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Monolith receives conditional approval for a $1B loan from DOE

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Established via the Title XVII Innovative Energy Loan Guarantee Program, the loan will allow Monolith to expand its clean hydrogen and carbon black production facilities in Hallam, Nebraska. Shipping, aviation, long-haul trucking, energy storage and clean steel production are areas with the potential to rely on clean hydrogen fuel.

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Urban Air Initiative and partners petition EPA to correct ethanol emissions models

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The Urban Air Initiative (UAI), the Energy Future Coalition and the states of Kansas and Nebraska have petitioned the US Environmental Protection Agency to correct what they call the agency’s flawed models that limit the use of higher blends of ethanol. The E10 test fuels’ octane ratings were much higher than normal (between 90.6

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EPA announces availability of $26M for projects to reduce diesel emissions from existing fleet

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Diesel-powered engines move approximately 90% of the nation’s freight tonnage, and today nearly all highway freight trucks, locomotives, and commercial marine vessels are powered by diesel engines. Equipment used for testing emissions or fueling infrastructure is not eligible for funding.

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Study Concludes That Use of Cellulosic Feedstocks to Meet US Biofuel Requirements Will Still Likely Result in Expansion of the Gulf Dead Zone

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Fertilizer applied to cornfields in the central US—including states such as Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska and Wisconsin—is the primary source of nitrogen pollution in the Mississippi River system, which drains into the Gulf of Mexico. Tags: Cellulosic ethanol Ethanol Fuels Policy. Earlier post.). Article ASAP doi: 10.1021/es9011433.

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Smart-grid project matches wind to electric cars | Green Tech - CNET News

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If every megawatt of renewable needs a fossil fuel-fired generator in stand-by, then you increase the cost substantially of free resources," he said. The high cost of fuel this past year seriously damaged our economy and society. The cost of fuel effects every facet of consumer goods from production to shipping costs.

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