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Bridgestone develops tire using 75% recycled and renewable materials; recycled plastic bottles, recycled steel and natural rubber from guayule

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Designed and engineered at Bridgestone’s Americas Technology Center in Akron, Ohio, the new tires were produced at the company’s Aiken County Passenger/Light Truck Radial Tire Plant in Graniteville, South Carolina. Guayule is part of Bridgestone’s plan to achieve carbon neutrality and make tires from 100% sustainable materials by 2050.

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PNNL study finds algal oil could replace 17% of US petroleum oil imports

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A new Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) study shows finds that oil from algae grown in outdoor raceway ponds located in the Gulf Coast, the Southeastern Seaboard and the Great Lakes could replace 17% of the United States’ imported oil for transportation. That’s 17% of the petroleum that the U.S.

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Report: EV factories may be leading utilities to dirtier decisions

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The Georgia Public Service Commission just this week approved utility Georgia Power’s plan to build three new methane and oil-burning plants, as well as to buy energy from sister company Mississippi power, delaying retirement of one of that company’s coal-fired plants, according to the Southern Environmental Law Center.

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CALSTART brief highlights growth of and future opportunity for California’s clean transportation technology industry

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The report notes that while California is the third largest oil producing state in the nation, it imports more than half of the oil it consumes. On a comparative basis, California is more dependent on foreign oil than is the nation as a whole. Require Top Performance with Strong Yet Feasible Air Quality and Climate Standards.

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Clean Energy Capital to develop first commercial-scale sugarcane ethanol plant in US

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The ethanol produced there will meet California’s low carbon fuel standard. There will be strong demand for ethanol from the refinery because the ethanol produced will meet stringent low carbon fuel mandates imposed anywhere in the US. —Scott Brittenham, CEO of Clean Energy Capital.

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DOE awards $25M to improve natural gas operations

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The multifunctional catalytic process will address venting and flaring associated with oil and natural gas operations. University of South Carolina plans to develop a process-intensified catalyst for thermochemical methane partial oxidation to produce methanol. Gas to Carbon Fiber Crystals (G2-CFX).

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ARPA-E Selects 37 Projects for $106M in Funding in Second Round; Electrofuels, Better Batteries and Carbon Capture

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ARPA-E’s first solicitation awarded $151 million to 37 projects aimed at transformational innovations in energy storage, biofuels, carbon capture, renewable power, building efficiency, vehicles, and other areas. Novel Biological Conversion of Hydrogen and Carbon Dioxide Directly into Biodiesel. Earlier post.) Engineering E. per gallon.

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