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Mn/DOT assessing potential for mileage-based user fee to replace fuel tax; Battelle conducting technology assessment

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The Minnesota Department of Transportation (Mn/DOT) will recruit 500 people from Wright and Hennepin counties to take part in research to test technology that could someday be used to collect a mileage-based user fee (MBUF) in lieu of a gasoline tax. —Cory Johnson, project manager.

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10-year study shows how air pollution fosters heart disease; accelerated plaque build-up in arteries

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Repeated scans were done for nearly all participants between 2002 and 2005; for a subset of participants between 2005 and 2007; and for half of all participants between 2010 and 2012. The condition, also called hardening of the arteries, can cause heart attacks. Kaufman, Joel D et al.

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Rice University Study and Policy Paper Find US Biofuels Policies Flawed, Recommend Fundamental Overhaul

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The EPA can encourage these agencies to follow the lead of states like Minnesota, which is already releasing guidelines for E-85 remediation. Chevron Technology Ventures and the Institute for Energy Economics of Japan provided support for the study. “We

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NSF Awards $40M in 20 Grants for Research on Natural Systems, Including 8 Projects for Obtaining Hydrocarbons from Plants and Microorganisms

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Ribeiro, all from Purdue University. The project “Lignin Deconstruction for the Production of Liquid Fuels” (0937657) will be led by Rodney Andrews, with collaboration from researchers Mark Crocker, Seth DeBolt, Mark Meier, and Samuel Morton, all from the University of Kentucky. Stikeleather, all from North Carolina State University.

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DOE Regional Partnership Initiates CO2 Injection in Lignite Coal Seam

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a five-spot well configuration was drilled in the summer of 2007 consisting of a center injection well surrounded by four monitoring wells. The final phase, the development phase (2007–2017), will conduct large-volume carbon storage tests. In collaboration with Eagle Operating Inc.,

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Researchers report on potential long-range atmospheric emissions impacts of increased ethanol fuel use in North America

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Meeting the full requirements of the 36 billion gallons per year of biofuel required by the US Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) of 2007 entirely with ethanol fuel. Numbers inset give the total North American ethanol source. Labels at left are months (e.g., DJF = December, January, February). Credit: ACS, Millet et al.

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Study Finds Regional Variations in Irrigation Practices Can Push Corn Ethanol Water Requirements 3x Higher Than Earlier Estimates; Need to Account for Regional Specifics in Mandates

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Top: County-level corn production and ethanol facilities in 2007. Bottom: EWe and TCW of each state as of 2007. Researchers at the University of Minnesota have estimated state-level field-to-pump water requirements of corn ethanol production across the US. Credit: ACS. Click to enlarge.

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