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7 airlines sign letters of intent to negotiate purchase of biomass-derived jet fuel from Solena Fuels; up to 16M gallons of fuel per year

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The project will divert approximately 550,000 metric tons of waste that otherwise would go to a landfill while producing jet fuel with lower emissions of greenhouse gases and local pollutants than petroleum-based fuels. Earlier post.).

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ARCADIS Sustainable Cities Index: US cities held back by transportation, environmental factors

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The 2015 index finds that while no utopian city exists, city leaders are managing a complex balancing act of generating strong financial returns and maintaining an attractive place for people to live and work while limiting damage to the environment. Frankfurt also leads the Profit ranking, along with London and Hong Kong.

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California Energy Commission awards $9.6M to 8 projects on electric vehicles, natural gas and biofuels

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505,381 to San Francisco-based Mission Motor Company to help it bring its prototype electric vehicle components to commercial production. The process will utilize waste fats, oils and grease, a feedstock that reduces greenhouse gas emissions by 88% compared to regular diesel—providing an important air quality improvement.

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CARB draft of updated AB 32 Scoping Plan for climate change actions post-2020; pushing for greater transportation reductions

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An overview of the current science of climate change in the draft includes an expanded discussion of short-lived climate pollutants such as methane and black carbon. Waste Management. Recommended transportation actions beyond 2020. The focus areas include: Energy. Transportation, Land Use, Fuels, and Infrastructure. Agriculture.

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Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

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To ignore this potential is wasteful and foolish. It is wasteful and destructive to be burning this versatile molecule; we must stop. The electrical system has perhaps 85% excess capacity most of the year which means we are wasting money in excess electric generation and distribution infrastructure and resources.

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Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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So imagine a million electric cars on US roads which all need to change these batteries in say 2015. To deal with this major special waste problem has to my knowledge never ever been brought to the attention of the readers of any paper around the world. So why don’t journalist ever write the full story? — Kaare Nilsen 2.

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