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Perspective: The Role of Offsets in Climate Change Legislation

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reforestation); Limiting deforestation by purchasing forested property and preserving the forests with legal and enforcement mechanisms; Setting aside croplands from agricultural production to rebuild carbon in the soil and vegetation; and. A 2008 EPA study analyzed the economic impacts of the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act of 2008 (S.

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Perspective: US Needs to Transition to Hydrous Ethanol as the Primary Renewable Transportation Fuel

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The Brazilian experience shows that the presence of small (<10%) amounts of water in the fuel does not in itself cause a greater tendency to misfire in spark ignition engines than a proportionate leaning of the fuel/air mixture would do, provided that the vapor pressure of the hydrated ethanol at the ambient temperature is high enough.

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Perspective: The UN Approval Process for Carbon Offsets

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Donovan is an engineer and attorney with more than thirty-four years of international business experience. Mr. Donovan drafted the “Advanced Biofuel Industry Development Initiative” for the State of Louisiana. with honors, in Marine/Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering from the United States Merchant Marine Academy. Renergie”).

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Perspective: Why Carbon Emissions Should Not Have Been the Focus of the UN Climate Change Summit and Why the 15th Conference of the Parties Should Have Focused on Technology Transfer

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Renergie was formed for the initial purpose of raising capital to develop, construct, own and operate a decentralized network of ten modular-designed small advanced biofuel manufacturing facilities (SABMFs) in the parishes of the State of Louisiana which were devastated by hurricanes Katrina and Rita. ]. Donovan, CEO of Renergie, Inc.

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Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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nationals and legal residents. Donovan is an engineer and attorney with over thirty-four years of international business experience. Mr. Donovan drafted the “Advanced Biofuel Industry Development Initiative” for the State of Louisiana. Financing Investments and Other Public Expenditures. Donovan (March 22, 2010). Renergie”).

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