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SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell awarded 2023 National Space Trophy

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Shotwell in Houston on April 28, 2023. The foundation was founded by the Space Center Rotary Club of Houston, Texas, in 1985 to organize and coordinate an annual event to recognize outstanding achievements in space and create greater public awareness of the benefits of space exploration. RNASA will hold a black-tie banquet honoring Ms.

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EPA awards $5M in Clean Diesel Grants to 4 port projects

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The Port of Houston Authority will replace 25 drayage trucks with drayage trucks powered by certified engines that are model year 2011 or newer. These drayage trucks operate in the Port of Houston and along the Houston Ship Channel.

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POSCO Selects ConocoPhillips E-Gas Technology for Gasification Project

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Preliminary design work began in 2008 and site preparation is now underway. This process design package will be developed in the company’s Houston offices. Under the agreement, ConocoPhillips will provide process engineering design and technical support relating to the gasification technology process block of the SNG facility.

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Plug Power and Ballard Extend Fuel Cell Stack Supply Agreement Through 2014

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Ballard has been the exclusive fuel cell stack supplier for Plug Power’s GenDrive product line since 2008. Sysco Houston, FedEx Freight, Wegmans, and Whole Foods. GenDrive is a power alternative to lead-acid batteries in electric material handling vehicles. Customers include Walmart Canada, United Natural Foods, Inc.,

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Daimler Buses North America Crests 3,000 Hybrid Bus Sales Mark

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More than 2,200 units are already in service, with an additional 850 firm orders in backlog from cities such as New York City, Seattle, Houston, Ottawa and Puerto Rico. Houston Metro is placing an additional order for 80 Orion VII diesel-electric hybrid buses for 2010 delivery. Series production began in the early 2000s.

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Mississippi Approves $75M Loan to Catalytic Pyrolysis Startup KiOR for Biomass to Renewable Oil Plant

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The Legislature swiftly pushed through House Bill 8—the incentive package, to lure Houston-based biofuel start-up KiOR, which will locate the three plants in timber-rich areas over the next five years. KiOR will get no subsidies or state support until it has formed a partnership with a major oil company to refine it. Earlier post.).

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Research shows clean fuel-use for ships off California coast extremely effective in reducing sulfur dioxide pollution

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The California data were compared to ship-plume measurements made by NOAA near the Port of Houston, Texas in 2006. One finding was that container ships encountered off the Port of Houston, where no clean-fuel use is required, emitted four times as much sulfur dioxide.

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