Clean Green Fuels Case Study

The scope of this work will include background information on Renewable Identification Numbers, how RINs used in the oil industry, RIN accounting, and its challenges. Renewable Identification Numbers area type of credit for oil companies that came about after the EPA enacted the Renewable Fuel Standards Program. The overall use of RINs have changed since the EPA issued this program. Currently there are many challenges company’s face buying RINs to meet EPA standards. However there are some great environmental and economic benefits to using RINs. This paper will explore the benefits, issues, and accounting methods of RIN’s.

A test engine called Research Octane Number (RON) grades the gasoline performance (Torque, 2014). The higher the octane number is, the greater the fuel’s resistance is to knocking. Knocking happens when the air/fuel mixture detonates too early and decreases the engine efficiency (EXXON, 2014). The Motor Octane Number (MON) simulates more severe operation that might be incurred at high speed or high load. An average of RON and MON or R+M/2 is the octane of a gasoline (Refining Online, 2014).

On Wednesday 07/26/17 at 1306 hours I heard Officer D. Jones state via the radio a male had just possibly broken into a vehicle near 602 Auburn Way N. Officer Jones stated he detained the male on 6th ST NE just east of Auburn Way N.

The following report will show the similarities and differences between the form and structure of the Yonkers OIG South Broadway Business Improvement District audit and USDA OIG Plant Protection and Quarantine Preclearance Offshore Program audit. Directed by Yonkers’s City Council Resolution No. 52-2008, the Yonkers OIG conducted an operational and financial review of the nonprofit organization call South Broadway Business Improvement District (“BID”). Specifically, the Yonkers OIG audit looked at the facts and circumstances that allowed BID’s former office manager Maria Maquilon to embezzle over $73,000. The United States Department of Agriculture (“USDA”) OIG performed an operational review of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service’s Plant Protection and Quarantine program (“PPQ”). Specifically, the USDA OIG assessed the management controls of PPQ.

On 12/25/16 at approximately 2037hours, my partner Officer Thebeau #8402, and I, Officer Harrell #3441, were dispatched to a residential burglary call at 193 W. Hammond St. The comments of the call stated the reporting person, (Heidi Robles), just arrived home, and the home was ransacked.

The ethical issues that were identified in the case study of Guerrilla Government in EPA’s Seattle Regional Office were cumbersome. The first of many to create unethical situations was the administrator of EPA’s Seattle regional office in 1981, John Spencer. His staff remembers his tenure for all the unethical actions he took such as using tax payer’s money to buy a membership for the EPA in the Chamber of Commerce (O’Leary, 2014 p. 48). His actions continued even after numerous attempts to advise him that his actions were against federal guidelines and caused serious conflict of interest questions. He also allegedly took several personal trips to Alaska to handle

Facts: Section 3(c)(1)(D)(ii) of FIFRA authorizes EPA to consider certain previously submitted data only if the "follow-on" and registrant has offered to compensate the original registrant for use of the data. The legislation provides for binding arbitration. However, if the registrants fail to agree on compensation, the arbitrator 's decision is subject to judicial review only for "fraud, misrepresentation, or other misconduct." The manufacturing firms engaged in the

The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) is a cap and trade initiative set to regulate and reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases from power generating facilities with an electrical capacity equal or greater than 25 electrical megawatts (RGGI, 2015). The drafting of this initiative started in 2003 when Connecticut (CT), Delaware (DE), Maine (ME), Massachusetts (MA), New Hampshire (NH), New Jersey (NJ), New York (NY), Rhode Island (RI), and Vermont (VT) showed interest in reviewing greenhouse gas emissions and a cap-trade coalition to address the emission from power plants in their territory. In 2005, the above mentioned states with the exception of RI and MA signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that outlined the model rules for the program. Some of the topics outlined in RGGI Model Rule include: the responsibilities of the account representatives, permitting recommendations, monitoring requirements, compliance certification reports, control periods and others. The Model Rules were also the building blocks used to develop state-specific regulations supporting the goals and actions necessary to succeed as a member. In 2007 MA, RI and MD also signed the MOU (RGGI, 2015a; RGGI, 2015b). On January 1, 2012, RGGI lost one of its founding members after the governor of NJ; Chris Christie withdrew NJ’s support to the initiative. Throughout its participation, NJ received over $100 million in revenues directly from the RGGI markets. (Christie, 2011) The

The search for a renewable energy source has been a top priority to us a human race in the past decade. Many ideas have come in the form of wind, solar, and nuclear power, all having their own drawbacks. But, the one that will be focused upon in this analysis is hydrogen as a source of fuel, and the technology leading the way to making it a reality. This technology would affect everyone in one way or another if correctly used. So we must ask if this technology is beneficial to us, how it might hurt us, and whether it is worth pursuing from an ethical stance.

The County Mobile- The fuel gauge is inconsistent in its reading. To mitigate any problems associated with the fuel gauge, the staff will refill the vehicle before the routes three days a week.

The purchase of the Trainer refinery would help Delta with their financial woes in a couple of ways. First of all, it acted as a way of hedging against rising costs in a time of turbulent change in the oil market. The strategy of purchasing a jet fuel supplier worked as a type of vertical integration. The refinery, which would produce mainly jet fuel, would provide Delta with up to 80% of their fuel needs. Changes in the price of crude oil- and subsequently the cost of jet fuel- would affect Delta less since they were manufacturing their own fuel. This eliminates some of the uncertainty and financial strain in hedging as Delta could essentially set their own fuel prices and avoid paying hefty primiums associated with call options (Pearce

We will be using 6 different fuels to heat up 100ml of water, and find out the changes of the temperature. We will measure the temperatures of the water before and after the experiment. We will burn heat the water for exactly 2 minutes, and check the changes in temperature. The change in temperature will allow us to work out the energy given off the fuel by using this formula:

Well we all know that the energy system is very unstable because the total energy available on the earth is limited, and man has exploited all the conventional technologies to fulfill his needs. By the use of these conventional technologies, the world also has a disability, with problems such as global warming. Consumption of energy by man increased gradually as his wants also increase. The conventional energy resources mainly include fossil fuels, but research shows that this fuel source will be depleted completely in approximately 20-25 years. This could cause major setbacks around the world. As a result, we need an alternative source of fuel that could keep the world running on its wheel. One possibility is ethanol. Chemically extract

Pollution is a major problem globally and it becomes greater as the human population continues to rise exponentially. One of the major problems with increased population is higher waste production, which creates increased air, soil, and water pollution. To resolve this problem waste reduction must be of primary importance in preventing and reducing pollution. Waste management can be an expensive undertaking if not managed correctly so sustainable practices must be addressed. While pollution prevention and reduction programs can be expensive if not managed correctly, waste reduction is essential for the reduction and prevention of pollution.

Green Cabs has many opportunities to grow their business into other locations and also diversify into other services (e.g. courier services, shuttles, vans). They have resisted these opportunities to date. Should Green Cabs be taking these growth opportunities? Why or why not?