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EIA releases report on CO2 emissions by state; California led in 2010 with transportation-sector emissions

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The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) has released a new report, State-Level Energy-Related Carbon Dioxide Emissions, 2000-2010. In terms of per capita emissions, the top emitter was Wyoming (118.5 From 2000 to 2010, CO 2 emissions fell in 32 states and rose in 18 states. Energy-related CO 2 emissions buy state, 2010.

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

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In a report on Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) production research published in 2000, the DOE described ASP: The alkaline-surfactant-polymer (ASP) process evolved from the early studies on micellarpolymer flooding. The process has been successfully used in recent years in the Minnelusa reservoirs of Wyoming, the Sho-Vel-Tum.

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Study finds rising temperatures increase risk of unhealthy ozone levels absent sharp cuts in precursors

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The IBM system, operated by NCAR and supported by funding from the NSF and the University of Wyoming, is one of the world’s most powerful computers specifically dedicated to research in the atmospheric and related sciences. 2000) “Special Report on Emissions Scenarios. The new study was among the first conducted on the new 1.5-petaflop

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