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Jervois begins commissioning at Idaho Cobalt Operations; only cobalt mine in US

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ICO is located near the inactive Blackbird Mine Site—an EPA Superfund Site. Any discharge that comes from the separate water treatment plant will be drinking-quality, as defined by the US EPA. Arthur Bookstrom (2013) “The Idaho Cobalt Belt”, 2013 Belt Symposium V, 38 th Annual Field Conference: Northwest Geology Volume 42.

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KiOR halts cellulosic fuels production at Columbus in Q1 to optimize production; need for R&D to boost yield and cut costs

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In December 2013, Cannon had said that KiOR would operate the Columbus plant “ on a limited campaign basis only ” to verify the impact of improvements. KiOR is a significant factor in the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) calculation of cellulosic fuel volumes for the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program. Earlier post.)

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Volkswagen reaches agreement with US and California on 3.0L diesels; $225M to environmental remediation, $25M to CA ZEV

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reached an agreement with the US Department of Justice (DOJ) on behalf of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the State of California, by and through the California Air Resources Board (CARB) and the California Attorney General, to resolve civil claims regarding approximately 83,000 affected 3.0L TDI V6 vehicles.

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Cummins Westport begins development on new mid-range natural gas engine; production by 2015

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The SEGR technology was introduced with the ISL G in 2007, and was developed to meet 2010 EPA emission requirements. G is expected to be in production by 2015 and will be designed to meet Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and California Air Resources Board (CARB) regulations in force at the time of launch. The ISB 6.7

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SAE project update on R-1234yf refrigerant

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R-1234yf is approved as an alternative refrigerant by the US EPA and is REACH registered in Europe. The CRP team continues to hold regular conference calls and face-to-face meetings and expects to be able to provide updated progress reports as new information becomes available.

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New VW EA288 diesel to debut in 2H 2014 in the MY 2015 Golf, Jetta, Passat and Beetle; MDB comes to the US (updated with diagrams)

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In a briefing last week at Volkswagen’s annual media conference, Dr. Johannes Arning, of Volkswagen’s Powertrain Product Management group, noted that the new MDB offers five major features: Improved basic engine. This powerplant shares only the bore spacing with the previous diesel engine that had the same designation. Low-pressure EGR.

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Ford / AVL study concludes mid-level ethanol blend attractive as a long-term future fuel for use in optimized engines in US

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The team presented a paper on their work at the 2013 SAE World Congress in Detroit. Ford engineers also presented two other papers evaluating the effects of low to mid-level ethanol blends in spark-ignited engines at the conference. improvement in EPA metro/highway (M/H) CO 2 emissions with comparable full load performance.

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