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DOE Selects 19 Projects to Monitor and Evaluate Geologic CO2 Storage

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Successful technologies will significantly increase the confidence that CO 2 placed in geologic formations is being accurately tracked and remains permanently stored, thus protecting human health and the environment. Columbia University , New York, N.Y. Battelle Memorial Institute , Columbus, Ohio. Risk Assessment.

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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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Percent change in median CO2 by scenario relative to 2000. The eleven metropolitan regions that were studied include Madison, Wisconsin; Columbus, Ohio; Indianapolis, Indiana; Minneapolis-St. Stone et al. 2009) Click to enlarge. Stone et al. In addition to Stone, Dr. Tracey Holloway, Scot Spak, and Adam Mednick also authored the study.

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DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

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Hot Shot Coanda-Stabilized Free Stream Gas Atomization (Hot CoSA) of Powders of Refractory Multi-Principle Element Alloys (RMPEA) for Extreme Environments, $250,000. Highly Efficient Electrocatalysts for Direct Conversion Of CO2 To Chemicals, $250,000. Sentient Science (West Lafayette, Indiana). Argonne National Laboratory.

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NSF grants IU $525,000 to advance research on conversion of CO2 to oxalate as intermediate for materials, plastics and fuel

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Two Indiana University chemists have received $525,000 from the National Science Foundation to advance research with applications to the conversion of CO 2 into oxalate as an intermediate for the ultimate production of carbon-neutral materials, plastics and fuel. IU scientists Steven L. —Steven Tait.

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DOE Coal FIRST Initiative invests $80M in net-zero carbon electricity and hydrogen plants

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Plastic waste could also be added to the fuel mix, mitigating plastics waste in the environment. Gasification of coal and biomass with CCUS can be a large-scale source of carbon-negative hydrogen. based carbon-negative power and carbon-free hydrogen co-production.

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US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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The new Fisher buses will provide more than triple the equivalent fuel economy in all-electric mode and reduce CO2 emissions due to the extensive use of lightweight materials and the large capacity battery system. Greater Lafayette Public Transportation Corporation, Indiana: $2,180,000.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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Partnering with Alcoa, Duke Energy, Google.org, Johnson Controls Indiana startup plans to unveil vehicle May 2009 at EVS-24 in Norway; mass production in 2012. Cischke, Ford senior vice president for sustainability, environment and safety engineering. "By Does it make good business sense, and how does it affect the environment?"

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