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Brazil and US to deepen cooperation on energy; aviation biofuels

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Among the statements and agreements emerging from President Obama’s official visit to Brazil and meeting with President Dilma Rousseff were overall support for the US supporting “ the rise of Brazil as a global power ” as well as an agreement to launch a Strategic Energy Dialogue between the two countries.

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ExxonMobil evaluating significant near-term capital and operating expense reductions; COVID-19

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ExxonMobil is looking to reduce spending significantly as a result of market conditions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and commodity price decreases. Based on this unprecedented environment, we are evaluating all appropriate steps to significantly reduce capital and operating expenses in the near term. million net acres.

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Renewables to overtake coal as largest global electricity source in 2025

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The International Energy Agency (IEA) released its Renewables 2023 report earlier this month, marking the first of the organization’s comprehensive climate analyses released since the 2030 goal was set at the COP28 conference. There are still some big hurdles to overcome, including the difficult global macroeconomic environment.” “For

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Video Friday: The Coolest Robots

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Lite3’s announced price is US $2,900. Deep Robotics ] Estimating terrain traversability in off-road environments requires reasoning about complex interaction dynamics between the robot and these terrains. This work will be presented at the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation ( ICRA 2023 ) in London next week.

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Qatar Airways looking to take up to a 10% stake in alcohol-to-jet company Byogy, along with off-take agreement

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Byogy says that its ATJ fuels will soon deliver a permanent cost advantage against petroleum-derived jet fuel as the cost curve to produce ethanol continues to be driven down by new technological advancements and the price of. Manager of Corporate Social Responsibility, Environment and Fuel Projects. and off-take agreement.

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Volkswagen again reaffirms 20 new PEV models coming across the Group; MEB development

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Positive effects from exchange rates and from the efficiency program were unable to compensate for negative effects arising from the markets in Brazil and Russia as well as from market support measures linked to the emissions issue. billion in this environment. The Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand generated sales revenue of €106.2

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GHG Emissions From European Businesses Participating in Emissions Trading System Fell 3% in 2008

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The 3 per cent reduction was partly due to businesses taking measures to cut their emissions in response to the strong carbon price that prevailed until the economic downturn started. Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas. CERs accounted for 3.9% of all surrenders.

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