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Small refiners in the U.S. will not have much longer to wait to find out if they have been exempt from biofuel mandates.The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will start deciding on 2018 waivers in the “next few weeks, month at the most,” said EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler said at a Monroe Energy LLC’s Trainer refinery event in Pennsylvania.The Renewable Fuel Standard has been a source of contention between agriculture and oil refiners and the fight over the small refinery exemptions has been particularly contentious.

BP’s Group Chief Executive, Bob Dudley, spoke on climate issues during London's Chatham House Corporate Leaders series. Dudley set out the necessary components in order to achieve a net-zero emissions world, including:    • Zero-carbon heat and power, provided largely by renewables and supported by decarbonized gas, including the use of carbon capture use and storage (CCUS).• Electric and hydrogen-powered cars on the roads and the skies and seas navigated by planes and ships powered by biofuels and hydrogen.• A circular economy over the throw-away culture.• Nature's power harnessed to reduce emissions through planting trees and nurturing peatlands.

The FLIR ONE Pro LT has been awarded the 2019 Product of the Year by Electrical Construction and Maintenance Magazine (EC&M) in the Portable Test & Measurement Equipment category.

KNF has released a series of double diaphragm, oil-free pumps that are designed for the safe transport and evacuation of costly, high purity, rare and dangerous gases.

BHP recently announced a five-year, $400 million USD Climate Investment Program that will develop technologies for emission reduction in its own operations and those generated from the use of its resources.“Over the next five years this program will scale up low carbon technologies critical to the decarbonization of our operations.

The Canadian federal government has announced it plans to increase the carbon tax on new natural-gas plants in an effort to discourage power companies from building them.This tax is part of the final set of regulations for the government’s carbon-tax system for big industrial greenhouse-gas emitters.

Project CO2MENT will demonstrate and evaluate Inventys’ CO2 Capture System and a selection of LafargeHolcim’s carbon utilization technologies at its Richmond, British Columbia, Canada cement plant over the next four years.

Robert Bosch GmbH announced a sweeping plan to completely eliminate emissions that will impact 400 sites worldwide. The company intends to become carbon neutral by next year, starting a race for companies to start using more green power, ramp up energy savings and offset emissions.

Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) recently won an order for emission control equipment from Bhartiya Rail Bijlee Company Limited (BRBCL), a joint venture of NTPC Ltd and Indian Railways.The order involves supply and installation of Flue Gas Desulphurization (FGD) system at 4x250 MW Nabinagar project of BRBCL in Aurangabad district of Bihar.

The Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) has revealed two new studies that offer evidence of grain-based ethanol’s potential to significantly reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, This new research will allow policymakers and regulators to focus on the advances being made by corn farmers and ethanol producers in sustainability and efficiency.“As the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) considers the GHG impacts of expanded ethanol consumption under the Renewable Fuel Standard, we urge them to strongly consider the latest science and data regarding ethanol’s tremendous carbon benefits,” said RFA President and CEO Geoff Cooper in a press release.One of the studies was carried out by the Laboratory for Applied Spatial Analysis at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE-LASA).