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Proposed CA LCFS pathways for corn starch ethanol with carbon capture and sequestration: as low as 37 gCO2e/MJ

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North Dakota-based Red Trail Energy (RTE), which since 2007 has operated an ethanol production facility with annual production of about 60 million gallons per year, is proposing sequestration of CO 2 produced from starch fermentation to lower the overall carbon intensity of the fuel for the California Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS).

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DOE Regional Partnership Initiates CO2 Injection in Lignite Coal Seam

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A US Department of Energy/National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) team of regional partners has begun injecting CO 2 into a deep lignite coal seam in Burke County, North Dakota, to demonstrate the economic and environmental viability of geologic CO 2 storage in the US Great Plains region.

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Foraging on Public Lands Is Becoming More Limited

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Forest Service that includes Montana, Idaho, parts of North Dakota and Washington State, said no commercial mushroom gathering permits had been issued this year partly due to the size of the crowds that had showed up in the past to gather them. Climate change is also upending some aspects of mushrooming.

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DOE Regional Partnership Begins Core Sampling for Large-Volume Carbon Sequestration Test

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Geologic carbon sequestration is expected to play an important future role in mitigating greenhouse gas emissions and combating climate change. The partnership is also conducting four smaller-scale sequestration tests at locations across the Great Plains.

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State Department releases Keystone XL Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement

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Notable changes since the prior Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement include an expanded analysis of potential oil releases; an expanded climate change analysis; an updated oil market analysis incorporating new economic modeling; and an expanded analysis of rail transport. Rail Direct to the Gulf Coast Scenario.

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Study identifies Bakken Formation alone as responsible for ~2% of global ethane emissions

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The Bakken Formation, a shale oil and gas field in North Dakota and Montana, is emitting roughly 2% (about 250,000 tons per year) of the globe’s ethane, according to new study led by researchers at the University of Michigan. The paper appears in the journal Geophysical Research Letters.

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The Sad States of Global Warming & Their Sorry Senators

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Hey, Max Baucus and Jon Tester in Montana – Do either of you US Senators have a clue on climate change? I know you both like to prance in front of the media in cowboy hats, but that phony play acting doesn’t get the job done on climate. We can’t afford your ignorance any longer. It’s unacceptable.