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Neste, NuStar expand renewable fuel hub in Northern California

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announced that supply trucks are now able to load Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel at the NuStar-operated Selby Terminal near San Francisco, California. This is enough fuel to power nearly 12,000 Class 8 trucks for one year, delivering the same climate benefits as building nearly 430 wind turbines or planting more than 2.4

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BMW showcasing urban mobility connectivity applications at ITS World Congress

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The BMW Group is showcasing developments from BMW ConnectedDrive at the ITS World Congress this week in Vienna under the slogan “BMW Urban Mobility”. The concept of intermodal routing is enhanced by the DriveNow package available in Munich, Düsseldorf, Berlin and San Francisco. Earlier post.)

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Kinder Morgan and Neste partner on major renewable fuels logistics project in US

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Neste’s renewable products prevented more than 40 million tons of new GHG emissions from entering the atmosphere over the last five years—the same climate benefits as building 8,300 wind turbines or making 10.8 million cars zero emission according to the US EPA’s GHG calculator.

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Study finds coal trains add significant amount of PM2.5 pollution in urban areas

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than freight trains, and 7 µg/m 3 more under calm wind conditions, suggesting our study underestimates emissions and subsequent concentrations of coal train dust. in the San Francisco Bay area.” The results indicate coal trains add on average 8.32 Coal trains contributed 2 to 3 µg/m 3 more of PM 2.5 µg/m 3 (95% CI = 6.2,

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The Complex Calculus of Clean Energy and Zero Emissions

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Congress has provided hundreds of billions of dollars to speed the deployment of clean-energy technologies. 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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Singapore Airlines & CAAS partner on “Green Package” flights; biofuels, optimized operations and fuel-efficient A350-950

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Singapore Airlines (SIA), in partnership with the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore ( CAAS ), has started operating a series of 12 “green package” flights over a three-month period on its non-stop San Francisco-Singapore route. In May 2011, CAAS and SIA launched regular ASPIRE flights on the Los Angeles-Singapore route.

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Change in wind patterns may cause resumption of sea-level rise on the West Coast

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Tide gauge data at Seattle, San Francisco and San Diego show sea level along the Pacific coast rising at about the global rate from 1930 to about 1980, but scant rise or even a lowering of sea level over the past three decades that is consistent with altimetry.

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