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Decarbonized Buildings & Vehicles Create Good Missouri Jobs

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By Gabrielle Habeeb & Ashok Gupta Eliminating carbon emissions from our building and transportation sectors will be critical to maintaining a healthy and livable climate. Originally published on the NRDC Expert Blog.

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Ford investing $3.5B to build LFP battery plant in Michigan; partnering with CATL

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billion to build the country’s first automaker-backed LFP battery plant, offering customers a second battery technology within Ford’s EV lineup. Ford is now commited to build both nickel cobalt manganese (NCM) and lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries in the US. Ford will invest $3.5 With this $3.5-billion

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Toyota investing $383M in US engine production

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Toyota will invest $383 million in four of its US manufacturing plants—in Alabama, Kentucky, Missouri and Tennessee—to support the production of four-cylinder engines, including options for hybrid electric vehicles. Toyota Alabama has the capacity to build 900,000 engines annually and represents a nearly $1.5-billion

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USTMA, The Ray & University of Missouri partner to assess knowledge on environmental impact, benefits of rubber-modified asphalt

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This study will allow us to share what we know about the technology and what additional research is needed to build more sustainable roads and infrastructure. —Anne Forristall Luke, President and CEO of USTMA.

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Indaba to build two greenfield SAF refineries in US using Haldor Topsoe technology

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Indaba Renewable Fuels will build two greenfield refineries in California and Missouri to produce Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) utilizing Topsoe’s HydroFlex technology. The facilities are expected to begin production of SAF in 2024, with a capacity of 6,500 barrels per day at each location.

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MU researchers developing sustainable plastic waste road pavement mixtures

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In partnership with the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT), researchers from the University of Missouri (MU) Mizzou Asphalt Pavement and Innovation Lab ( MAPIL ) recently created a real-world test road using recycled materials such as scrap tires and plastic waste along a portion of Interstate 155 in the Missouri Bootheel.

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Westinghouse and Ameren Missouri form NexStart SMR Alliance for rapid licensing and deployment of Westinghouse Small Modular Reactor technology; targeting operation in 2022

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Westinghouse Electric Company and the Missouri Electric Alliance led by Ameren Missouri have formed a utility participation group called the NexStart SMR Alliance to advance deployment of the Westinghouse Small Modular Reactor (SMR). Association of Missouri Electric Cooperatives, Inc.; Earlier post.). Click to enlarge.

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