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• These companies say their carbon pipelines would curb climate change. Farmers object

  Three companies want to build carbon capture pipelines through a large swatch of the Midwest they say will help curb climate change. Carbon capturing involves removing the carbon dioxide emissions from an industrial process and then piping to be stored elsewhere.

  The construction of pipelines in the Midwest has been the topic of climate and landowner controversy for more than a decade. Both the Keystone XL and the Dakota Access pipelines made for years of debate over whether the U.S. should still be using crude oil with a warming climate. These carbon-capture pipelines are much different.

• Chevron finalizes acquisition of NEXBASE™ brand, business from Neste Corporation

  Chevron Global Energy Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Chevron Corporation, announced today that it closed its previously announced agreement with Neste Corporation to acquire its NEXBASE™ brand, associated qualifications and approvals, and related sales and marketing business. As part of the acquisition, Chevron will maintain all current supply sources utilizing long-term offtake agreements.

• Shell completes sale of Mobile refinery in Alabama to Vertex Energy

  Equilon Enterprises LLC d/b/a Shell Oil Products US, Shell USA, Inc., and Shell Chemical LP, subsidiaries of Shell plc (Shell), has completed the sale of its Chemical LP Refinery in Mobile, Alabama, to Vertex Energy Operating LLC (Vertex Energy), for $75 million in cash plus the value of the hydrocarbon inventory and other closing adjustments and accrued liabilities.

• Q&A with Seattle investor Naynika Chaubey, whose clean tech firm just raised $150M

  The venture capital firm Evok Innovations this week announced that it raised $150 million of a $300 million fund to invest in clean-tech in North America. The Vancouver, B.C. firm launched in 2016 and previously raised an inaugural fund totaling $100 million Canadian dollars.

• Modern society has been built using cement and concrete

  So foundational are these materials to our daily lives, it is important for cement and concrete to shape our future as well. From mitigating the effects of climate change to providing long-lasting, durable infrastructure, to contributing to a robust economy, cement and concrete play a key role in creating a more sustainable and resilient world.