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DOE Regional Partnership Initiates CO2 Injection in Lignite Coal Seam

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A US Department of Energy/National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) team of regional partners has begun injecting CO 2 into a deep lignite coal seam in Burke County, North Dakota, to demonstrate the economic and environmental viability of geologic CO 2 storage in the US Great Plains region. In collaboration with Eagle Operating Inc.,

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Spikemoss genome offers new paths for biofuels research; insight into lignin

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Selaginella moellendorffii (Jing-Ke Weng, Salk University). The newly completed sequence can provide biofuels researchers with information that could influence the development of candidate biofuel feedstock plants and offer botanists important insights into plant evolution. Click to enlarge. ” —Jody Banks.

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Study of lead isotopes provides insight into aerosols transport from Asia to US

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The team used the lead particles’ isotopic signature to trace some of the lead’s origins to coal and metal ore found only in Asia. “ Transport models are uncertain ,” says Stephanie Ewing, lead author of the paper and an assistant professor of pedology and soil biogeochemistry at Montana State University. One site was on Mt.

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Black carbon is a much larger cause of climate change than previously assessed; about twice previous estimates, and 2/3 the effect of CO2

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This includes the estimates in the 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Assessment, which were based on the best available evidence and analysis at that time. Reducing emissions from diesel engines and domestic wood and coal fires is a no-brainer, as there are tandem health and climate benefits. Bond et al.

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Electric-Car Fans Rally Around the Volt - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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link] will give you an insight into the state of transportation here. She spent the previous year as a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University, and before that she was the Southwest correspondent for The Economist based in Austin, Tex. — Jim Walker 19. Posts | Profile Kate Galbraith Reporter Ms.

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CalCars and PHEVs Frequently Asked Questions

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A January 2007 Pacific National Laboratory study shows that if we woke up tomorrow and all our vehicles could plug in, todays grid could support more than three-quarters of them charging at night without building a single power plant. But its monumentally less pollution , even on the national (half-coal) grid. Just the opposite.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

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Renewables That Even Coal-Based Utilities Can Love. The Smart Grid Consortium, established in December 2007 by Xcel Energy, will select a community of approximately 100,000 residents to become a Smart Grid City using V2G. Agassi’s Davos Insights Success with V2G would be a double win for electric utilities. SZ (1) 6753.T

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