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Renewable Energy Group to acquire Tyson Foods’ half ownership of Dynamic Fuels renewable diesel biorefinery

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Tyson and Syntroleum formed Dynamic Fuels in 2007 as a 50/50 joint venture. REG is a long-term customer of ours, buying fats, oils and greases to make renewable fuel, and we hope to continue that relationship. Earlier post.) The Geismar facility, completed in 2010, was the first large scale renewable diesel biorefinery built in the US.

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EV gateway

Electric Auto Association

This go-kart, Garver explained, dates back to 2007, when chapter members built and electrified a very basic, homegrown version after a founding member thought it would be effective to show at outreach events. “So The club started in 2006, when you couldn’t buy an electric car. The GEVA go-kart at the Saint Louis Science Center.

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EV gateway

Electric Auto Association

This go-kart, Garver explained, dates back to 2007, when chapter members built and electrified a very basic, homegrown version after a founding member thought it would be effective to show at outreach events. “So The club started in 2006, when you couldn’t buy an electric car. The GEVA go-kart at the Saint Louis Science Center.

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Black carbon is a much larger cause of climate change than previously assessed; about twice previous estimates, and 2/3 the effect of CO2

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This includes the estimates in the 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Assessment, which were based on the best available evidence and analysis at that time. If we did everything we could to reduce these emissions we could buy ourselves up to half a degree (Celsius) less warming—or a couple of decades of respite.

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This Dutch City Is Road-Testing Vehicle-to-Grid Tech

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Other trials include commercial auto fleets, a set of utility vans in Copenhagen , two electric school buses in Illinois, and five in New York. In 2007, Berg landed a contract to install rooftop solar at a local school, with the idea to set up a microgrid. People are buying more and more electric cars,” says Eerenberg, the alderman.

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

At these prices, people are buying the "environmental feature" -- they want to be among the first owners of the worlds cleanest extended-range vehicles. They are early adopters, buying "Version 1.0" CalCars converted Priuses into a PRIUS+ at the 2006 and 2007 Maker Faire s. PHEVs with "Good Enough to Get Started" batteries.

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National Low Carbon Fuel Standard study releases major Technical Analysis and Policy Design reports; providing a scientific basis for policy decisions

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Since 2007, variations of an LCFS policy have been adopted by California (LCFS); the European Union (Fuel Quality Directive, FQD); and British Columbia (Renewable and Low-Carbon Fuel Requirement Regulation, RLCFRR). If it exceeded this value, it would need to offset that increase by reducing GHG emissions in other ways (or buying credits).

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