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Chevron fined $329,700 for violations of California’s gasoline regulation; over-oxygenated gasoline in 2010 and 2011

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that Chevron Corp. has paid $329,700 in penalties for self-disclosed violations of California’s reformulated gasoline regulations. Chevron supplied gasoline in violation of state regulations at its Montebello and Richmond terminals. In both cases oxygenate volume of the gasoline was about 11%. An estimated 3.75

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Chevron fined $422,500 for 3 instances of non-compliant fuels in California; ethanol, olefin and cetane issues

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Chevron USA Inc. has paid $422,500 in penalties for supplying gasoline and diesel fuel in violation of California regulations designed to protect air quality. Chevron agreed to pay the penalties as part of three separate settlements it reached with the California Air Resources Board (ARB). In all, 15.9 In all, 15.9

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UAI and EFC call EPA MOVES2014 emissions model treatment of ethanol “seriously flawed”; call for peer review

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EPA’s Office of Transportation and Air Quality (OTAQ) developed MOVES; the emission modeling system estimates emissions for mobile sources at the national, county, and project level for criteria pollutants, greenhouse gases, and air toxics. The study … used an inappropriate fuel sample methodology designed in part by a Chevron consultant.

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Urban Air Initiative and partners petition EPA to correct ethanol emissions models

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According to UAI, the EPA has published inaccurate data for years claiming that ethanol increases emissions, even though ethanol’s pollution reducing qualities have been demonstrated repeatedly. Adding insult to injury, BP, Chevron, and others with a clear incentive to limit ethanol were involved in the design of the fuel testing.

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Reaction Design introduces model fuel library resulting from work of Model Fuels Consortium

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Fuel properties affect a number of combustion and engine properties, including ignition delay; knocking tendency; flame speeds; pollutant emissions; sooting tendency and particle size distributions; and density, viscosity and heating value. Gasoline components, including toluene, propylbenzene, ethyl benzene and xylene.

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Study finds plausibly high volumes of Canadian oil sands crudes in US refineries in 2025 would lead to modest increases in refinery CO2 emissions

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The study published in ES&T was funded by Chevron Energy Technology Company. Tighter sulfur specifications on gasoline and marine diesel fuel account for about 10%?20% Clients include government agencies, petroleum companies, automobile companies, chemical and biofuel companies, professional service firms and law firms.

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First week with a Tesla

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In my rear view mirror I watched a Los Angeles Sheriff’s car pull out of the Chevron and turn on both its blue and red flashing lights to pursue me down Ventura Boulevard. Those cars are just as expensive and far far more polluting. Even I was surprised. It does zero to 60 in under 4 seconds, and it’s totally electric.&#.