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A Cap on Vegetable Oil-Based Fuels Will Stabilize and Strengthen California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard

Union of Concerned Scientists

The CI is determined through a lifecycle analysis of the global warming pollution associated with the production and use of gasoline, diesel, biofuels, electricity, or other alternative fuels. CARB has also proposed an auto-acceleration mechanism, which could see the 2030 stringency rise to 34.5

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Space for all: here are some of the huge commercial opportunities away from Earth

Physics World

Indeed, the global satellite internet market, which was worth $2.93bn in 2020, is projected to rise to $18.59bn by 2030. Sent up by universities, governments and start-ups, they do everything from monitoring deforestation to tracking radio-tagged endangered animals. In Viasat’s case, it is launching three new 6.4

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

Union of Concerned Scientists

Biodiesel and renewable diesel are closely related fuels made from the same oils and fats, which remain scarce, expensive, and linked to deforestation and food price spikes. Biofuels can play a productive role when used at a sustainable level. Most bio-based diesel fuels are made from vegetable oil.

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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

Globally, the rate of reforestation is catching up to a slowing rate of deforestation. [11] The “climate policies” the authors refer to are ones that would make energy more expensive and result in more bioenergy use (the burning of biofuels and biomass), which in turn would increase land scarcity and drive up food costs. Elvidge et al.,

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Day After Earth Day, the Climate Pope, and the 89%

Legal Planet

EPA wont center on the waiver itself, which oil and biofuel interests had sued over. Amazon & COP30 Some good news and bad news about deforestation in Latin America: Tree cover is declining generally, but theres new data from University of Maryland about where its returning. The arguments in Diamond Alternative Energy v.

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