Environment
ClearSign receives order to qualify combustion technology for oil refinery
SEATTLE — ClearSign Combustion Corporation, a provider of industrial combustion technologies that deliver a reduction of pollutant emissions, announced that they have received a purchase order to qualify the company's Duplex combustion technology as a precursor to an installation at a super major oil refinery.
US EPA chief says to treat diesel emissions cheating 'very aggressively'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — US Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt said the agency must ensure Volkswagen AG's excess diesel emissions is not repeated, and will treat improper behavior by automakers "very aggressively."
South African environmental services company moves into petchem, oil refinery sector
GK-IT Environmental Services, a South African leader in bioremediation and environmental product manufacture, is diversifying from the mining industry to the petrochemical and oil refinery sector.
France to end sale of diesel and gasoline vehicles by 2040
PARIS (Reuters) — France aims to end the sale of gasoline and diesel vehicles by 2040 and become carbon neutral 10 yr later, Ecology Minister Nicolas Hulot said on Thursday at a presentation of measures to keep up momentum on the Paris climate agreement.
Sinopec upgrades 11 refineries to meet stricter fuel standards
BEIJING (Reuters) — China's Sinopec says on Monday the company has upgraded 11 refineries in North China to meet the stricter standards for fuel.
EPA awards $1-MM grant for petroleum contamination in Mississippi
ATLANTA – The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $1,094,000 grant to the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) to assist the state in cleaning up petroleum contamination from leaking underground storage tanks throughout the state.
US, Colorado sue PDC Energy, claiming Clean Air Act violations
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The Trump administration and the state of Colorado sued PDC Energy Inc on Monday, claiming the company violated the federal Clean Air Act by allowing unlawful emissions from storage tanks.
Chesterton expands environmental consulting expertise
Groveland, Massachusetts — A.W. Chesterton Company, a global company in fluid sealing and equipment wear solutions, is expanding its global environmental solutions expertise with the addition of two experienced industrial emissions specialists, Bronson Pate and Beau Stander.
Berlin demands costly German recall of 12 MM diesel cars
BERLIN (Reuters) — Germany's Transport Ministry is in talks with car manufacturers about updating the engine management software of up to 12 MM diesel vehicles, people familiar with the talks told Reuters on Monday.
Report: Oil firms could waste trillions if climate targets reached
LONDON (Reuters) — Energy giants including ExxonMobil and Royal Dutch Shell risk wasting more than a third of their budgets on projects that will not be needed if climate targets are to be met, a thinktank report shows.
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