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EPA finalizes Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (Transport Rule)

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JULY 7, 2011

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalized the new Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) (also called the Transport Rule). The Cross-State Air Pollution Rule replaces and strengthens the requirements of the 2005 Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR), which the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit ordered EPA to revise in 2008.

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Pollution EPA Transportation Ozone

EPA announces availability of $26M for projects to reduce diesel emissions from existing fleet

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FEBRUARY 26, 2016

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the availability of $26 million in grant funding to establish clean diesel projects aimed at reducing emissions from the US’ existing fleet of diesel engines. Region 5 (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin): EPA is requesting proposals between $500,000 and $2,500,000.

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EPA Diesel Fleet Puerto Rico

EPA announces $46M for latest Diesel Emissions Reduction Act funding

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JANUARY 16, 2021

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the availability of grant funding to implement projects which reduce emissions from the nation’s existing fleet of older diesel engines. Region 5 (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin) will accept applications requesting up to $3,000,000 in grant funds.

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EPA Diesel Puerto Rico Emissions

Study finds ethanol blends reduce GDI tailpipe PM

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JUNE 7, 2019

The study was conducted by the University of California Riverside and the University of Wisconsin, Madison and commissioned by the Urban Air Initiative. PM emissions are some of the most toxic emissions coming from the tailpipe and connected with causing a host of health and pollution problems.

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Gasoline Emissions Wisconsin Fuel

EPA announces ~$44M in DERA funding to reduce emissions from diesel engines

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DECEMBER 11, 2019

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing the availability of grant funding to implement projects aimed at reducing emissions from the nation’s existing fleet of older diesel engines. Region 5 (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin) will accept proposals requesting up to $3,000,000 in grant funds.

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EPA Diesel Puerto Rico Emissions

Study Concludes That Use of Cellulosic Feedstocks to Meet US Biofuel Requirements Will Still Likely Result in Expansion of the Gulf Dead Zone

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

Fertilizer applied to cornfields in the central US—including states such as Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska and Wisconsin—is the primary source of nitrogen pollution in the Mississippi River system, which drains into the Gulf of Mexico. In some cases, decomposition of algae consumes much of the oxygen in the water. Earlier post.).

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Mississippi Mexico 2007 Wisconsin

US Maritime Administration to fund projects on reducing emissions from marine vessels, study on LNG bunkering

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JUNE 15, 2013

Emissions data must be made available to MARAD and can be used publicly. the Great Lakes Maritime Research Institute (GLMRI), a consortium of the University of Wisconsin–Superior and the University of Minnesota Duluth, to address environmental issues that face shipping and marine transportation, including natural gas fuel applications.

Mariner

Mariner Emissions Alternative Fuels Gas

Reaction Design introduces FORTÉ CFD for advanced, 3D internal combustion engine simulations based on detailed fuel chemistry mechanisms

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APRIL 5, 2011

Through a joint venture between Reaction Design and Wisconsin Engine Research Consultants (WERC), FORTÉ CFD integrates unique “grid independent” spray models that greatly reduce the amount of calibration required for predicting engine performance. Reaction Design’s FORTÉ CFD product for predictive engine simulation is available now.

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Design International Engine Fuel

DOE selects 8 new advanced coal projects for funding by University Coal Research Program

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JULY 11, 2011

University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis. The proposed sensor will aid in the development of advanced sensor technologies for commercial use that will contribute to higher energy efficiency, increased reliability, and decreased pollution. DOE Share: $299,162). University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah. DOE Share: $300,000).

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Coal Universal Iowa Utah

Chilled Ammonia Pilot Project Captures 90% of CO2

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OCTOBER 10, 2009

A pilot project by We Energies, Alstom and The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) testing an Alstom advanced chilled ammonia process ( earlier post ) has demonstrated more than 90% capture of carbon dioxide from the flue stream of a coal-fueled power plant in Wisconsin (the Pleasant Prairie Carbon Capture Pilot Plant ).

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EPRI CO2 Coal Carbon

US DOE Awards $300 Million in Clean Cities Grants to Support Alternative Fuels, Vehicles, and Infrastructure Development

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AUGUST 26, 2009

Selected projects, by size of award, are: State of Wisconsin’s Wisconsin Clean Transportation Program. The project will result in expanded availability of alternative fuels with 17 new CNG and E85 fueling stations and 63 electric vehicle charging stations. Total DOE award: $14,999,658. Total DOE award: $14,983,167.

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Alternative Fuels Clean Cleaning Grant

Researchers develop four-step catalytic process to produce petroleum refinery feedstocks from biomass sugars

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JANUARY 3, 2013

A team of researchers led by James Dumesic and George Huber, both now at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, have demonstrated how C 5 sugars derived from hemicellulose can be converted into a high-quality petroleum refinery feedstock via a four-step catalytic process. Source: Olcay et al. Click to enlarge.

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Convert Renewable Hydrogen Carbon

Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

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JULY 17, 2015

He was formerly with the University of Wisconsin and Rockwell International, and holds a Ph.D. Gasoline/diesel fueling stations to replenish the liquid fuel for these engines are readily available. Appropriately using the slow-charging option available to all PHEVs, we can greatly increase the UF of the grid.

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PHEV Plug-in Renewable Energy

Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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APRIL 10, 2010

Cap-and-trade was first tried on a significant scale twenty years ago under the first Bush administration as a way to address the problem of airborne sulfur dioxide pollution–widely known as acid rain–from coal-burning power plants in the eastern United States. INTRODUCTION. Midwestern Greenhouse Gas Reduction Accord (Midwestern Accord).

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Gas Climate Change Emissions Climate

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EPA finalizes Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (Transport Rule)

EPA announces availability of $26M for projects to reduce diesel emissions from existing fleet

EPA announces $46M for latest Diesel Emissions Reduction Act funding

Study finds ethanol blends reduce GDI tailpipe PM

EPA announces ~$44M in DERA funding to reduce emissions from diesel engines

Study Concludes That Use of Cellulosic Feedstocks to Meet US Biofuel Requirements Will Still Likely Result in Expansion of the Gulf Dead Zone

US Maritime Administration to fund projects on reducing emissions from marine vessels, study on LNG bunkering

Reaction Design introduces FORTÉ CFD for advanced, 3D internal combustion engine simulations based on detailed fuel chemistry mechanisms

DOE selects 8 new advanced coal projects for funding by University Coal Research Program

Chilled Ammonia Pilot Project Captures 90% of CO2

US DOE Awards $300 Million in Clean Cities Grants to Support Alternative Fuels, Vehicles, and Infrastructure Development

Researchers develop four-step catalytic process to produce petroleum refinery feedstocks from biomass sugars

Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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