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MAY 2, 2013

The United States Geological Survey (USGS) released an updated oil and gas resource assessment for the Bakken Formation and a new assessment for the Three Forks Formation in North Dakota, South Dakota and Montana, resulting in a two-fold increase in the estimated technically recoverable oil, and a three-fold increase in estimated natural gas.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2010

Worldwide resources of zinc total more than 1.8 Some of that developmental understanding will seep into new incarnations of the zinc air fuel cell. —Annemarie Meike, LLNL business development executive. Lithium primarily is found outside the United States. gigatons—with more than 35% of that in the United States alone.

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DECEMBER 23, 2018

Now, a new study of children and young adults in Mexico City by a team of researchers at the Universities of Montana, Valle de México, Boise State, Universidad Veracruzana, Instituto Nacional de Pediatría and Paul-Flechsig-Institute for Brain Research has identified evolving axonal damage using a novel Non-P-Tau assay for cerebrospinal fluid (CSF).

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APRIL 25, 2018

Establish a consortium for sustained collaborations among university partners in South Dakota, Montana, and Oklahoma in the field of methane regulation in extreme environments. This BuG ReMeDEE consortium will garner the world’s attention on the significance of analyzing the methane regulation in deep subsurface and extreme environments.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

trafficThis scenario is currently less desirable to automotive manufacturers, but provides an additional resource benefit to PHEV/BEVs by theoretically doubling their capacity value to the grid. V2GFull varies not only the charging of the vehicle battery, but also can vary the discharging of the battery back into the power grid.

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MAY 19, 2011

The US Geological Survey will update its 2008 estimate of undiscovered, technically recoverable oil and gas in the US portion of the Bakken Formation, an important domestic petroleum resource located in North Dakota and Montana. Unconventional resources require special technical drilling and recovery methods. Source: USGS.

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JUNE 14, 2012

Produced water from coal-bed natural gas (CBNG) production may contain sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO 3 ) at concentrations that can harm aquatic life, according to a new study by the US Geological Survey; Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks; the Bureau of Land Management and the US Environmental Protection Agency. —USGS Director Marcia McNutt.

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AUGUST 25, 2022

California’s Air Resources Board (CARB) is expected to ban the sale of new ICE vehicles after 2035 tomorrow, but 17 State Attorney Generals have sued in federal court to block the move. 17 States have filed a lawsuit with the Federal Court of Appeals, suing to prevent California from banning new ICE vehicle sales after 2035.

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JUNE 5, 2013

The roadmap includes distinct flowcharts that address all federal and state regulatory requirements for developing a geothermal resource—from land use and leasing plans, to drilling exploratory wells, to developing a geothermal power plant. The next states slated for review are Colorado and Texas.

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AUGUST 26, 2013

What this study does is look at where the most cost-effective yet untapped resources are likely to be when the last of these mandates culminates in 2025, and what it might cost to connect them to the best-matched population centers. California, Arizona, and Nevada are likely to have surpluses of prime-quality solar resources.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

Montana Nanotechnology Facility, Montana State University with partner Carlton College, PI: David Dickensheets. Soft and Hybrid Nanotechnology Experimental Resource, Northwestern University with partner University of Chicago, PI: Vinayak Dravid.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Partners include: University of Idaho, University of Montana, Montana State University and the University of Wyoming, U.S. The award, provided under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI), is part of USDA’s effort to develop modern solutions for climate challenges in agriculture and natural resource management.

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JUNE 21, 2023

ORNL researchers field-tested the sensor platform in a variety of weather conditions and in a remote national park in Montana with no wireless access. —Zachary Asher Resources S. One algorithm is embedded in a microchip inside the pavement marker, while a decoding algorithm is incorporated into the car’s software. Sharma et al.

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JUNE 26, 2013

In Toronto, Canada’s Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver said later that “ On a net basis, I don’t see any increase on emissions. Oliver said that 20% of the crude transported by Keystone was of lighter grades coming from North Dakota, Montana and Saskatchewan. It’s relevant. —President Obama.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2016

Battery-electric transit bus manufacturer Proterra has entered the university market with its first order from the Associated Students of the University of Montana ( ASUM ) Transportation for two Proterra 40-foot Catalyst Fast Charge buses and one semi-autonomous fast charger for its UDASH routes.

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AUGUST 1, 2020

These projects will improve the performance and lower the cost and risk of technologies that can be used to produce biofuels, biopower, and bioproducts from biomass and waste resources. Montana State University. Topic 4: Bio-Restore: Biomass to Restore Natural Resources. Global Algae Innovations. Arizona State University.

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MARCH 28, 2011

A fungus that produces compounds with known uses as fuel additives is available for licensing to interested parties through Montana State University’s (MSU) Technology Transfer Office. The fungus produces cineole, also known as eucalyptol, which can be used as an octane-boosting fuel additive. The fungus, Hypoxylon sp.,

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JANUARY 11, 2013

Camelina production will be incorporated into a cropping system with wheat-based crop rotations in Montana and Wyoming. A life cycle analysis will incorporate thermodynamic principles to assess the resource use, energy/fuel production and the environmental impact of the conversion technologies. Ceramatec, Inc.,

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AUGUST 22, 2016

Montana State University. The team, which includes researchers from Montana, Wyoming and South Dakota, seeks to identify a framework of carbon mitigation strategies that would minimize conflicts with food security and clean energy production priorities. Research at the nexus of food, energy and water. Lead organization. Description.

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DECEMBER 14, 2009

The agreement, which is subject to XTO stockholder approval and regulatory clearance, will enhance ExxonMobil’s position in the development of unconventional natural gas and oil resources. XTO’s resource base is the equivalent of 45 trillion cubic feet of gas and includes shale gas, tight gas, coal bed methane and shale oil.

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APRIL 30, 2014

The greatest hydropower potential was found in western US states, including Alaska, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington. The US Department of Energy (DOE) tasked ORNL with evaluating the new stream-reach development resource potential of more than 3 million US streams. Source: ORNL NSD. Click to enlarge.

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MARCH 31, 2013

Approximately 100 ExxonMobil employees are responding to the incident in addition to federal, state, and local resources. Principal producers of Wabasca include Cenovus Energy and Canadian Natural Resources. Efforts are being made to keep oil away from Lake Conway. wt% sulfur content (i.e., sour”), according to Crude Quality Inc.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

Children living in polluted megacities are at increased risk for brain inflammation and neurodegenerative changes, including Alzheimer or Parkinson’s disease, according to a study led by University of Montana Professor Dr. Lilian Calderón-Garcidueñas and her colleagues. Lilian Calderón-Garcidueñas et al.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2016

California Air Resources Board (CARB)-verified retrofit technologies or certified engine configurations. Region 8 (Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming): EPA is requesting proposals between $300,000 and $1,500,000. Idle-reduction technologies that are EPA verified.

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MARCH 1, 2012

Roughly 80% of the current recovered harvest in the US would need to be re-allocated for the production of bioenergy crops to meet current renewable fuel targets with existing technology, according to a new study using satellite data led by researchers from the University of Montana. —Smith et al. William Kolby Smith, Cory C.

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Renewable Cleveland Montana Fuel 210

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APRIL 19, 2011

Co-authors on the study are David Lobell of the Program for Food Security and the Environment at Stanford University; Gregory Asner and Christopher Field of Carnegie’s Department of Global Ecology; and Qiaozhen Mu of the University of Montana. —Greg Asner. Loarie, David B. Lobell, Gregory P. Asner, Qiaozhen Mu& Christopher B.

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Brazil Climate Change Climate Montana 218

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

India study. Separately, a team from Argentina and India had reported earlier this year on the magnetic properties of air-suspended particles in 38 cities from south India. Ahmed, I.A.M., Karloukovski, V., MacLaren, D.A., Foulds, P.G., Mann, D.M.A. Torres-Jardón,R. and Calderon-Garciduenas, L.C.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2015

Children living in cities with significant air pollution are at an increased risk for detrimental impacts to the brain, including short-term memory loss and lower IQ. The work is published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease. We need support for studying the current pediatric clinical and imaging evidence in highly exposed urban children.

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JUNE 21, 2016

Information Systems Associates; Loman CSI-Consortium/Resource; Makai Ocean engineering; Martin Control Systems; Nila; Nimbis Services; One Cycle Control; Process Systems Enterprise Inc.; of Science & Technology; Montana Gallatin College; Montana State U.; VRCO; and many more small and medium-sized manufacturers. .; Missouri U.

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DECEMBER 2, 2010

In a first-of-its-kind study, scientists from the US Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the California Air Resources Board tracked variations in the amount of lead transported across the Pacific over time. The research was supported in large part by the California Air Resources Board. One site was on Mt.

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JUNE 13, 2012

These crops, such as switchgrass, hybrid poplar and giant miscanthus, are the first-ever national investments in expanding US biomass resources to meet domestic energy needs. The total investment in those projects is estimated to be $55 million. The deadline to sign up for the project areas is 14 Sept.

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MARCH 2, 2013

The DOS SEIS accordingly takes a detailed look at life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions of petroleum products from Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin (WCSB) oil sands crudes compared with reference crudes and the potential impact the pipeline might have on climate change as well as on the future development of the oils sands resource in Canada.

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Climate Change Oil-Sands Nebraska Climate 250

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JUNE 30, 2011

has launched the first zero-waste chemical biorefinery in the US in Missoula, Montana. One of the conversations was about how we leverage what the US has in abundance: resources—agricultural residue, forests, biomass from a variety of sectors. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.) This is also about keeping jobs in the US.

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MARCH 27, 2010

The camelina for the contract and test flight was primarily grown in 2009 and harvested in September 2009 by farmers in Montana. Sustainable Oils leverages biotechnology resources from its Seattle-based agricultural biotech parent company Targeted Growth. The company also has several field trials in Washington State.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2015

The California Air Resources Board has issued Sustainable Oils Inc., Camelina is primarily grown in Montana, eastern Washington, the Dakotas, and Alberta, Canada. a wholly owned subsidiary of Global Clean Energy Holdings, a feedstock-only pathway for the production of camelina-based fuels under the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS).

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JUNE 27, 2012

It will probably trigger worldwide emulation over the next decades that might bear surprising results—given the fact that most shale/tight oil resources in the world are still unknown and untapped.” “The shale/tight oil boom in the United States is not a temporary bubble, but the most important revolution in the oil sector in decades.

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APRIL 28, 2009

The study was based on camelina grown in Montana by Sustainable Oils and processed into renewable jet and diesel fuels using UOP hydroprocessing technology. It is estimated that the state of Montana alone could support between 2 and 3 million acres of camelina, generating 200 to 300 million gallons of oil each year. Earlier post.).

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