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Transmission Losses:" Military joins oil spill effort

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The oil rig disaster off Louisiana is the top news item on the NY Times and BBC.com. The "transmission losses" from this one event now include not only the oil leaking and the environmental consequences, but also the costly involvement of the US military. Beyond Petroleum, really?). Source: BBC.com ].

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US Refiner Converting Fleet to Hybrids and Diesels

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Vehicles at the event were provided by Boardwalk Volkswagen, Sam Pack’s Five Star Ford and Sewell GMC. Alon owns four crude oil refineries in Texas, California, Louisiana and Oregon, with an aggregate crude oil throughput capacity of approximately 250,000 barrels per day. Tags: Brief. Alon USA Energy, Inc., Alon USA Energy, Inc.,

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Grand Prize Combustion-Engine Winner at 2009 Shell Eco-Marathon Americas Achieves 2,757.1 MPG

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More than 500 students in 44 participating teams participated in the event, a challenge for students to design, build and test fuel-efficient vehicles that travel the farthest distance using the least amount of fuel. The 2009 Shell Eco-marathon Americas event sponsors included Autodesk, Michelin, Pennzoil and SKF USA Inc.

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Perspective: The UN Approval Process for Carbon Offsets

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The UN Executive Board has no power to order the removal of credits from the market, even in the event of misconduct by a validator or verifier. Mr. Donovan drafted the “Advanced Biofuel Industry Development Initiative” for the State of Louisiana. Tags: Climate Change Emissions Policy.

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Devil In The Details: Is Copenhagens 2 ºC Guardrail Obsolete?

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Given that flood risks were clearly inadequate in Louisiana and New Orleans when Hurricane Katrina made landfall in August 2005, Repetto concludes that “to say that the United States can adapt to climate change does not imply that the United states will adapt”. Tags: Climate Change Climate Change Adaptation Policy. 12 ] Charles J.