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EPA announces winners of the 2013 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Awards

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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the winners of the 2013 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Awards. Dow’s EVOQUE technology uses a polymer coating which, when applied to TiO 2 , improves dispersion of the pigment, decreasing the amount of the chemical needed and allowing it to work better. Cargill, Inc.

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New 2020 Ram 1500 EcoDiesel 4x2 pickup EPA-rated at 32 mpg highway in US; new 3.0L EcoDiesel

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Ram Truck announced EPA fuel economy ratings for the 2020 Ram 1500 powered by the new 3.0-liter The lower portion of the two-piece oil sump uses a sandwiched polymer/metal material to reduce NVH. The aluminum alloy pistons are cooled on the underside via oil jets. liter V-6 EcoDiesel engine. full-size truck mix.

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EPA announces 2011 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Awards; green chemistry market opportunity projected to be $98.5B by 2020, about 2% of total market

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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is hosting its 16 th annual Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award ceremony tonight in Washington, DC. Genomatica expects Bio-BDO to be competitive at oil prices of $45 per barrel or at natural gas prices of $3.50 per million Btu. The biggest benefits are during use.

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Major spill from the ExxonMobil Pegasus pipeline in Arkansas

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A breach in ExxonMobil’s Pegasus crude oil pipeline occurred late Friday afternoon near Mayflower, AR (about 20 miles north northwest of Little Rock and at the southeastern end of the Lake Conway reservoir). The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) categorizes the incident as a “major spill”—i.e., Source: City of Mayflower.

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Winners of 2012 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge

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and Jim Jones, Acting Assistant Administrator for the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention at the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), announced the winners of the 2012 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Awards. Shakhashiri, Ph.D., Elevance Renewable Sciences, Inc., of Bolingbrook, Ill., Codexis, Inc.,

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Hyundai introduces hybrid version of new Sonata; 10% improvement in fuel economy over predecessor

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The transmission has been upgraded significantly since its introduction with the original Sonata Hybrid and now uses an electric oil pump, which helps improve efficiency. Sonata Hybrid is expected to achieve up to 39 mpg in the city, 44 mpg on the highway and have a combined EPA rating of 42 mpg (6.03, 5.35

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DOE issues $10M incubator FOA for batteries, power electronics, engines, materials, fuels and lubricants

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burn systems and controls that allow compliance with proposed EPA Tier 3 emissions regulations with smaller penalty in fuel economy. cost titanium structures; polymer?metal Novel lubricant formulations (additive package and/or base oil modification) expected to improve the mechanical efficiency of light?, and/or heavy?