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TMS), will conduct two safety recalls involving some MY 2004—2009 Prius vehicles; approximately 670,000 Prius vehicles are being recalled in the United States to inspect and in some cases replace the steering intermediate extension shaft. Toyota dealers will replace the electric water pump for the hybrid system.

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the developer and manufacturer of Aqueous Hybrid Ion (AHI) batteries and energy storage systems ( earlier post ), filed a voluntary petition under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court of the District of Delaware. Supported by VC funding, Aquion spun out of CMU in 2009.

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MAY 28, 2009

Melting Greenland Ice Sheets May Threaten Northeast United States, Canada. A study in Nature Geoscience in March warned that warmer water temperatures could shift ocean currents in a way that would raise sea levels off the Northeast by about 8 inches (20 cm) more than the average global sea level rise. Permafrost. Vogel et al.

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MAY 21, 2010

As part of a broad effort to expand the use of nuclear power in the United States and reduce carbon pollution, US Secretary of Energy Steven Chu announced today Department’s first conditional commitment for a front-end nuclear facility. Existing reactors will need additional sources of enriched uranium soon.

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MAY 21, 2010

In addition, oil sands imports could ultimately increase to a range of 20% to 36% of US oil and refined product imports by 2030 from the 2009 level of 8%, according to the Dialogue ’s first report, The Role of Canadian Oil Sands in US Oil Supply. times the average for fuel consumed in the United States.

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between 2008 and 2009 due to the global financial crisis, global oil consumption recovered by 3.1% The United States, Brazil, Russia, and the Middle East accounted for an additional 48% of the increase. million barrels per day in 2009. After falling 1.5% in 2010 to reach an all-time high of 87.4

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NOVEMBER 18, 2010

million vehicles Chevrolet is expected to sell in the United States over the next year. The initiative is based on projects that promote energy savings, renewable energy, responsible use of natural resources and conservation in communities across the United States. —Dan Akerson, GM CEO.

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DECEMBER 4, 2016

BP has sanctioned the $9-billion Mad Dog Phase 2 project in the United States, despite the current low oil price environment. Today, the leaner $9-billion project, which also includes capacity for water injection, is projected to be profitable at or below current oil prices. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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JANUARY 6, 2012

The REPREVE seat fabric is a polyester fiber made from a hybrid blend of recycled materials, including post-industrial fiber waste and post-consumer waste such as the plastic water bottles made of PET. After decades of education, the United States PET bottle recycling rate is only at 29 percent, about half the rate of Europe.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2011

RMOTC received funding from GTP in 2009 to develop infrastructure for future geothermal testing at the Naval Petroleum Reserve No. The Tensleep hot water was previously treated as a waste stream. extracted heat from the water to operate a 250 kW generator. million barrels of co-produced hot water. of Reno, Nev.,

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Its sensors include hydrophones that can listen to marine life, as well as environmental sensors to measure water temperature, salinity, turbidity, and weather conditions. Her water expeditions throughout the world include five months during 2005 and 2006, when she and her husband rowed from Portugal to Costa Rica.

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The consumption of natural gas by electric power generators has been increasing each year since 2009 as lower natural gas prices allowed natural gas-fired generators to compete with coal-fired generators. High levels of water runoff during 2011 led western generators to cut back on their use of natural gas.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2012

With an abundance of coal, oil, gas, uranium, water and transmission lines, the tribe’s energy plan hopes to outline a better utilization of their resources. American Indian tribes in the United States own about 15% of the natural resources in the country. —Steve Grey, program manager at LLNL.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2012

However, unlike the oil sands deposits in Canada, oil is not currently produced from oil sands on a significant commercial level in the United States. Additionally, the US tar sands are hydrocarbon-wet (“oil-wet”), whereas the Canadian oil sands are water-wet. Water-wet vs. oil-wet. —BLM Director Bob Abbey.

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In the United States, freight hauling by truck accounts for more than 15% of our oil use, and nearly 60% in China. CERC is a Presidential initiative launched in November 2009. The US consortium will work with counterparts in China to leverage the technological research capabilities of both countries.

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He served in the Obama administration as the Founding Director of the US Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) (2009–2012), as the Acting Undersecretary for Energy (2011–2012), and as the Vice Chair of the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board (2014–2017). John Deutch, an emeritus Institute Professor at MIT.

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APRIL 27, 2010

Partial funding for the project was received at federal and state levels. In April 2009 the United States Department of Energy (DOE) announced a funding program for fuel cell technology to expand use of clean and renewable energy sources. Not so when battery power is used, performance diminishes as the battery discharges.

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JANUARY 9, 2010

Working with ecology and evolutionary biology professor and CIRES Fellow Russell Monson, Hu found that while smaller spring snowpack tended to advance the onset of spring and extend the growing season, it also reduced the amount of water available to forests later in the summer and fall. Jia Hu et al. Global Change Biology.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2010

increase over FY 2009 actuals and a 7.4% When combined with budget authority from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and supplementals, and accounting for mandatory outlays, the DOE will have the capability of $31.165 billion in total outlays in FY 2011—a 30% increase over FY 2009 actuals, and a 7.8% Water power.

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Contributions to global emissions growth in 2010 were largest from China, the United States, India, the Russian Federation and the European Union. Raupach (2011) Rapid growth in CO 2 emissions after the 2008–2009 global financial crisis. of the share of rich countries in 1990 to 16% in 2010. Canadell and Michael R.

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MARCH 27, 2010

The Atlantic overturning circulation is a system of currents, including the Gulf Stream, that bring warm surface waters from the tropics northward into the North Atlantic. There, in the seas surrounding Greenland, the water cools, sinks to great depths and changes direction. Josh Willis. (A A hat-tip to Thomas!). Willis, J.

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MARCH 1, 2009

Mountain snowpack in the Great basin and major water supply basins for California. Despite the recent rain and snow ,” the governor’s office warned, “ cumulative water deficit is so large that there is only a 15% chance that California will replenish its water supply this year. ”. Source: USDA. Click to enlarge.

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In the United States, emissions of HFCs are expected to nearly triple by 2030, and double from current levels of 1.5% Since 1990, methane emissions in the United States have decreased by 8%. billion in FY 2014 budget); Assessing climate-change impacts in the United States; Launching a climate data initiative; and.

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APRIL 24, 2010

using seismic technology designed to detect hydrocarbons from specific kinds of reservoir systems within the onshore continental United States. In 2009, the company drilled a well into a 6-foot-thick tight formation in Gove County, Kan., Mull Drilling Company of Wichita, Kan., discovered the oil zone near Cheyenne Wells, Colo.,

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AUGUST 30, 2009

Under the Proalcool Program, sugar companies were ordered to increase production and the state-run oil company, Petrobras, was required to make álcool (ethanol) available at its fuel stations. water content in it and Gasoline C, or E25, which is a mixture of 75% Gasoline A and 25% in volume of anhydrous ethanol (AEAC) with a maximum of 0.4%

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In the United States, eighth graders scored an average of 271 out of 500 in math on last year’s National Assessment of Educational Progress , as highlighted in a New York Times article. Continuing to increase accessibility Prisms is working with the Gates Foundation and WestEd to improve STEM education in the United States.

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The proposed rulemaking follows on a proposal last March by the United States and Canada to designate thousands of miles of the two countries’ coasts as an Emission Control Area (ECA). Earlier post.) The proposed rulemaking is designed to reflect the IMO’s ECA standards and broader worldwide program. EPA Oceangoing Vessels.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2009

In the United States, La Niña often signals drier-than-normal conditions in the Southwest and Central Plains regions, and wetter fall and winter seasons in the Pacific Northwest. 2009), Observational constraints on recent increases in the atmospheric CH 4 burden, Geophys. It can persist for as long as two years. Dlugokencky, E.

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c) 2009 by Joe Galliani - This afternoon's view from my studio's patio. c) 2009 by Joe Galliani - On clear days this is a view of the Mountains, but the Mountains are on fire now. Meanwhile our long term drought, now its its third year with no end in sight, means less available water to fight the fires with.

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MAY 15, 2012

The National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) has released a follow-on study to its 2009 evaluation of the economic and environmental performance of Coal-to-Liquids (CTL) and CTL with modest amounts of biomass mixed in (15% by weight) for the production of zero-sulfure diesel fuel. Earlier post.). Will require between 1.6

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DECEMBER 24, 2011

Osum filed a commercial application and Environmental Impact Assessment for the 35,000 barrel per day Taiga Project at Cold Lake in December 2009 and is targeting regulatory approval in 2012. Scotia Waterous Inc. Osum’s Taiga project in the prolific Cold Lake region continues to advance towards commercialization.

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MARCH 24, 2010

Greenland is about one-fourth the size of the United States and the massive ice sheet covers about 80% of its surface. A 2006 study by Wahr and Velicogna using the GRACE satellite indicated that Greenland lost roughly 684 cubic kilometers (164 cubic miles) of ice from April 2004 to April 2006—more than the volume of water in Lake Erie.

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Eagle Ford and Bakken are the second and third largest oil-producing shale formation regions in the United States, during the last three years. The Eagle Ford study looked at crude oil produced from different production zones for 2009–2013. Additionally, the water usage rate was generally higher at the gas-rich wells.

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JULY 23, 2009

Scientists in Nevada are reporting development of a new and environmentally friendly process for producing biodiesel fuel from chicken feather meal, made from the 11 billion pounds of poultry industry waste that accumulate annually in the United States alone. Mohapatra (2009) A Green Process for Producing Biodiesel from Feather Meal.

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In 2009, the number of private cars owned in China exceeded the United States, resulting in it being the world’s largest auto market. In their study, the Imperial College London team used liquid hot water (LHW) pretreatment to enhance sugar release from bamboo lignocellulose while minimizing economic and environmental costs.

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JULY 9, 2009

The proposed rulemaking follows on a proposal last March by the United States and Canada to designate thousands of miles of the two countries’ coasts as an Emission Control Area (ECA). In 2009, MGO (marine gasoil) must have a sulfur limit of 1.5% (15,000 ppm), while MDO (marine diesel oil) would have a limit of 0.5% (5,000 ppm).

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Thanks in large part to delays suffered by Arianespace’s next-generation Ariane 6 rocket, a small fleet of European satellites are simultaneously converging on the United States to hitch rides into orbit with SpaceX. SpaceX launching European payloads is nothing new.

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