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Rentech to Supply Up to 1.5M Gallons Per Year of Renewable Synthetic Diesel to Eight Airlines for Ground Service Equipment Operations at Los Angeles International Airport

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million gallons per year of renewable synthetic diesel (RenDiesel) for ground service equipment operations at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) beginning in late 2012, when the plant that will produce the fuel is scheduled to go into service. Additional airline purchasers of RenDiesel can be added under the agreement with ASIG.

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Obama sets goal of reducing US oil imports by 1/3 by 2025; domestic and Western Hemisphere production, natural gas, biofuels, electric vehicles, fleet purchases

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We’re also exploring and assessing new frontiers for oil and gas development from Alaska to the Mid- and South Atlantic. We have to discover and produce cleaner, renewable sources of energy with less of the carbon pollution that threatens our climate. So there’s no reason we shouldn’t be using these renewable fuels throughout America.

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Obama Administration Opens Up Oil and Gas Development and Exploration in Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic and Arctic

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Other Administration efforts to enhance US energy security presented by President Obama at Andrews included: The announcement that EPA and NHTSA will sign the final GHG emission standards and fuel economy rules for light duty vehicles on 1 April. No further lease sales in the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas will be held under the 2007-2012 program.

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Alaska Airlines to be Gevo’s commercial launch partner for renewable alcohol-based jet fuel

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Gevo has signed a strategic alliance agreement with Alaska Airlines to purchase Gevo’s renewable jet fuel and fly the first commercial flight on alcohol-to-jet fuel (ATJ). Alaska Airlines was the first US airline to fly multiple commercial passenger flights using a biofuel from used cooking oil. Earlier post.).

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

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The legislation would also provide new incentives for domestic oil and gas drilling, nuclear power plant construction, carbon capture and storage, and renewable energy sources like wind and solar. If they don’t have enough allowances to cover their emissions they must purchase more or face a penalty. nationals and legal residents.

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