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Delphi fuel pumps compatible with new E15 measure from EPA

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Delphi announced that its OE quality fuel products are compatible with the new E15 measure approved last Friday by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to increase the amount of ethanol currently blended in fuel from 10% to 15% for all light-duty vehicles built in the last decade.

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The EV Battery Wish List

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That range is a testament to Lucid’s obsessive pursuit of efficiency: The Air uses the same 2170-format cylindrical cells (supplied by Samsung SDI) as many EVs, but ekes out more miles via superior battery management, compact-yet-muscular power units and slippery aerodynamics. Everyone is competing for a limited supply,” says Ryan Castilloux.

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Rice University Study and Policy Paper Find US Biofuels Policies Flawed, Recommend Fundamental Overhaul

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Based on the latest available US Government Accountability Office data (2008) the US government spent $4 billion in subsidies to replace about 2% of the US gasoline supply. The EPA can encourage these agencies to follow the lead of states like Minnesota, which is already releasing guidelines for E-85 remediation. Lifting the $0.54

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Perspective: US Needs to Transition to Hydrous Ethanol as the Primary Renewable Transportation Fuel

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Brazil, the largest and most populous country in South America, was importing 80% of its oil and 40% of its foreign exchange was used to pay for that imported oil. In 1975, General Ernesto Geisel, then-president of Brazil, ordered the country’s gasoline supply mixed with 10% ethanol. As used in this section and Sec. Conclusion.

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

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The NETL study serves as a key input for analyses conducted by EPA and DOE. Many of the sources outside of North America are in regions that are experiencing declining production or are not secure and reliable sources of crude oil, including the Middle East, Africa, Mexico, and South America. —FEIS.

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Final session on international mercury convention this week expected to culminate in agreement; UNEP Global Mercury Assessment 2013 finds industrial source Hg emissions may be rising

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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), for example, notes that coal-burning power plants are the largest human-caused source of mercury emissions to the air in the United States, accounting for more 50% of all US domestic human-caused mercury emissions.). These global percentages will, of course, vary on a regional basis.

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