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Flight and static engine tests of ReadiJet 100% renewable biojet show significant reduction in emissions, slight improvement in fuel consumption

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Results from the world’s first civil flight powered by 100% biofuel that met petroleum fuel specifications without blending released by the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) show that the biofuel used in the flight last October is cleaner than and as efficient as conventional aviation fuel. Earlier post.). Earlier post.)

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I’ve Done The Math – Now I’m Doing Something About It

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Bill McKibben’s “Do The Math” article in 2012′s Rolling Stone magazine taught us that we cannot burn any more than 565 gigatons of carbon if we want to stay at 2° or lower. But our friends in the oil, coal and gas industry have 5,795 gigatons of carbon on the books. ” What a no-brainer.

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NASA Administrator Bolden Highlights Importance of Green Aviation to Future of NASA

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Bolden said air travel is one of the safest modes of transportation and vital to the US economy, but increasing air traffic is taking a toll on the environment and the nation’s aviation infrastructure. Examples of green technology NASA has developed in the past include winglets and chevrons.

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Reaction Design introduces model fuel library resulting from work of Model Fuels Consortium

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In some ways, Sanders noted, Reaction Design’s chemistry solvers were meant to make advanced simulation more accessible outside of a high-performance computing environment. We’re already working to spread it across the HPC environment. All this driving need for computing up and up and up. —Bernie Sanders.

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EPA proposes renewable fuel volume obligations for 2020

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Unless EPA restores demand destroyed through secret handouts to oil giants like Exxon and Chevron, these targets offer nothing but another year of lost opportunity and rural hardship. Farmers are facing a very tough economic environment and the continued waiver abuse chips away at farmers’ bottom line.

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