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Lung Association report highlights health and climate costs of petroleum-based transportation and the benefits of shifting to ZEVs

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For the average driver, every tank of gas burned costs $18.42 in hidden health and climate costs. Relying almost exclusively on oil for transportation hurts our air, our health, and our environment. As of 2015, those costs are: California: $15 billion. New York: $7.9 New Jersey: $4.6 Maryland: $2.6

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ExxonMobil develops efficient new technology to dehydrate natural gas; exclusive license to Sulzer

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cMIST reduces the size, weight and cost of dehydration, resulting in reductions of surface footprint by 70% and the overall dehydration system’s weight by half, which has significant added benefits on offshore applications. —Torsten Wintergerste, president of Sulzer’s Chemtech division.

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Who Really Invented the Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Battery?

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Jonas Ekstromer/AFP/Getty Images In the early 1970s, Exxon scientists predicted that global oil production would peak in the year 2000 and then fall into a steady decline. Company researchers were encouraged to look for oil substitutes, pursuing any manner of energy that didn’t involve petroleum.

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USDA Report Provides Regional Roadmap To Meeting the Biofuels Goals of the Renewable Fuels Standard by 2022; Southeast to Provide ~50% of Advanced Biofuels

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Assuming an average biorefinery size of 40 million gallons per year, USDA estimates it meeting the RFS2 advanced biofuels goals will mean building of 527 biorefineries, at a cost of $168 billion. Soybean oil, Energy cane, Biomass Sorghum, Perennial grasses, Woody biomass. Woody biomass, oil seed, grasses, cereal crop residue.

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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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Stationary Fuel Cells and Hybrid Transit Buses Incremental Costs: The purchase of diesel-electric hybrid transit buses and stationary fuel cells for use in the statewide bus system in Connecticut. Capital District Transportation Authority, New York: $3,520,000. NJ Transit, New Jersey: $250,000.

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Grabbing the prime real estate for electric truck charging hubs

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I started bringing these vehicles to fleets in New York, New Jersey and California. What I can tell you is that the next sites are going to be Newark, New Jersey, and Savannah, Georgia. The good news is that load management software is becoming more widely available. Prior to that, PowerFlex was the best.

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Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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Today, this cap-and-trade program is considered one of the most efficient and cost-effective environmental initiatives ever implemented. Environmentalists and industries resurrected the idea in recent years as a centerpiece of measures to address global warming and growing oil imports. Factors Determining Abatement Costs.

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