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Three sustainable marine fuels showcased at Miami International Boat Show

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Since 2000, emissions from marine engines have decreased more than 90% and fuel efficiency has increased more than 40%. Purfuels gasoline is available in Texas and will soon also be available for bulk purchase in Missouri, Illinois, Wisconsin and the East Coast from Maryland to Maine. Recreational boating emissions account for 0.7%

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Alkaline surfactant polymer flooding shown to improve recovery in very mature oilfield by more than 300%

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced that the use of an alkaline surfactant polymer (ASP) flooding technique has successfully improved oil recovery at a 106-year old Illinois field by more than 300%. The formations are two of Illinois’ most prolific, but they are also structurally complex.

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Meet the Candidates Running for 2025 IEEE President-Elect

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Fran Graley Photography IEEE Fellow Mary Ellen Randall Nominated by the IEEE Board of Directors Randall founded Ascot Technologies in 2000 in Cary, N.C. in molecular science from Southern Illinois University, in Carbondale. Ascot develops enterprise applications using mobile data delivery technologies.

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UPS plans to build 9 additional LNG stations at cost of ~$50M

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The expansion will include on-site fueling stations in Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Texas. Between 2000 and the end of 2012, the UPS alternative fuel and advanced technology fleet logged 295 million miles. Currently, UPS operates LNG tractors in Las Vegas, Nev., Phoenix, Ariz.,

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BP establishing $100M international research center for advanced materials for energy and industrial applications

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The spokes and other founder members are the University of Cambridge, Imperial College London, and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Since 2000, the BP Institute for Multiphase Flow has formed an important part of the relationship and in 2010 BP funded the new McKenzie Chair in Earth Sciences.

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Mitsubishi Motors officially announces end of production in US; seeking buyer for plant

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MMNA) a wholly owned subsidiary of MMC in the United States, is preparing to end production of its sole production model—Outlander Sport—at its Bloomington-Normal, Illinois plant at the end of November 2015. DSM became a wholly owned subsidiary of MMC in 1991 after MMC bought all DSM shares owned by Chrysler Corporation.

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Study suggests high-mileage light-duty fleets contribute higher emissions and emissions share than expected

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used data collected at three US sampling sites: (1) in Washington State on the taxi and shuttle loop at the Seattle−Tacoma International Airport; (2) a long-term light-duty site in California located on I-10 between Santa Monica and downtown Los Angeles; and (3) a long-term light-duty site in Illinois located in the northwest suburbs of Chicago.

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