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Mascoma Acquires SunOpta BioProcess Inc.; Integrated Cellulosic Ethanol Company

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The acquisition combines the fiber preparation and pretreatment technologies of SBI and the consolidated bioprocessing (CBP) technology of Mascoma, to create a company with comprehensive capabilities for converting non-food cellulose (wood chips, energy crops and organic solid waste) into ethanol and high value co-products.

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USDA Report Provides Regional Roadmap To Meeting the Biofuels Goals of the Renewable Fuels Standard by 2022; Southeast to Provide ~50% of Advanced Biofuels

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Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia. Woody biomass, municipal waste potential. Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming. Resources. million acres, 11.4% 2.0% (mostly woody biomass). Central East.

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DOE to award $11M to 20 new Clean Cities projects for alt fuel cars and trucks

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program; and create the DriveElectricMN.org website as an online resource. gas-fueled school buses and solid waste collection vehicles and develop a. Alternative Fuels Markets in New England will work to diversify the. availability of transportation fuels across Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

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Solar Smackdown in Torrance – Installer Sues City on Behalf of the Sun

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Just two people live in its 3000+ energy-wasting square feet. It’s just this mind-blowing waste of time. He runs a company called solarsolar at solarsolar.com He wrote the bible of the industry years ago “The New Solar Electric Home” (now in its 3rd printing). He’s a great resource and wonderful guy and he’s a old solar hippy.

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

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It covers ten Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic states (Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont). Support for this use of allowance value stems from the idea that the climate-regulating services of the atmosphere are a common property resource.

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