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Three sustainable fuels that could be the future of green aviation

A Greener Life

“The use of SAF is expected to contribute around 65% of the reduction in emissions needed by aviation to reach net-zero in 2050,” says Albert Tjoeng, head of corporate communications for the IATA, which defines a SAF as a non-fossil fuel that has the potential to generate lower carbon emissions than conventional kerosene in its life cycle.

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EPA Publishes Proposed Renewables Enhancement and Growth Support Rule

The Energy Law

The previous guidelines did not adequately address the requirements for biofuels processed at more than one facility, so the new regulations clarify the requirements for registration, recordkeeping, and reporting for biofuels produced in multiple facilities.

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Leveraging telmetrics to drive fleet electrification and efficiency

A Greener Life

By 2017, half of all cars were “connected.” As businesses and governments increasingly adopt EVs to reduce carbon emissions and meet sustainability goals, telematics systems allow them to address some of the unique challenges associated with electric mobility.

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Climate Litigation Chart Updates – November 2016

Law Columbia

Sentencing was scheduled for February 3, 2017. Minnesota Federal Court Said State Biofuel Mandate Was Not Preempted. Opponents of EPA Carbon Standards for New Coal-Fired Power Plants Filed Initial Briefs. The count to which the defendant pleaded guilty involved a request for reimbursement of $363,668.50 United States v.

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Why Ceding Nuclear to China and Russia Threatens National Security: Michael Shellenberger's Congressional Testimony July 28, 2020

Environmental Progress

If Germany didn’t count emissions-producing and land-intensive fuels like biomass and biofuels as renewable, which most environmental groups, even Greenpeace, believe it shouldn’t, the share of its electricity from non-emitting, non-hydro renewables is just 34 percent.

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Testimony by Michael Shellenberger before the House Agriculture Committee on “Climate Change and the U.S. Agriculture and Forestry Sectors”

Environmental Progress

12] Though pastureland and cropland expanded 5 and 16 percent, between 1961 and 2017, the maximum extent of total agriculture land occurred in the 1990s, and declined significantly since then, led by a 4.5 The global output of chicken meat has grown fourteen-fold, from eight metric megatonnes to 109 metric megatonnes, between 1961 and 2017.

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Testimony of Michael D. Shellenberger Founder and President, Environmental Progress For the House Oversight Committee August 5, 2020

Environmental Progress

By contrast, the Obama administration’s proposed carbon regulation of the power sector, the “Clean Power Plan,” proposed emissions reductions of 32 percent — by 2030. Carbon emissions are thus following the same trajectory as other air pollutants. Ocasio-Cortez said, “the plan is to transition off of nuclear.”

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