For the past 2 years the ethanol industry has hounded EPA about its use of small refinery exemptions (SREs), calling the increase in exempted volumes in recent years illegal. Apparently, the American Petroleum Institute (API) agrees. In comments filedlate last week on EPA’s proposed supplement rule to offset the SREs, API said it opposes the offset and that the “underlying legal flaw is EPA's drastic and unlawful expansion of [SREs]." Under a supplemental proposal for the 2020 volumes issued in October, EPA is considering adjusting the blending rates for biofuels to make up for the impact of past – and future - SREs, proposing two formulas: • Assuming that future SREs would be equivalent to the average that DO...
ZanzibarMnemba Marine Parksouthern cassowary Mnemba Marine Park is located 10 kilometres (6 mi) from Stone Town and forms part of the northeastern Unguja Island. A marine reserve and atoll, its shallow stretch of coral reef is in the shape of an oval. It is located between Matemwe and Nungwi, w...
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The magpie goose (Anseranas semipalmata) is the sole living representative species of the family Anseranatidae. This waterbird is found in northern Australia and southern New Guinea.[2] The species is not truly migratory but it sometimes travels large distances to find food and water, especiall...
A pika (/ˈpaɪkə, ˈpiːkə/ PY-kə, PEE-kə[3][4]) is a small, mountain-dwelling mammal native to Asia and North America. With short limbs, a very round body, an even coat of fur, and no external tail, they resemble their close relative the rabbit, but with short, rounded ears.[5] The large-eared pi...
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