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Renault 2010 Environment Workshop, Part 1: Combustion Engine Technology and Product Plans

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Renault held a “2010 Environment Workshop” last week to showcase its progress across its range of vehicles’ full lifecycle through the Renault eco² program. Technologies to reduce the CO 2 emissions of internal combustion engines. Pumping the oil the engine doesn'’ need through the relief valve wastes energy, however.

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ASTM greenlights ethanol as feedstock for alcohol-to-jet synthetic fuel; blend level up to 50%

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ASTM International recently approved ethanol as a feedstock in ASTM D7566 Annex A5, the Standard Specification for Aviation Turbine Fuel Containing Synthesized Hydrocarbons for alcohol-to-jet synthetic paraffinic kerosene (ATJ-SPK). ASTM International will publish the revision of ASTM D7566 on its website in the coming months.

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SCOPE Biofuels Project Releases Assessment on Environmental Effects of Biofuel Technologies

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The SCOPE (Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment) International Biofuels Project, has published the full proceedings of its Rapid Assessment workshop on the environmental effects of biofuel technologies, 22-25 September 2008. SCOPE is part of the International Council for Science. Menichetti and Otto.

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DOE to award up to $35M to advance fuel cell and hydrogen technologies; fuel cell range extenders

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Subtopics were determined using a variety of means such as gap analyses, feedback from industry, Requests for Information (RFIs), external peer reviews, workshops and an assessment of the current RD&D portfolio. integrating systems where the waste product of one process is utilized as the feedstock of the next); and/or.

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Electric Vehicles Open-up New Business Opportunities

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Especially when the internal combustion engine vehicles rule the market. Do you know it is illegal to convert and use internal combustion engines to hybrid/electric on your own? The Lithium in the battery might cause water and soil pollution if not disposed of properly. EV Workshop. Electric Vehicle Manufacturing.

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CARB draft of updated AB 32 Scoping Plan for climate change actions post-2020; pushing for greater transportation reductions

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Waste Management. Successfully reducing emissions in the freight sector can, and must, support the competitiveness of California’s logistics, warehousing, trucking, and shipping industries, while effectively integrating with the national and international freight transportation system. The focus areas include: Energy. Agriculture.

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Inside The Green Task Force

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That’s what happens when you start each morning reading blog’s like Joseph Romm’s Climate Progress and following the work of Dr. James Hansen and the United Nations International Panel on Climate Change. He has been in the recycling position for the past five years and oversees the city’s ambitious Zero Waste programs.

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