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Ford to offer new 5-cylinder 3.2L diesel in Transit van in North America next year

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Additionally, the engine features cast-aluminum, low-friction coated pistons with piston-cooling jets, which squirt oil on the underside of the pistons to keep the piston crowns cool under extreme operating conditions. It will be exported to Ford’s Kansas City Assembly Plant in Claycomo, Mo., liter EcoBoost gasoline engine.

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Ford unveils next-gen F-150; up to 700 lbs lighter, new 2.7L EcoBoost with stop-start

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All-new aluminum cylinder heads feature water-cooled integrated exhaust manifolds. Variable displacement oil pump reduces internal engine friction to improve fuel economy. Intake and exhaust variable cam timing that improves torque while helping lower emissions. and Kansas City Assembly Plant in Claycomo, Mo.

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DOE Makes First Awards from $1.4B for Industrial Carbon Capture and Storage Projects

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About 85% of the CO 2 from the process stream will be captured and over 5 million tons sequestered into a depleted oil or gas field. C6 Resources, an affiliate of Shell Oil Company, will conduct the project in collaboration with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. DOE Share: $3,014,666).

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Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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Environmentalists and industries resurrected the idea in recent years as a centerpiece of measures to address global warming and growing oil imports. states (Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin) and one Canadian province (Manitoba). Representatives Henry A. Waxman of California and Edward J. Another three U.S.

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