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USDA and DOE award $12.2M to 10 research projects to accelerate bioenergy crop production and spur economic impact

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The 10 projects are located in California, Colorado, Illinois, Florida, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Virginia: Association Mapping of Cell Wall Synthesis Regulatory Genes and Cell Wall Quality in Switchgrass. Braun, University of Missouri, Columbia. Bartley, University of Oklahoma, Norman.

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Vanderbilt meeting concludes time to begin developing climate change adaptation strategies for transportation sector

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—Craig Philip, CEO of the Ingram Barge Company and a member of the conference steering committee. So far, the federal government has focused almost exclusively on mitigation: developing methods that reduce the amount of carbon dioxide released in various industrial processes or sequestering carbon deep underground.

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US study of miners links heavy exposure to diesel exhaust to increased risk of lung cancer death; researchers suggest implications for urban areas with high exhaust concentrations

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Some of the higher average elemental carbon levels reported in cities include Los Angeles (4.0 Environmental exposure to average elemental carbon levels in the 2-6 µg/m 3 range over a lifetime as would be experienced in highly polluted cities approximates cumulative exposures experienced by underground miners with low exposures in our study.

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Electrify Your Fleet Faster With Incentives and Rebates

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In Missouri, for instance, Ameren Missouri offers incentives to nonresidential customers that install Level 2 or DC fast charging stations. Companies with electric fleets in the state would also avoid the cost of annual or biannual emissions inspections since Missouri exempts electric vehicles from this requirement.

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