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Perspective: US Needs to Transition to Hydrous Ethanol as the Primary Renewable Transportation Fuel

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Brazil, the largest and most populous country in South America, was importing 80% of its oil and 40% of its foreign exchange was used to pay for that imported oil. In 1975, General Ernesto Geisel, then-president of Brazil, ordered the country’s gasoline supply mixed with 10% ethanol. As used in this section and Sec. Conclusion.

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State Department releases final environmental impact statement on Keystone XL Pipeline Project; analysis of GHG emissions

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The NETL study serves as a key input for analyses conducted by EPA and DOE. Synthetic crude oil, similar to conventional crude oil, is created by upgrading bitumen (conversion into lighter hydrocarbons). The proposed Project would also be capable of transporting US crude oil to those delivery points. —FEIS. System Alternatives.

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Final session on international mercury convention this week expected to culminate in agreement; UNEP Global Mercury Assessment 2013 finds industrial source Hg emissions may be rising

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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), for example, notes that coal-burning power plants are the largest human-caused source of mercury emissions to the air in the United States, accounting for more 50% of all US domestic human-caused mercury emissions.). These global percentages will, of course, vary on a regional basis.

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