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Researchers describe the “where” and “when” of life cycle emissions from gasoline and ethanol in the US

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Researchers from the University of Minnesota have produced a spatially and temporally explicit life cycle inventory (LCI) of air pollutants from gasoline, ethanol derived from corn grain, and ethanol from corn stover for the contiguous US (the lower 48 states). The researchers included a sixth pollutant, ammonia (NH 3 ).

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Chilled Ammonia Pilot Project Captures 90% of CO2

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Units 1 and 2 at the Pleasant Prairie Power Plant (P4) recently were retrofitted with selective catalytic reduction (SCR) systems to control emissions of nitrous oxides (NO x ) and wet flue gas desulfurization (FGD) systems to control sulfur dioxide (SO 2 ) emissions. This retrofit also included the construction of a new chimney.

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SCOPE Biofuels Project Releases Assessment on Environmental Effects of Biofuel Technologies

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Low-input cultivation of perennial plants, e.g. from short-rotation forestry and grasslands, may be an effective source of cellulosic biomass and provide environmental benefits (reduced pollution and lower greenhouse gas emissions). Ravindranath et al. Nitrogen effects: N 2 O and run-off. while noting that the analysis “.has

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3 More Reasons I’m Happy I Dumped the Democrats

Creative Greenius

When I quit the Democratic party last summer the last straw for me was their total FAIL to take a stand and do anything about climate change. Politico reported yesterday morning th at two senior House Democrats are on board for the crazy ass introduction of legislation to stop the EPA’s climate change regulations.

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3 More Reasons I’m Happy I Dumped the Democrats

Creative Greenius

When I quit the Democratic party last summer the last straw for me was their total FAIL to take a stand and do anything about climate change. Politico reported yesterday morning th at two senior House Democrats are on board for the crazy ass introduction of legislation to stop the EPA’s climate change regulations.

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Gas War: 25 States Sue EPA Over Updated Emissions Regulations

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& This time, it’s a group of Republican attorneys general with Kentucky and West Virginia at the helm coming after the Biden administration.& & West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey and Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman, filed the lawsuit in the U.S. We just aren't buying it," Coleman said.

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