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Cleveland-Cliffs completes successful blast furnace hydrogen injection trial at Middletown Works

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Cleveland-Cliffs has successfully completed a hydrogen injection trial at its Middletown Works blast furnace. This introduction of hydrogen gas as an iron-reducing agent in the blast furnace is the first use of this carbon-friendly technology in the Americas region.

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Automakers and suppliers part of DOE Better Climate Challenge

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced a commitment from more than 90 companies and organizations to reduce their Scope 1 and Scope 2 carbon emissions by 50% by 2030 through DOE’s Better Climate Challenge. Cleveland-Cliffs. 10% 30% in Water Intensity. 15% 15% in Water Intensity. 20% 20% in Water Intensity.

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New Review Concludes Very Low EROI of Oil Shale Combined with High Carbon Intensity Likely Makes it an Unsuitable Alternative to Conventional Crude Oil

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Source: Cleveland and O’Connor. The authors of the report “An Assessment of the Energy Return on Investment (EROI) of Oil Shale,” Dr. Cutler Cleveland and Peter O’Connor at Boston University, reviewed the existing literature on the energy return on investment (EROI) for oil shale to reach their conclusions. Cleveland and O’Connor.

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NASA begins ACCESS flight research to study effects of biojet fuels on engine performance, emissions and contrails

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Specific measurements will include aerosol number, size, composition, and volatility; cloud particle size, number, images, and water content; CO 2 ; CO; NO x ; O 3 ; and water vapor. Survey black carbon and gas-phase emissions and contrail properties from commercial aircraft at cruise in air-traffic corridors.

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EPA announces 2011 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Awards; green chemistry market opportunity projected to be $98.5B by 2020, about 2% of total market

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Also, the biobased BDO pathway consumes carbon dioxide (CO 2 ), resulting in a reduction of 70% in CO 2 emissions. Fermentation requires no organic solvent, and the water used is recycled. Membrane efficiency is limited by the rate at which water (or another molecule) crosses the membrane (the flux).

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NASA’s New Shortcut to Fusion Power

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440 fission reactors operating worldwide, which together can generate about 400 gigawatts of power with zero carbon emissions. NASA Glenn Research Center , in Cleveland, are investigating whether this approach could one day provide enough power to operate small robotic probes on the surface of Mars, for example. At nearly 1.4

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DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

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Enhanced Biomimetic Three-Dimensional Nanoporous Gyroid Membrane for High Efficiency Carbon Dioxide Absorption, $250,000. Additive Manufacturing of Carbon-Carbon Composites with Tailored Thermal Transport Properties, $1,349,659. Mesofluidic Inline Separation for Produced Water Treatment, $246,979. OpenOA, $249,950.