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NEXT Renewable Fuels and Shell Trading (US) enter renewable diesel purchase and sale agreement

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NEXT) and Shell Trading (US) Company (Shell) have entered a long-term purchase and sale agreement for the purchase of renewable diesel from NEXT’s planned Port Westward, Oregon facility. With the addition of NEXT’s planned capacity the Ecofining process will account for over 50% of the global supply of these fuels.

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OSU researchers find small particles from tires inhibit growth of organisms in freshwater, coastal estuaries

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Small particles from tires inhibit the growth and cause adverse behavioral changes in organisms found in freshwater and coastal estuary ecosystems, according to two new Oregon State University studies. That’s why we are scrambling to supply that science. —OSU Professor Stacey Harper. —Susanne Brander. Resources.

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California Seabed Mining Prevention Act passes on the Assembly Floor

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Existing law authorizes the commission to grant by competitive bidding leases for the extraction of minerals other than oil and gas from tidelands and submerged lands of the state under specified circumstances, when it appears to be in the public interest. —AB 1832.

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Foss Maritime to build first three of new Arctic Class of deep-sea tugs for oil and gas industry

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Responding to new oil and gas industry opportunities, Foss Maritime Company will build the first three tugs in an. Construction on the first tug starts in early 2013 at Foss’ Rainier, Oregon. Foss says the new tugs will position it to compete for opportunities in the oil and gas industry. Several oil and gas customers are.

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Canada publishing final new Clean Fuel Regulations

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Compliance category 2: supplying customers with low carbon intensity fuels (e.g., In moving to adopt regulations that focus on emissions throughout the lifecycle of fuels, Canada is following similar approaches that already exist in British Columbia, California and Oregon. ethanol, bio-diesel).

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ICCT: available low-carbon fuels can reduce CI of on-road transportation fuels in Pacific Coast region by 14%–21% by 2030

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A new study from the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) and E4tech finds that the targets adopted or proposed by British Columbia, California, Oregon, and Washington to reduce the carbon intensity of transportation fuels can be met with a range of low-carbon fuel options. Click to enlarge. Source: ICCT. Click to enlarge.

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DOE to award $118M to 17 projects to accelerate domestic biofuel production

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Under this project, Algenesis will demonstrate a scaled supply process for generating polyurethane monomers at sufficient quantity to produce a line of prototype consumer products with our corporate partners. Global Algae Innovations, “Algae Direct Air Capture Scale-up to Multi-Acre Raceways”, $3,600,000. MicroBio Engineering Inc.,