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US DOE to award nearly $18M to 4 biorefinery projects for mil-spec renewable hydrocarbon fuels
2013-04-22 18:30:17| Green Car Congress
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Fuels battle heats up as Congress mulls law change
2013-04-21 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Des Moines Register: The battle between U.S. ethanol producers and oil companies has reached a turning point, with the winners poised to gain an advantage over the future of the countrys energy mix and the losers forced to cede profits and jobs to their bitter rival. Ground zero of the battle is the countrys Renewable Fuel Standard an 8-year-old law that requires refiners to produce alternative fuels from corn, soybeans and other products in an effort to reduce the countrys dependence on foreign oil. The drop...
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Students Take Back Earth Day, Demand Divestment from Fossil Fuels
2013-04-19 20:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: This Earth Day, on campuses across the country students are demanding their campuses take bold action on climate by divesting from fossil fuels and moving to clean energy. Students and universities are leading the fight against climate change. Thanks to years of student organizing, more than 700 campuses have committed to carbon neutrality or have made some kind of commitment around climate change. Yet--campuses continue to support dirty energy that is fueling the climate crisis, and making...
Firms 'own unburnable fossil fuels'
2013-04-19 06:00:26| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Some 60% to 80% of fossil fuel reserves owned by listed firms could be classed unburnable if politicians stick to CO2 emission limits, a report warns.
Firms 'own unburnable fossil fuels'
2013-04-19 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Some 60% to 80% of fossil fuel reserves owned by listed firms could be classed as unburnable if politicians stick to CO2 emission limits, a report warns. The research by the London School of Economics and NGO Carbon Tracker says firms spend billions of pounds of shareholders' money on exploration. It says 200 listed firms spent 440bn in 2012 chasing more coal, oil and gas. It says if this continues for a decade - and if CO2 limits are achieved - they would waste over 4tn. The research...
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