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Utah Water Quality Board upholds issuance of permit for oil sands mine in Utah

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The Utah Water Quality Board, in a 9-2 vote this week, agreed with the August 2012 recommendations of an administrative law judge (ALJ) upholding a permit-by-rule issued by the Division of Water Quality (DWQ) for the proposed PR Spring an oil sands mine on state land in eastern Utah. Overlay of the proposed plant site on the terrain.

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California Energy Commission awards $5M grant to AltAir Fuels to expand renewable diesel production; $3M to GFP Ethanol for sorghum feedstock

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The California Energy Commission approved $8 million in grants to two biofuel companies stemming from a solicitation issued earlier this year (PON-13-609: Pilot-Scale and Commercial-Scale Advanced Biofuels Production Facilities). It also includes other emerging feedstocks such as algae. ARV-14-021 ).

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U Alberta spin-off Forge Hydrocarbons commercializing pyrolytic lipids-to-hydrocarbons process

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Bressler’s process first hydrolyzes the feedstock with water in a reactor to produce a mixture of free fatty acids and glycerol. The fatty acids are separated from the glycerol and water, and then pyrolized to produce deoxygenated hydrocarbon liquids. Since then, he has received more than $4.9 He ran that company for 12 years.

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UT Austin to lead $58M study of methane hydrate in Gulf of Mexico; $41M from DOE

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The grant, one of the largest ever awarded to the university, will allow researchers to advance the scientific understanding of naturally occurring methane hydrate so that its resource potential and environmental implications can be fully understood. Council of Canadian Academies (2008). Click to enlarge.

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Environmental Charter High School Gets Solar; Greenius Goes EcoMedia

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That’s why for the past week I’ve been working at my new job in Manhattan Beach where I’ve transitioned from the volunteer advocacy efforts I’ve been contributing since 2008 to a professional role in sustainability partnerships for CBS EcoMedia. The on-stage banner heralding the ribbon cutting event @ ECHS.

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Why These Members Donate to the IEEE Foundation

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Even though IEEE Life Member Jack Jewell has been active with IEEE for more than 30 years, he says his mouth still waters when he receives the latest Photonics Technology Letters in the mail. The IEEE Life Fellow, who served as 2008 IEEE president, has been a member ever since. to support the next generation of electrical engineers.

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Biofuels- paving the way for low carbon future in mobility – ET Auto

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Third generation ethanol utilizes algae for producing ethanol from waste water (3G), while fourth generation ethanol is an amalgamation of genomically prepared microorganisms and genetically prepared algae (4g). The government is now promoting use of maize, which has ¼ the water consumption as compared to rice and ethanol.

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