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Waste Management adds 1,000th truck to natural gas fleet

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Waste Management added a 1,000 th natural gas truck to its fleet, making it the largest owner and operator of heavy duty refuse trucks in North America. In one year, Waste Management’s 1,000 natural gas trucks will displace eight million gallons of petroleum and eliminate 45,100 metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions.

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SAIC-GM upgrades paint shop pretreatment line with Henkel zirconium thin film treatment

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SAIC General Motors Corporation Limited (SAIC-GM), a joint venture between General Motors Company and SAIC Motor, has upgraded its car coating line at its Jinqiao South plant, which opened in 2003. With Bonderite M-NT 1820, heavy metals, solid waste and waste water are all significantly reduced, thus saving resources and waste treatment cost.

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JEC updates well-to-wheels study on automotive fuels and powertrains; electro-mobility, natural gas and biofuels

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It also introduces an update of natural gas pathways, taking into account the addition of a European shale gas pathway. The report aims to establish a consensual well-to-wheels (WTW) energy use and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions assessment of a wide range of automotive fuels and powertrains relevant to Europe in 2020 and beyond.

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European Parliament votes to cap crop-derived biofuels at 7% of transport energy consumption by 2020

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The intent of the new law is to cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions caused by the growing use of farm land for biofuel crops. Both in terms of greenhouse gas emissions reductions, and technological progress. Should the impact of ILUC on greenhouse gas emissions be taken into account, and, if yes, how? We had much higher goals.

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Researchers discover new efficient lithium collection method using MOF membranes; Li from produced water

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Produced water from shale gas fields in Texas is rich in lithium. Advanced separation materials concepts such as ours could potentially turn this waste stream into a resource recovery opportunity. —Benny Freeman, UT Austin. Each well in the Barnett and Eagle Ford can generate up to 300,000 gallons of produced water per week.

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US Navy completes sea trial with ARA’s 100% drop-in renewable diesel fuel

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The renewable diesel fuel powered the Self Defense Test Ship’s General Electric LM-2500 gas-turbine engine and a Rolls Royce 501 K-17 gas-turbine generator. Foster has served as the Self Defense Test Ship for Naval Surface Warfare Center since 2003. (US The ex- Paul F. The ex- Paul F.

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BMW Manufacturing Introducing Hydrogen Fuel Cell Material Handling Equipment

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BMW’s Landfill Gas to Energy initiative, started in early 2003, approximately 50% of the plant’s total energy requirements using methane from a local landfill, a previously wasted resource. million kilowatt hours per year of electricity consumption at the plant that would have been used to charge a battery-powered fleet.

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