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PBF considering $550M investment to convert idled refinery unit to renewable diesel production

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Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards and PBF Chalmette Refinery Manager Steven Krynski announced that the company is studying the possible conversion of an idled refinery unit into a renewable diesel production complex. With the project, Chalmette Refining would create 20 new direct jobs at an average annual salary of $70,000, plus benefits.

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X PRIZE Foundation Announces Wendy Schmidt Oil Cleanup X CHALLENGE

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Million Wendy Schmidt Oil Cleanup X CHALLENGE. The new prize was announced in Washington, DC by X PRIZE Chairman Peter H. The Wendy Schmidt Oil Cleanup X CHALLENGE has two phases: Phase I. Exxon Valdez), land drainage, waste disposal, or oil platform spill (e.g. million prize purse. Dave Gallo, Ph.D.,

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Forecast: US biodiesel production to surpass RFS target for second straight year

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billion liters) set under the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) for this year, according to the latest Downstream Regulatory Quarterly Outlook from research and consulting firm GlobalData. billion gallons of renewable fuel. Kerr, GlobalData’s Managing Analyst for Downstream Oil & Gas. billion gallons (4.8 —Jeffrey C.

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USDA Report Provides Regional Roadmap To Meeting the Biofuels Goals of the Renewable Fuels Standard by 2022; Southeast to Provide ~50% of Advanced Biofuels

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The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) released a report outlining both the current state of renewable transportation fuels efforts in the US and a plan to develop regional strategies to increase the production, marketing and distribution of biofuels. Soybean oil, Energy cane, Biomass Sorghum, Perennial grasses, Woody biomass.

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Lung Association report highlights health and climate costs of petroleum-based transportation and the benefits of shifting to ZEVs

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Relying almost exclusively on oil for transportation hurts our air, our health, and our environment. The answer is to move to passenger vehicles that run on clean, renewable energy, and the Zero Emission Vehicle program that has been adopted by 10 states is key. New York: $7.9 New Jersey: $4.6 Massachusetts: $2.9

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US indicts 7 individuals and 3 companies in alleged $100M biodiesel RINs fraud in Indiana

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Dreher, Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division, announced the return of two indictments against six individuals and three companies for offenses involving federal renewable fuel programs, allegedly creating losses to victims totaling more than $100 million.

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Hot Tub Time Machine WayBack Wednesday – Reposted Word-for-Word from June 25 of 2008

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Here’s the version I remember hearing in New Jersey: A man goes on vacation and his brother agrees to housesit for him — feeding the cat, picking up the newspapers and mail, watering the plants, etc. Wednesday, June 25, 2008. There’s an old joke that most of us baby boomers first heard when we were kids. ” “What!?

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