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Global Bioenergy Partnership publishes report on 24 sustainability indicators for bioenergy: electricity, heat and transport

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The report represents the first global, government-level consensus on sustainability indicators for bioenergy and is intended as a resource in helping countries assess and develop sustainable production and use of bioenergy for electricity, heat and transport. Water use and efficiency. Water quality. Click to enlarge.

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MIT Report Finds Natural Gas Has Significant Potential to Displace Coal, Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Role in Transportation More Limited

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In the transportation sector, the study found a somewhat smaller role for natural gas. A study of natural gas is more complex because gas is a major fuel for multiple end uses—electricity, industry, heating—and is increasingly discussed as a potential pathway to reduced oil dependence for transportation, the study team noted.

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IFQC annual ranking of gasoline sulfur standards sees progress around the world; US drops to 46th

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Colombia jumped 40 spots, from 98 th to 58 th , while Croatia moved up from 57 th to 37 th and Russia improved from 60 th to 51 st. As a result, it passes into refined products, such as transportation fuels, when crude is processed at the refinery. Montenegro leaped 48 slots, from 89 th place in 2010 to 41 st in this year’s ranking.

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Gogoro expands its battery-swapping electric scooters to the Americas

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Gogoro will head off its South American operations by partnering with the Latin American energy company Copec to launch its battery-swapping network and Gogoro Smartscooters in Chile and Colombia. Now Chile and Colombia will join the growing list, representing the first two countries in the Americas to receive Gogoro scooters.

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