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Perspective: The UN Approval Process for Carbon Offsets

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The other goal, of course, is the system’s ultimate purpose: to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions by channeling funds into cleaner technologies. Mr. Donovan drafted the “Advanced Biofuel Industry Development Initiative” for the State of Louisiana. On-site blending pumps, in lieu of splash blending, are used for this test.

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EPA Administrator broadly outlines Trump Administration thinking on fuel economy standards and California

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In a speech on Tuesday at the National Automobile Dealers Association meeting in Washington, US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler outlined the Trump Administration’s thinking on national fuel economy standards and California. —Andrew Wheeler.

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

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For example, automobile firms have an incentive to invest in energy efficiency because consumers value fuel efficiency. It can be used to help industry make adjustments to adopt cleaner production processes or to support private efforts to invent new technologies that involve lower emissions.

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