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UCS analysis finds Hyundai-Kia with best sales-weighted new vehicle environmental performance in US in 2013

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In its sixth sales-weighted analysis of emissions from 8 major automakers’ 2013 model year vehicles, the Union of Concerned Scientists’ (UCS) latest Automaker Rankings report found that Hyundai-Kia unseated Honda as the “Greenest Automaker.” Click to enlarge. Source: UCS. Click to enlarge.

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Ames Lab creates multifunctional nanoparticles for cheaper, cleaner renewable diesel

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Slowing (2013) “Bifunctional Adsorbent-Catalytic Nanoparticles for the Refining of Renewable Feedstocks,” ACS Catalysis 3 (12), 2750-2758 doi: 10.1021/cs4008039. Slowing (2014) “Supported iron nanoparticles for the hydrodeoxygenation of microalgal oil to green diesel,” Journal of Catalysis , Volume 314, Pages 142-148 doi: 10.1016/j.jcat.2014.04.009.

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California Energy Commission adopts $100M investment plan for 2013-2014 for green vehicles and fuels

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The California Energy Commission unanimously adopted the 2013-2014 Investment Plan Update to support the development and use of green vehicles and alternative fuels. 20 million for hydrogen fueling infrastructure. .

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About 1/3 of Class 3-8 trucks in US equipped with advanced cleaner diesel engines

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The data includes total registration information on Class 3-8 trucks from 2007 through 2013 in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. About one-third of all medium- and heavy-duty commercial trucks registered in the United States (2.9 million of 8.8 grams per brake horse-power hour (g/bhp-hr).

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Obama climate plan calls for new fuel economy standards for heavy-duty vehicles post-2018; cleaner fuels and investment in advanced fossil energy

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In terms of investment in innovation for cleaner energy, the plan calls for: Investment in advanced fossil energy projects. DOE will take comment on the draft solicitation, with a plan to issue a final solicitation by the fall of 2013. A proposal for existing plants is due in 2014, with targeted file rule in 2015.

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IEA: Estonia is pioneering technologies for more efficient and cleaner use of oil shale

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An article in the latest issue of IEA Energy: The Journal of the International Energy Agency reports that Estonia, which has the most developed oil shale industry in the world, is collaborating in pursuing wider use of oil shale in a cleaner, more sustainable manner. Different that shale oil—i.e., In 2012, Estonia mined 15.86

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GM begins market positioning for Cruze Diesel in 2013; small displacement diesels to “fill an important niche”

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Consumers realize that today’s diesel cars are cleaner, less noisy and faster than they used to be, and have a relatively lower cost of entry than some hybrids and EVs. When factoring in diesel’s relatively higher fuel efficiency, he said the cost differential appears less significant.

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