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Audi testing find e-ethanol and e-diesel produced by Joule often perform better than conventional counterparts

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—Reiner Mangold, Head of Sustainable Product Development at Audi. Audi notes that the partnership with Joule is still in a development phase and that large-scale production is still quite a way off. As a result, the synthetic fuels assure a more effective mixture preparation process, cleaner combustion and lower emissions.

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Hyperbaric Centrifuge Technology Successfully Dewaters Coal Fines

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A dewatering technology developed at Virginia Tech has succeeded in reducing the moisture content of ultrafine coal to less than 20%, transforming it to a salable product. Yoon and Luttrell have also received $1 million in funding from the US Department of State to also help the Indian coal industry produce a cleaner product.

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HEI ACES study of lifetime animal exposure to New Technology Diesel Engine exhaust finds no lung cancer

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The core study was led by Dr. Jacob McDonald, of Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute (LRRI) in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where the exposures were carried out. Countries like China are already moving toward implementing the ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel that is required for these new cleaner technologies.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

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2) Chevy Volt (2) China (2) ECOD3.SA SA (2) FDX (2) FSLR (2) FedEx (2) First Solar (2) Ford (2) Ford Escape Hybrid (2) Ford Fusion Hybrid (2) GE (2) Global Solar (2) Government (2) HEV (2) Honda FCX Clarity (2) IBM (2) ITM.l (2) 2) Inconvenient Truth (2) JCI (2) MGA (2) NSANY (2) PGE (2) SB1.DE SZ (1) 6753.T

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Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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population and Gross Domestic Product (GDP), and one-third of all U.S. states (Arizona, California, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, and Washington) and four Canadian provinces (British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario, and Quebec). Pricing GHGs will increase the prices consumers pay for greenhouse-gas-intensive products.

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