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DOT and DOE announce nearly $5B over 5 years for new national EV charging network; $615M in FY2022

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The program will provide nearly $5 billion over five years to help states create a network of EV charging stations along designated Alternative Fuel Corridors, particularly along the Interstate Highway System. These corridors will be the backbone of the new national EV charging network. NEVI Formula Program. 11,738,801. 11,320,762.

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15 Air Carriers Sign Non-Binding MOUs on Synthetic Jet Fuel Purchases with Two Providers: AltAir and RenTech

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A core group of 15 commercial airlines has signed non-binding memoranda of understanding (MOUs) for negotiating purchases from two different producers of synthetic jet fuel: AltAir Fuels LLC and RenTech Inc. These alternative fuels will be more environmentally friendly, on a life cycle basis, than today’s petroleum-based jet fuels.

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Sandia researchers optimizing endophytic fungi-derived renewable hydrocarbons for current and advanced combustion engines

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Endophytes are a class of fungi that live between plant cell walls; the cellular material in those plant walls can be converted into hydrocarbon compounds that work well as fuels for internal combustion engines. There is a whole new range of potential fuels now with biomass.

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kWh Billing and New EV Charging Tax Policies: What You Need to Know

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Similar to Iowa, Montana introduced a $0.03 In Pennsylvania , there is an existing alternative fuel tax in effect. This tax is remitted by dealer-users, with reports and payments due monthly for fuel sold or used in the preceding month. Kentucky will implement the kWh tax starting in January 2024.

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State Department releases final environmental impact statement on Keystone XL Pipeline Project; analysis of GHG emissions

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The US portion of the pipeline would begin near Morgan, Montana at the international border of the United States and extend to delivery points in Nederland and Moore Junction, Texas. The proposed Project would also be capable of transporting US crude oil to those delivery points. There would also be a delivery point at Cushing, Oklahoma.

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