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Arbor Renewable Gas evaluating West Baton Rouge for $800M renewable gasoline and green hydrogen plant

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Operating as Magnolia Renewable Fuels LLC, the new facility would produce renewable gasoline from wood waste biomass sourced from Louisiana and Mississippi timber operations. Louisiana Economic Development estimates the project would also support at least 110 indirect jobs, for a total of 142 new jobs in Louisiana’s Capital Region.

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Study shows uncovers how beetle gut microbes serve as reactor for fuel production

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An adult passalid burrows its one-inch body through decayed wood that has been pre-processed by fungi, speeding up wood decomposition through its feeding activity and making the wood and carbon accessible for other organisms in the ecosystem. —Jennifer Pett-Ridge. Filley, Timothy D. Berry, Mark E. Conrad, Meredith Blackwell, Carrie D.

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Report: Plastics industry will release more GHGs than coal plants in the US by 2030

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The US plastics industry reported releasing 114 million tons of greenhouse gases nationwide in 2020; an increase of 10 million tons over 2019. million carbon dioxide equivalent tons of methane could be released in this stage, equivalent to emissions from about five coal-fired power plants. million tons of GHG each year.

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