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Nebraska provides TransCanada with map identifying Sandhills Regions to be avoided in designing alternative route for Keystone XL pipeline

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The Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality (NDEQ) has released a map of the areas that it considers to be Nebraska Sandhills, based on an analysis of a variety of existing data. NDEQ is conveying this to TransCanada for reference as the company develops a proposed new route for the Nebraska portion of the Keystone XL pipeline.

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Urban Air Initiative and partners petition EPA to correct ethanol emissions models

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The Urban Air Initiative (UAI), the Energy Future Coalition and the states of Kansas and Nebraska have petitioned the US Environmental Protection Agency to correct what they call the agency’s flawed models that limit the use of higher blends of ethanol. The petitioners filed their initial Request for Correction in 2015. Driveability.

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State Department issues Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement on Keystone XL Pipeline: climate change impacts

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The US Department of State (DOS) has released its Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) in response to TransCanada’s May 2012 application for the Keystone XL pipeline that would run from Canada’s oils sands in Alberta to Nebraska. The pipeline would primarily transport crude oil from the WCSB and Bakken regions.

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Report: Auto Dealers Ask Biden Admin to Slow Down EV Mandates

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It also cites an EPA proposal from last spring that Automotive News reported could force battery-powered vehicles to become 60 percent of new-vehicle sales by the 2030 model year. The effort was headed by Mickey Anderson, CEO of Baxter Auto Group, which operates 20 dealerships selling an array of brands in Nebraska, Kansas and Colorado.

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Smart-grid project matches wind to electric cars | Green Tech - CNET News

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Reddit Recent posts from Green Tech EPA calls greenhouse gases a public threat U.S. We need to utilize everything in out power to reduce our dependence on foreign oil including using our own natural resources. Create cheap clean energy, new badly needed green jobs, and reduce our dependence on foreign oil. E-mail Martin.

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