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US EIA: US crude oil production fell by 8% in 2020, the largest annual decrease on record

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million b/d in 2019, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). million b/d set in 2019. Oklahoma had the largest percentage decrease at 19%, falling to an annual average of 469,000 b/d. US crude oil production averaged 11.3 The 2020 decrease in production was the largest annual decline in the EIA’s records.

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GHSA estimates US pedestrian deaths rise yet again in first half of 2022

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The data analysis found that the recent increase in pedestrian deaths is even more alarming when looking back to 2019, the last pre-pandemic year. Pedestrian deaths have surged 18%—519 additional lives lost—between the first half of 2019 and 2022. Nationally, there were 1.04 of research firm Westat.

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DOE selects 5 geothermal energy projects to receive up to $28M

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Selected by the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s Geothermal Technologies Office these projects align with the goals of the 2019 GeoVision study, which outlines a path to unlock the full potential of geothermal power as a clean, reliable, and affordable energy source for American homes and businesses.

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Rivian CEO shows off new fleet of Amazon delivery vans

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Later, the all-electric Amazon van was spotted testing in San Francisco and delivering packages in Tulsa, Oklahoma, by April. It was custom-built for Amazon after Jeff Bezos’ company led an investment round for Rivian in 2019. Amazon’s renewable delivery van started testing rounds in Los Angeles earlier this year in February.

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ARPA-E announces $11M for innovations in energy-water processing and agricultural sensing technologies; fourth, fifth OPEN+ cohorts

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University of Oklahoma, An Innovative Zero-Liquid Discharge Intermediate-Cold-Liquid Eutectic-Freeze Desalination System – $608,333. ARPA-E plans to announce a total of nine OPEN+ cohorts throughout late 2018 and early 2019.

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Researchers discover novel water-assisted approach to double or triple rate of furfural conversion

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Researchers at the University of Oklahoma, in collaboration with the University of Tulsa, have a novel approach for the water-assisted upgrading of the renewable chemical furfural, doubling or tripling the rate of conversion. Zheng Zhao, Reda Bababrik, Wenhua Xue, Yaping Li, Nicholas M. Briggs, Dieu-Thy Nguyen, Umi Nguyen, Steven P.

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ICL, CMU study associates PM2.5 air pollution in US with >30,000 deaths and reduced life expectancy

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was largest around Los Angeles and in some southern states, such as Arkansas, Oklahoma and Alabama. 2019) “Particulate matter air pollution and national and county life expectancy loss in the USA: A spatiotemporal analysis.” These deaths would lower national life expectancy by 0.15 years for women, and 0.13 years for men. At any PM 2.5

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