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UDRI Awarded $49.5M Grant to Develop Advanced Jet Fuels and Combustion Technologies

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million Air Force research grant to develop advanced jet fuels and combustion technologies. The grant is the largest award yet to UDRI, established as the research arm of the University of Dayton in 1956. The University of Dayton Research Institute recently was awarded a $49.5 Earlier post.).

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Velocys Awarded Commercialization Grant for Microchannel Reactor Technology for Hydroprocessing to Upgrade Fischer-Tropsch Fuels and Heavy Petroleum Feedstock

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year commercialization grant to apply Velocys’ microchannel reactor technology to hydroprocessing for transportation fuels. The grant is part of the Ohio Department of Development’s Third Frontier Project, a $1.6-billion, Improved Fischer-Tropsch Economics Enabled by Microchannel Technology (Velocys white paper, Sep 2008).

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Harvard SPH large-scale study links PM2.5 levels below EPA standards with higher death rates

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We need to go after coal plants that still aren’t using scrubbers to clean their emissions, as well as other sources of particles like traffic and wood smoke. million people—between 2003 and 2008 and followed them each year until they died. This study was funded by NIEHS ES000002, and by EPA grant RD-83479801. 1409111.

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EPA Sends Proposed GHG Endangerment Finding to White House for Review

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The Court also ruled that in deciding whether to grant or deny a pending rulemaking petition regarding section 202(a)(1), EPA must decide whether new motor vehicle GHG emissions meet that endangerment test, or explain why scientific uncertainty is so profound that it prevents making a reasoned judgment on such a determination. Earlier post.).

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Federal Appeals Court vacates EPA Cross-State Air Pollution Rule

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CSAPR (also called the Transport Rule) was finalized in July 2011 and replaced and strengthened the requirements of the 2005 Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR), which the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit ordered EPA to revise in 2008. statutory text grants EPA authority to require upwind States to. Earlier post.). First, the.

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EIA Energy Outlook 2011 more than doubles estimates of US shale gas resources; higher production at lower prices

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After falling 3% in 2008 and nearly 7% in 2009, largely driven by the economic downturn, energy-related CO 2 emissions do not return to 2005 levels (5,980 million metric tons) until 2027. Coal remains the dominant energy source for electricity generation because of continued reliance on existing coal-fired plants.

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New Zealand Strategic Assessment of Biofuels Calls for Emphasis on Synthetic Diesel from Wood

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The Government has set up a Biodiesel Grants Scheme, under which New Zealand biodiesel manufacturers can obtain subsidies on a per liter basis. The NZ Biodiesel Grants Scheme applies only to FME biodiesel. The majority of this would be high-quality diesel, enough for 10% of New Zealand’s 2008 diesel consumption. per liter (US$5.12/gallon