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EPA announces 2016 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award winners

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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced the Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award winners. is being recognized for developing a yeast that produces a chemical used to make high performance nylon 6,12 for hairbrushes toothbrushes, adhesives, coatings, fragrances, and automotive and aviation oils.

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EPA and DOT direct ExxonMobil on corrective actions on Silvertip pipeline after rupture

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Both the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)—which is directing and overseeing the cleanup—and the US Department of Transportation Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) are directing ExxonMobil on corrective actions following the rupture of the Silvertip pipeline. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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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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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. Fermentation requires no organic solvent, and the water used is recycled. Greener reaction conditions: Kraton Performance Polymers, LLC, Houston, Texas. per million Btu.

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UT Austin team and partners report on extensive measurements of methane emissions during natural gas production

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The findings of the new study are represented in the yellow bar at right, and are similar overall to EPA’s latest inventory. Because of this equipment, methane emissions from well completions are 97% lower than calendar year 2011 national emission estimates, released by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in April 2013.

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

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Comparison of the percent differential for WTW (well-to-wheel) GHGs from gasoline produced from WCSB oil sands using different production processes relative to gasoline produced from reference crudes. The NETL study serves as a key input for analyses conducted by EPA and DOE. Source: FEIS, Appendix V. Click to enlarge.

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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.