announced that it has chosen the southwestern region of the State of Louisiana as the site for a planned gas-to-liquids (GTL) facility. Sasol will embark on a feasibility study to evaluate the viability of a GTL venture in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, over the next 18 months.

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Early results from Univ. of Texas hydraulic fracturing study show no direct link to groundwater contamination; contamination problems appear related to other aspects of drilling ops

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Hydraulic fracturing has been in use for decades but recently has come under scrutiny from environmentalists and others who fear it poses a threat to public health through groundwater contamination and air pollution.

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Perspective: The UN Approval Process for Carbon Offsets

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Since 2005, when major greenhouse-gas emitters among the Kyoto signatories were issued caps on their emissions and permitted to buy credits to meet those caps, there has been more than $300 billion worth of carbon transactions. Mr. Donovan drafted the “Advanced Biofuel Industry Development Initiative” for the State of Louisiana.

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Perspective: The Role of Offsets in Climate Change Legislation

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Erosion control may reduce water pollution from non-point sources, a leading source of water pollution in US waterbodies. EPA, Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Potential in US Forestry and Agriculture (2005). Mr. Donovan drafted the “Advanced Biofuel Industry Development Initiative” for the State of Louisiana.

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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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Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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Cap-and-trade was first tried on a significant scale twenty years ago under the first Bush administration as a way to address the problem of airborne sulfur dioxide pollution–widely known as acid rain–from coal-burning power plants in the eastern United States. The program will reduce emissions fifteen percent below 2005 levels by 2020.

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