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Everything You Wanted to Know About Biodiesel and Renewable Diesel. Charts and Graphs Included

Union of Concerned Scientists

Back in 2016 I wrote a long post about biodiesel , explaining what it is made from (mostly vegetable oil) and arguing that EPA should show restraint in setting targets for biodiesel because of the limited availability oils and fats and the harmful consequences of drawing too heavily from these limited sources. percent in 2022.

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Nebraska Agrochemical Contamination Throws Families, Communities, Water Providers into Turmoil

Circle of Blue

Madalyn “Maddy” Spellman lived in Aurora and died from cancer in September 2016, at age 13. Sydnee Owens, who contracted non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in 2006, died six year later at age 14. So does fossil fuel combustion. The annual operating cost, including electricity and cleaning the filters, is about $550,000.

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Solar Panels Are More Carbon-Intensive Than Experts Admit

Environmental Progress

The disruption happened in under a decade, with China’s global share of PV production surging from 14 percent in 2006 to 60 percent by 2013. Like Greta Thunberg, Mariutti comes to the tale as an environmental obsessive passionate about facilitating the world’s transition from fossil fuels to cleaner forms of energy.

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July 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

The district court ruled that EPA was required to conduct such evaluations in October 2016 and set an expedited schedule for EPA’s compliance. 451962/2016 (N.Y. The standards and guidelines were published on August 29, 2016. The California Supreme Court denied three petitions for review. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP , No.

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Calling Out Climate Lies for a Living

Union of Concerned Scientists

Rex Tillerson, ExxonMobil CEO from 2006 to 2016. It was a bogus argument that fossil fuel proponents would repeat ad nauseum over the next 10 years, so when Rose failed to provide some needed context, I jumped in. I’m not aware of anything the fossil fuel industry gets that I would characterize as a subsidy.”

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Brazil: Volkswagen will pay more than R$10 million in labor lawsuits

Corp Watch

USA: Volkswagen fighting union vote at Tennessee plant AL.com | April 25, 2016 Volkswagen on Monday announced plans to appeal a National Labor Relations Board ruling that upheld a unionization vote among a portion of workers at the German automaker's lone U.S. million in settlement of 34 labor cases at the TST ( Superior Labor Court).

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VW owners affected by "Dieselgate" in Switzerland will not receive compensation

Corp Watch

USA: Volkswagen fighting union vote at Tennessee plant AL.com | April 25, 2016 Volkswagen on Monday announced plans to appeal a National Labor Relations Board ruling that upheld a unionization vote among a portion of workers at the German automaker's lone U.S. assembly plant in Tennessee. Most Recent Annual Revenue US$293.83

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