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A fat load of good? Sourcing feedstocks for aviation biofuels looks not-so-simple

Envirotec Magazine

While bioenergy remains the world’s largest source of renewable energy, there is still at this point a sense that there might not be enough to go around, to meet the demands of aviation. Between 2006 and 2021, these kinds of usage fell precipitously as more and more of this material went into making biodiesel (mostly for vehicle transport).

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In West Virginia, Plan to Clean up Radioactive Fracking Waste Ends in Monster Lawsuit

DeSmogBlog

The facility, called Clearwater, was built by the Denver, Colorado-based oil and gas extraction company, Antero Resources, and an affiliate of Veolia, the multinational French waste, water and energy management company. A woman questioned whether Antero would be willing to work with researchers to monitor radioactivity. “If

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How can the world kick its oil habit?

Mr. Sustainability

The dark, often viscous liquid is the single biggest contributor to the world’s energy mix, at 34 per cent of consumption, followed by coal at 27 per cent and natural gas at 24 per cent. Our usage has jumped 62 per cent over the course of a few decades — up from 61.6 And can any drop in oil usage happen quickly enough? (5)