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Ionic Mineral Technologies launches nano-silicon product for Li-ion cell manufacturers

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The Generation 1 Ionisil product has been independently validated by outside EV OEM production labs, demonstrating an all-silicon battery’s capability to achieve reversible capacity of 2700 mAh/g and 2500 mAh/g at a 2000 mAh fast charging rate in half-cell testing. million metric tons of synthetic graphite.

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Study: 15% of US alcohol-related motor vehicle fatalities involve alcohol under the legal limit

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Fatalities from motor vehicle crashes involving a BAC level below 0.08%, by drinking driver status and BAC level, US Fatality Analysis Reporting System, 2000?2015. In 2018, Utah became the first state to do so. Lira et al. Alcohol-involved motor vehicle accidents remain a leading cause of injury-related death in the US.

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UPS to purchase ~700 LNG trucks, build 4 refueling stations by end of 2014

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and Beaver and Salt Lake City, Utah, and has its own LNG fueling station on its property in Ontario, Calif. UPS was a founding Interstate Clean Transportation Corridor (ICTC) fleet partner, a group that established publicly accessible LNG fueling stations in California, Las Vegas, and Utah. Phoenix, Ariz.,

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

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Beaver and Salt Lake City, Utah, and, Ontario, Calif. Between 2000 and the end of 2012, the UPS alternative fuel and advanced technology fleet logged 295 million miles. Construction is already underway at previously-announced UPS facilities in Tennessee and Texas. Currently, UPS operates LNG tractors in Las Vegas, Nev., Phoenix, Ariz.,

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NOAA: Average US Temperature in September 1 F Above 20th Century Average

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inches (63 mm), exactly the 1901-2000 average. Additionally California, Nevada, Montana and North Dakota posted their third warmest, Idaho its fourth warmest, Utah fifth warmest, Minnesota sixth warmest, and Oregon registered its eighth warmest. The acreage burned by wildfires was roughly half of the 2000-2009 average.

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Researchers developing salt-tolerant enzymes tailored to ionic liquid processes for production of advanced cellulosic biofuels

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Tindall and Kjeld Ingvorse (2000) Halorhabdus utahensis gen. an aerobic, extremely halophilic member of the Archaea from Great Salt Lake, Utah. Sale, Blake Simmons and Eddy Rubin (2011) Identification of a haloalkaliphilic and thermostable cellulase with improved ionic liquid tolerance. Green Chem. Michael Wainø, B. Dongying Wu et al.

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Six refineries in $425M settlement with EPA and DOJ over emissions violations

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The settlement, a consent decree lodged in US District Court for the Western District of Texas, includes provisions that resolves ongoing Clean Air Act violations at refineries in Kenai, Alaska; Martinez, California; Kapolei, Hawaii; Mandan, North Dakota; Salt Lake City, Utah; and Anacortes, Washington. Of the $10.45-million

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