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EPA to hear testimony on plan to cut renewable fuels

2015-06-29 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Associated Press: A federal proposal to reduce the amount of renewable fuels required in gasoline would have a stifling impact on the ethanol industry and goes against the intentions of Congress when it set the standards eight years ago, opponents of the suggested changes said. The Environmental Protection Agency announced plans last month to reduce renewable fuels requirements by 4 billion gallons in 2015 and more than 3 billion in 2016. It is conducting a public hearing on Thursday in Kansas City, Kansas,...

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Dutch courage: rational thought fuels emissions reduction

2015-06-29 01:00:00| Power Technology

In the eyes of tomorrow, the ruling of three Dutch judges that its own government's emissions target is illegal may well be seen as a 'landmark' and 'milestone' but today it is a welcome interjection of rational thought in an often irrational debate.

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Fuels from Canadian Oil Sands Have Larger Carbon Footprint, Analysis Finds

2015-06-26 19:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Yale Environment 360: Gasoline and diesel refined from Canadian oil sands have a significantly larger carbon footprint and climate impact than fuels from conventional crude sources, according to an analysis by the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory. Oil sands-derived fuels will release on average 20 percent more carbon into the atmosphere over their lifetime and possibly up to 24 percent more depending on how they are extracted and refined, the study says. Methane emissions from tailing ponds...

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