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11 more GM facilities worldwide go landfill-free; total up to 122

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The running total is 122 manufacturing and non-manufacturing operations spanning Asia, Europe, and South and North America that recycle, reuse or convert to energy all waste from daily operations. Colmotores Assembly (Colombia). Joinville Engine (Brazil). GM’s new landfill-free facilities include: CAMI Assembly (Canada).

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USDA and DOE award $12.2M to 10 research projects to accelerate bioenergy crop production and spur economic impact

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A rapidly growing, widely adaptable crop, sweet sorghum accumulates in the stem high concentrations of sucrose that can be efficiently converted to ethanol, making this a valuable candidate bioenergy feedstock. Stephen Kresovich, University of South Carolina, Colombia. Genomic and Breeding Foundations for Bioenergy Sorghum Hybrids.

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MIT Report Finds Natural Gas Has Significant Potential to Displace Coal, Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Role in Transportation More Limited

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The use of compressed or liquefied natural gas as a fuel for vehicles could help to displace oil and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but to a limited extent because of the high cost of converting vehicles to use these fuels. Professor Jacoby is co-director of the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change.

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