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Iowa State team develops hybrid technology to create biorenewable nylon

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Engineers at Iowa State University have developed a hybrid process that combines bio- and electrocatalysis to convert glucose into bio-based unsaturated nylon-6,6—which has the advantage of an extra double bond in its backbone that can be used to tailor the polymer’s properties. Their study is published in the 12 Feb. Resources. Carraher, N.

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Best Car To Buy 2015 Nominees, Iowa Tesla Rally, 2016 Mazda CX-3 LA Debut: Today's Car News

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We kick off the week with the nominees for our 2015 Best Car To Buy award, followed by Minnesota Tesla owners'' creative workaround of an Iowa test-drive ban, and a report that the 2016 Mazda CX-3 subcompact crossover will debut at the 2014 Los Angeles Auto Show. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Is it "haggling" or "negotiating?"

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Grassley-Conrad bill would extend ethanol tax credits through 2016

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US Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Kent Conrad (D-North Dakota) introduced a bill—the Domestic Energy Promotion Act of 2011— that would extend, through 2016, at descending levels, the volumetric ethanol excise tax credit, or VEETC, which is also known as the blenders’ credit.

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China to expand production and use of ethanol; 2020 E10 mandate would make China 3rd largest ethanol consumer

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Years of government support for corn farmers—paying Chinese corn producers more than twice the international price level until 2016—have left China with a substantial stockpile. From 2004 to 2016, the average annual production growth rate was 16.8%, according to CARD. Source: USDA FAS. Click to enlarge.

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Arconic announces multi-year aluminum deal with Toyota

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This makes Arconic the sole aluminum sheet supplier to Toyota for the Lexus RX, named by Consumer Reports as the Best Luxury SUV of 2016. Arconic will supply Toyota from its plants in Davenport, Iowa, and Danville, Illinois. —Mark Vrablec, President of Arconic’s Aerospace & Automotive Products business.

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EIA: US ethanol production capacity continues to increase

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Total capacity of operable ethanol plants increased by about 4%—more than 600 million gallons per year—between January 2016 and January 2017. billion gallons per year at the beginning of 2017 (918,000 b/d), an increase of about 4%—more than 530 million gallons per year—between January 2016 and January 2017.

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Study finds road conditions in US states worsening in important categories

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This edition of the Annual Highway Report uses state-submitted highway data from 2016, the most recent year with complete figures currently available, along with traffic congestion and bridge data from 2017. Overall Rankings, 24 th Annual Highway Report.