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Study finds ethanol blends reduce GDI tailpipe PM

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The study was conducted by the University of California Riverside and the University of Wisconsin, Madison and commissioned by the Urban Air Initiative. It was published in the journal Science of the Total Environment. The results of this study continue to validate the variety of health and environmental benefits of ethanol blends.

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

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Awardees must demonstrate a reduction of air emissions such as nitrogen oxides (NO x ), sulfur oxides (SO x ), particulate matter (PM), or carbon through an approved emissions testing scheme. Eligible applicants include vessel owners, operators, or sponsors. Emissions data must be made available to MARAD and can be used publicly.

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

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Topic Area 1: Computational Energy Sciences: Multiphase Flow Research Multiphase flow is prevalent in fossil-fuel processes, appearing in processes such as coal gasifiers, reactors used for sorbent-based carbon dioxide (CO 2) capture, and emerging technologies that help with efficient CO 2 separation. University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis.

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Study: Reducing Future Transportation CO2 Emissions to Kyoto Protocol Levels Will Require Combination of Vehicle Technology and Smart Growth

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A Georgia Tech City and Regional Planning study on climate change concludes that “smart growth” combined with the use of hybrid vehicle technology could reduce cities’ carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions significantly by 2050. Stone et al. 2009) Click to enlarge. Stone et al. In addition to Stone, Dr. Brian Stone Jr.,

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

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Molar carbon selectivities for different renewable petroleum refinery feedstocks obtained by hydrocycloaddition and hydrodeoxygenation of condensed furfural–acetone mixtures. Earlier, they had developed a four-step catalytic process for converting carbohydrates into liquid alkanes with carbon numbers ranging between 7 and 15.

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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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He was formerly with the University of Wisconsin and Rockwell International, and holds a Ph.D. The combination of harvesting whole forests and burning long-sequestered carbon sources such as coal or oil has impaired the Earth’s carbon cycle at an increasing pace. But use of petroleum will continue.

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

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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. Senators Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), John Kerry (D-Mass.)

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