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Darling International and Valero Considering Forming a Joint Venture for Renewable Diesel

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Charles refinery near Norco, Louisiana. Darling and Valero will jointly seek a loan guarantee for the proposed joint venture from the US Department of Energy under the Energy Policy Act of 2005, which makes $8.5 ConocoPhillips suspended the project in fall 2008 due to the deteriorating economy and a loss of federal tax credits.

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European Biodiesel Production Up 16.6% in 2009

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2008, 54% in 2006 and 65% in 2005); in 2007, the industry growth rate was. Differential Export Taxes (DET) maintain a large differential between an export tax on crude soybean oil of. The BP platform accident in Louisiana is only the. EU biodiesel production increased 16.6% per year oil spills in the Mediterranean sea!

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Perspective: The Role of Offsets in Climate Change Legislation

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by enacting a carbon tax or setting emission limits for each source type (“command-and-control)—the option to use offsets is generally discussed in the context of a cap-and-trade regime. EPA, Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Potential in US Forestry and Agriculture (2005). Emission reductions from regulated sources (e.g.,

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Perspective: US Needs to Transition to Hydrous Ethanol as the Primary Renewable Transportation Fuel

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Automobile manufacturers were given tax breaks to produce cars that ran on hydrous ethanol, and, by 1980, every automobile company in Brazil was following this lead. In 2005, their sales increased even further, accounting for approximately 54% of all new car sales. In February, 2009, the US EPA granted Renergie, Inc. Earlier GCC post.]

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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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The Cantwell-Collins plan is almost exactly what Mr. Obama proposed in the campaign and after first taking office–a 100 percent auction of permits and a large tax rebate to the public. The program will reduce emissions fifteen percent below 2005 levels by 2020. Senators Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), John Kerry (D-Mass.)

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