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BMW Group to source lithium from Livent

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—Dr Andreas Wendt, member of the Board of Management of BMW AG responsible for Purchasing and Supplier Network. Lithium water study in cooperation with University of Alaska Anchorage and University of Massachusetts Amherst. Working towards strict IRMA standard for lithium mining.

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Obama sets goal of reducing US oil imports by 1/3 by 2025; domestic and Western Hemisphere production, natural gas, biofuels, electric vehicles, fleet purchases

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We’re also exploring and assessing new frontiers for oil and gas development from Alaska to the Mid- and South Atlantic. That’s why we’ve already doubled the number of alternative vehicles in the federal fleet, and that’s why, today, I am directing agencies to purchase 100% alternative fuel, hybrid, or electric vehicles by 2015.

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Rentech to Supply Up to 1.5M Gallons Per Year of Renewable Synthetic Diesel to Eight Airlines for Ground Service Equipment Operations at Los Angeles International Airport

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The initial purchasers under the agreement with Aircraft Service International Group (ASIG), the entity that provides fueling services to many airlines that operate at LAX, are Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Continental Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines, United Airlines, UPS Airlines and US Airways.

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Obama Administration Opens Up Oil and Gas Development and Exploration in Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic and Arctic

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Other Administration efforts to enhance US energy security presented by President Obama at Andrews included: The announcement that EPA and NHTSA will sign the final GHG emission standards and fuel economy rules for light duty vehicles on 1 April. No further lease sales in the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas will be held under the 2007-2012 program.

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Alaska Airlines to be Gevo’s commercial launch partner for renewable alcohol-based jet fuel

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Gevo has signed a strategic alliance agreement with Alaska Airlines to purchase Gevo’s renewable jet fuel and fly the first commercial flight on alcohol-to-jet fuel (ATJ). Alaska Airlines was the first US airline to fly multiple commercial passenger flights using a biofuel from used cooking oil. Earlier post.).

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Our EV warrior

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A decade on the EV road Hall’s involvement in the EV world began when he purchased a Nissan LEAF in 2011. Mexican border to the Canadian Yukon and into Alaska. I discovered that in British Columbia and the Yukon, and also Alaska, you can actually find electricity easier than gasoline.” I had to be creative,” Hall continued. “I

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Our EV warrior

Electric Auto Association

A decade on the EV road Hall’s involvement in the EV world began when he purchased a Nissan LEAF in 2011. Mexican border to the Canadian Yukon and into Alaska. I discovered that in British Columbia and the Yukon, and also Alaska, you can actually find electricity easier than gasoline.” I had to be creative,” Hall continued. “I

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