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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. Hydrogen was used as a partial substitute for the coke necessary for iron reduction, ultimately replacing the release of CO 2 with the release of H 2 O (water vapor) with no impact to product quality or operating efficiency.

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Automakers and suppliers part of DOE Better Climate Challenge

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Cleveland-Cliffs. 10% 30% in Water Intensity. 15% 15% in Water Intensity. 20% 20% in Water Intensity. Minimum 50%. Ford Motor. General Motors. Harley Davidson. Johnson Controls. Nissan North America. Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America.

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Midwest EVOLVE electric vehicle project hosts first EV ride and drive at Earth Day event in Ohio

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This year, in partnership with Mayor Frank Jackson’s Sustainable Cleveland 2019 initiative, Cuyahoga Arts and Culture, the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District, and Midwest EVOLVE, EarthFest will celebrate the “Year of Vibrant Green Space.”.

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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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GE and Lake Erie Energy Development Corporation Establish Partnership; Great Lakes Offshore Wind Farm

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GE and Lake Erie Energy Development Corporation ( LEEDCo ) of Northern Ohio have formed a long-term partnership beginning with the development of the first fresh water offshore wind farm in the US and involving a broad range of other initiatives.

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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. It will capitalize on lessons learned from the 2013 flights and include a more extensive set of measurements.

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Researchers determine specific rates of biodegradation for 125 petroleum compounds in Deepwater Horizon spill

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For many of the compounds, there was a distinct signal that strongly suggested degradation had been much faster while the oil was still suspended in the water column and had slowed down considerably after deposition to the seafloor. Bagby is now at Case Western Reserve in Cleveland, Ohio.

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