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Converting Coal Power Plants to Nuclear Gains Steam

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As coal plants close, they leave behind empty building shells and scores of lost jobs. Plant operators might save on costs, with transmission lines, cooling towers, office buildings, and roads already in place. Large reactors need consistent and prolific water sources to cool themselves, something not every old coal plant can provide.

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This Startup Uses the MIT Inventor App to Teach Girls Coding

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The organization has taught more than 1,000 elementary, middle, and high school students across 38 cities in Montana and three of the state’s Native American reservations. Computer science is not a K–12 requirement in Montana,” Smith says. With each concept learned, the students built a more difficult app. “It

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State Department issues Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement on Keystone XL Pipeline: climate change impacts

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The majority of the WCSB oil is considered a heavy crude oil, while Bakken crude is considered a light crude oil. Keystone XL is expected to carry predominantly either dilbit, synbit, or both, as well as synthetic crude oil and light crude oil produced from the Bakken. Nigerian light crude). Earlier post.)

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PNNL study finds that PHEVs and BEVs could serve as feasible resource to offset grid imbalances caused by integration of large amounts of intermittent wind generation

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The report examined grid conditions in the Northwest Power Pool, which covers Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming; many of them home to abundant wind resources and wind energy projects. trafficIf about 13% of the existing light-duty vehicle stock (about 2.1 GW could be provided by the electric vehicles.

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State Department releases Keystone XL Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement

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The analysis in the Final Supplemental EIS builds on the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement released on 1 March 2013 ( earlier post ) as well as the documents released in 2011 as part of the previous Keystone XL Pipeline application. Domestic production of crude oil has increased significantly, from approximately 5.5

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$12+M awarded to 4 projects seeking to design crops with ability to fix their own nitrogen; no artificial fertilizers

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They also generate environmental problems from degrading soil to runoff into rivers where they pollute fresh waters and coastal zones. The four Ideas Lab projects are: Nitroplast: A Light-Driven, Synthetic Nitrogen-Fixing Organelle ($1.89M). Artificial fertilizers are costly and are produced using vast amounts of fossil fuel.

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DOE Selects 19 Projects to Monitor and Evaluate Geologic CO2 Storage

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Montana State University , Bozeman, Mont. A differential absorption light detection and ranging (lidar) instrument will be built to scan across a field test area to determine possible CO 2 leakage to the atmosphere. DOE share: $2,000,000; recipient share: $500,175; duration: 24 months). Battelle Memorial Institute , Columbus, Ohio.

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