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ICCT life-cycle analysis finds no climate benefit in using LNG as marine fuel

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Increasing numbers of national, sub-national, and local regions have disallowed the use of open-loop scrubbers, including Malaysia, China, Singapore, and the port of Fujairah; the Panama Canal also recently banned the use of open-loop scrubbers. As of November 2019, VLSFO was nearly as expensive as MGO.

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Automakers pray for raindrops in Central The us

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Provide chain logistics professionals are preserving a frightened optic at the skies over Panama — hoping for raindrops. Panama has been in a extreme drought for months. A shortage of raindrops in Panama interprets to much less aqua streaming into Panama’s Gatun Pond. Might was once the driest future since 1950.

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Study: IMO low-sulfur fuel standards will decrease childhood asthma cases, premature deaths; climate tradeoffs

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Some key regions include China, Singapore, Panama, Brazil and coastlines of Asia, Africa and South America. These costs will be borne by consumers in the prices of goods they buy. Ship air pollution effects are greatest in areas where heavily travelled ship routes exist in, and next to, densely populated communities.

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China’s economic stimulus to spark robust copper consumption in 2024 – ET Auto

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Demand from China’s green energy sector, notably for electric vehicles and power infrastructure, is expected to underpin copper prices. The Chinese government’s potential moves, including lowering the Required Reserve Ratio (RRR) for major banks, could further energize metal demand and support copper prices.

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Standby Cruising: A New Option for Bargain Seekers

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Forty-nine dollars per person, per day is pretty exceptional,” said Colleen McDaniel, the editor of CruiseCritic.com , a website that reviews cruises, noting that the price covers all meals and entertainment. A repositioning itinerary might sail in the fall from Alaska to the Caribbean via the Panama Canal.

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Electric-Car Fans Rally Around the Volt - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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is hoping to launch the Volt in late 2010 with a price tag of about $40,000. Structural factors (Infrastructure decisions and global shocks to fuel prices) are going to do far more to determine which fuel source wins out — this is not purely demand-driven; this is an “If you build it, they will come&# situation.

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State Department releases Keystone XL Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement

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Market analysis: cross-border pipeline constraints have a limited impact on crude flows and prices. Updated model results indicated that cross-border pipeline constraints have a limited impact on crude flows and prices. That portion of the pipeline has already been built.

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