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UPS to use biomethane for Memphis and Jackson alternative fuel fleet

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UPS will supply its fleet in Memphis, Tenn., with an estimated 15 million diesel gallon gas equivalents of renewable natural gas (RNG)—biomethane—as part of a multi-year agreement with Memphis Light, Gas and Water and Atmos Energy Marketing, LLC. and Jackson, Miss.,

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Winners of 2012 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge

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Professor Tang discovered a new way to greatly streamline the process of manufacturing simvastatin, thereby reducing waste. of Memphis, Tenn., Simvastatin is an important drug for treating high cholesterol. His approach also uses a low-cost feedstock. Cytec Industries, Inc., of Woodland Park, N.J., Buckman International Inc.,

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ARPA-E awarding $60M to 23 projects; dry cooling and fusion power

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ARPA-E’s ARID program will fund transformative new power plant cooling technologies that enable high thermal-to-electric energy conversion efficiency with zero net water dissipation to the atmosphere. Electric Power Research Institute (Drexel University, University of Memphis, Evapco, WorleyParsons, and Maulbetsch Consulting).

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