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Obama sets goal of reducing US oil imports by 1/3 by 2025; domestic and Western Hemisphere production, natural gas, biofuels, electric vehicles, fleet purchases

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Obama was delivering a speech on energy policy at Georgetown University. Meeting the goal of cutting US oil dependence depends largely on two things, Obama said: finding and producing more oil at home, and reducing dependence on oil with cleaner alternative fuels and greater efficiency. And we have to do it quickly.

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Dearman and Hubbard Products form technology partnership for zero-emission transport refrigeration

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New ideas create huge opportunities, and the Dearman Hubbard partnership is a chance to create a cost-effective, cleaner and more sustainable environment. Commercial trials of the system will begin in the UK later this year, with extended international trials to begin in 2016. —Pat Maughan, Managing Director of Hubbard Products.

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Berkeley study finds clean vehicle rebates have predominantly benefited wealthy, white Californians

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The distribution of California’s clean vehicle rebates across different socioeconomic groups has been uneven, with higher income groups more likely to receive rebates, according to a new study by a team from the University of California, Berkeley. —Rubin and St-Louis (2016). —Rubin and St-Louis (2016).

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Obama Announces Steps to Boost Biofuels, Clean Coal; RFS2, BCAP, BIWG and Carbon Capture and Storage Task Force

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So today I’m announcing a Carbon Capture and Storage Task Force that will be charged with the goal of figuring out how we can deploy affordable clean coal technology on a widespread scale within 10 years. And we want to get up 10 commercial demonstration projects, get those up and running by 2016.

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TSMC’s Energy Demand Drives Taiwan’s Geopolitical Future

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This heady brew of commercial and geopolitical pressures is forcing TSMC executives to sign big contracts for wind and solar power, at times eschewing affordability for expedience. In 2016, TSMC engineers demonstrated that they could send power around the batteries, eschewing the 24/7 conversions.

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Broad opposition to EPA, NHTSA proposed freeze of GHG, CAFE regs

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They are also about twice the costs estimated by EPA ($894) and NHTSA ($1,245) in their 2016 Technical Assessment Report. —California Air Resources Board Chair Mary D. With today’s release of the Administration’s proposals, it’s time for substantive negotiations to begin.

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