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NRC report concludes hydraulic fracturing poses low risk for causing earthquakes, but risks are higher for wastewater injection wells; CCS impact undetermined

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Waste water disposal from oil and gas production, including shale gas recovery, typically involves injection at relatively low pressures into large porous aquifers that are specifically targeted to accommodate large volumes of fluid. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2012. National Research Council.

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

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wasted energy in plants into energy-dense fuel molecules. Nebraska – Lincoln). Wafer-Level Sub-Module Integrated DC/DC Converter The University of Colorado team will develop and demonstrate. Terpenoid Pathways Texas A&M University will address a major inefficiency of. light energy. Lawrence Berkeley. National Lab.

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