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Neste, NuStar expand renewable fuel hub in Northern California

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While NuStar has handled conventional jet fuel at its Selby Terminal for decades, the companies are now working together to establish the facility as a hub for low-emission renewable fuels and to make it easier for businesses and cities to access renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel. million trees.

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The Complex Calculus of Clean Energy and Zero Emissions

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Thousands of Washington insiders and climate activists have had a hand in these legislative breakthroughs. As legislation worked its way through Congress, Jenkins’s team provided elected officials, staffers, and stakeholders with a running tally of the possible trade-offs and payoffs in emissions, jobs, and economic growth.

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What is Advanced Clean Cars and why does it matter?

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Advanced Clean Cars, also known as Clean Cars Standards, is a set of standards designed to put more zero-emission vehicles on the road and improve air quality. This next set of standards, Advanced Clean Cars II, comes at a crucial moment to boost the electric vehicle industry and address climate change.

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Study finds global rivers and streams emitting 3x IPCC estimates of the GHG N2O

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Scientists report in an open access paper this week in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) that river and stream networks are the source of at least 10% of human-caused nitrous oxide emissions to the atmosphere. This new global emission estimate is startling.

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EPA Grants California Vehicle GHG Regulations Waiver

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The US Environmental Agency (EPA) has granted California’s waiver request enabling the state to enforce its greenhouse gas emissions standards (Pavley I) for new motor vehicles, beginning with the current model year. The request was subsequently denied in December 2007. EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson.

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Obama Administration launches series of actions to accelerate EV adoption; inc. $4.5B in loan guarantees, pursuing 350 kW fast charge

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35 new businesses, non-profits, universities, and utilities signing on to DOE’s Workplace Charging Challenge and committing to provide electric vehicle charging access for their workforce. NextGen Climate America. New York State. University of Oregon. Among the actions announced are: Unlocking up to $4.5 National Grid.

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California will ban new gasoline car sales

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to ban the sale of new gasoline cars by 2035, requiring all new cars sold in the state after that year to be 100 percent free of fossil fuel emissions. 35 percent of new passenger vehicle sales in California must be of zero-emissions vehicles by 2026. California is expected to become the first state in the U.S.