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CARB adopts new In-Use Locomotive Regulation; zero emissions in state starting in 2030

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The new rules offer flexibility to come into compliance, including alternatives to meet milestone deadlines and extensions for reasons that can include issues with available technologies or emergency situations. Additionally, billions in federal grants and rebates to reduce air pollution are available for operators, CARB said.

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USC study shows promising potential for giant-kelp-based biofuel with depth-cycling approach

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The National Research Council has indicated that generating biofuels from feedstocks such as corn and soybeans can increase water pollution. Farmers use pesticides and fertilizers on the crops that can end up polluting streams, rivers and lakes. But in open oceans, the sunlit surface layer lacks nutrients available in deeper water.

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Obama Announces Steps to Boost Biofuels, Clean Coal; RFS2, BCAP, BIWG and Carbon Capture and Storage Task Force

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One of the things that we’re going to be talking about today is investing in the kind of technology that will allow us to use coal, our most bountiful natural resource here in the United States, without polluting our planet. In addition, technical assistance to accessing federal grants and loan programs should be readily and easily available.

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