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Study: annual climate impact of wild pigs could be greater than 1.1M cars

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The researchers used predictive population models coupled with advanced mapping techniques to estimate the climate damage wild pigs are causing across five continents. Since soil contains nearly three times as much carbon than in the atmosphere, even a small fraction of carbon emitted from soil has the potential to accelerate climate change.

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Chevron / Toyota road trip demonstrates renewable gasoline blend

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The road trip will run from Mississippi through Louisiana before concluding in Texas. The company produces and markets biodiesel, renewable diesel, and renewable natural gas, and is currently building hydrogen fueling infrastructure in California.

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NSF announces $55M toward national research priorities; intersection of food, energy and water systems

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University of Southern Mississippi. Emergent Polymer Sensing Technologies for Gulf Coast Water Quality Monitoring This collaboration between Mississippi and Alabama develops advanced polymer-based sensing technologies to detect pollutants in Gulf Coast aquatic ecosystems. Jason Azoulay.

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$1.3B methanol plant slated for South Louisiana

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billion in a new methanol production facility on the banks of the Mississippi River in St. The SLM methanol facility will be located in the Port of South Louisiana district, with access to interstate and intrastate natural gas and carbon dioxide pipelines. Group CEO Jon Young announced that South Louisiana Methanol LP will invest $1.3

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Alberta Climate Change and Emissions Management (CCEMC) Corporation Awarding C$37.5 Million in Funding for Renewable Energy Projects from Biofuels to Home Generation

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Alberta, Canada’s Climate Change and Emissions Management (CCMEC) Corporation is awarding more than C$37.5 Since 2007, Alberta companies that annually produce more than 100,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions are legally required to reduce their greenhouse gas intensity by 12%. million (US$36.6 Enmax Corporation , C$14.5

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DOE to fund 14 research projects on deepwater and Arctic methane hydrates; potential future energy supply

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Methane hydrates are 3D ice-lattice structures with natural gas locked inside, and are found both onshore and offshore—including under the Arctic permafrost and in ocean sediments along nearly every continental shelf in the world. University of Mississippi. Earlier post.). Lead organization. Description. DOE Funding. 118,000.

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UNEP Report Calls for More Sophisticated Approach to Developing Biofuels; Limitations of Current LCA Studies

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In the report, its first, the panel concludes governments should fit biofuels into an overall energy, climate, land-use, water and agricultural strategy if biofuels deployment is to benefit society, the economy and the environment as a whole. Assessing Biofuels”. Lifecycle GHG. World Transport Biofuel Production.

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