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U of I study: synthetic fuels via CO2 conversion and FT not currently economically & environmentally competitive
2016-07-03 18:56:25| Green Car Congress
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After NSG rebuff, India falls back on fossil fuels for energy security
2016-07-03 13:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: After the failed attempt to join an exclusive group of 48 countries that control the trade in nuclear material and equipment, India is now falling back on its quest for more fossil fuel reserves. Oil minister Dharmendra Pradhan will visit the US later this month to seek investments and technology from exploration companies for 67 smaller fields with oil and gas discoveries, which will be auctioned for commercial production under a liberal and simple revenue sharing agreement, said an oil ministry...
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Soy diesel less toxic than other fuels
2016-06-29 12:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
SciDevNet: Unlike conventional diesel, fuel made from soybeans does not directly damage lung cells, a lab study has shown. "Some of the soybean biodiesel presently being used in Brazil does not exhibit direct adverse effects on human lung cells nor [does it] induce inflammatory response,' says the paper, published in the August issue of the journal Toxicology in Vitro. To assess the fuels' toxic effects, researchers from Brazil and Puerto Rico exposed lung cell cultures to particles emitted by the combustion...
Household fuels a major contributor to Beijing's infamous air pollution
2016-06-27 14:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
PhysOrg: "You cannot have a clean outdoor environment if a large percentage of the population is burning dirty fuels in households several times a day," said Kirk Smith, a professor with the University of California, Berkeley's School of Public Health who co-led the study with Tong Zhu of Peking University and Denise Mauzerall of Princeton University. "The smoke may start indoors, but soon leaves the house and becomes a significant part of regional air pollution." Beijing's polluted air came to international...
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Emerge Energy to sell fuels business for $178.5m
2016-06-24 01:00:00| Hydrocarbons Technology
US-based Emerge Energy Services has signed an agreement for the sale of its fuels business to motor fuels distributor Sunoco for $178.5m.
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