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J&M Sanitation deploys two BYD, Amrep electric refuse trucks

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J&M is the first company in Idaho to own and operate electric refuse trucks and now operates two of only ten in North America. Our company made this investment to not only serve the community we love but also preserve the community. —Chad Gordon, operations manager of J&M Sanitation. We are a small, family-owned business.

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Unifrax introduces new silicon fiber anode technology

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The company expects SiFAB production to come online in early 2022 with plans to build thousands of tons of long-term manufacturing capacity. —Chad Cannan, Senior Vice President of Research and Development at Unifrax.

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US indicts 7 individuals and 3 companies in alleged $100M biodiesel RINs fraud in Indiana

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Dreher, Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division, announced the return of two indictments against six individuals and three companies for offenses involving federal renewable fuel programs, allegedly creating losses to victims totaling more than $100 million. The defendants.

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REGI secures up to $20M for biodiesel plant capacity expansion

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This would match the capacity at the company’s other Iowa biorefineries in Mason City and Newton. —Chad Stone, Chief Financial Officer. The company now owns 14 active biorefineries in the United States and Europe with a combined annual nameplate capacity of 502 million gallons.

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Verdezyne groundbreaking for first bio-based DDDA plant; replacing petroleum

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a synthetic biology company producing bio-based chemicals, held a groundbreaking ceremony for its VerdePalm plant, Verdezyne’s first commercial-scale renewable chemicals manufacturing facility, in southern Malaysia. —Chad Waite, Chairman of the Verdezyne Board of Directors. Verdezyne Inc.,

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Tesla supplier Piedmont Lithium gets key North Carolina mining permit – ET Auto

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The approval from the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality , which was announced by the company on Monday and is conditional on the posting of a USD 1 million reclamation bond, removes one major hurdle to Piedmont’s plans to tap a large lithium deposit just outside Charlotte. The company has applied for U.S.

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2014 Chevy Malibu using Johnson Controls AGM battery in Start Stop system

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—Chevrolet spokesman Chad Lyons. The company estimates that more than 80% of the new cars built in Europe are expected to include Start Stop technology by 2018. We offer Start Stop technology in some of our European products, but the new Malibu’s Start Stop system is the first standard in an automatic car for GM overall.

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