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E15 now available in North Dakota

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E15 blended gasoline is now available in four of North Dakota’s larger cities. North Dakota is the ninth state to offer the fuel blend containing 15% ethanol and 85% gasoline. The others are Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Nebraska, North Carolina, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.

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7-state Midwest EVOLVE project to promote electric vehicles; Ford, GM, Nissan initial automotive partners

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The American Lung Association of the Upper Midwest announced the launch of Midwest EVOLVE , a three-year project to promote electric vehicles in seven Midwestern states: Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and North Dakota. The first events will be held in the spring of 2017.

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New Argonne-developed tool helps car buyers compare electric-drive and traditional vehicles

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States currently covered by the new tool are Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Ohio, Wisconsin. The tool was created as a part of an innovative clean-vehicle program recently launched in the Midwest. Argonne National Laboratory designed the research tool as a part of the seven-state Midwest EVOLVE project.

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Opinion: The Current Oil Price Rally Is Reaching Its Limits

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Some areas of North Dakota have breakeven prices at around $20 to $25 per barrel. Drilling for oil in shale is already a “short-cycle” event—a well can take weeks or months to be completed, whereas an offshore project can take several years.

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Details on how Enbridge will expand capacity of Alberta Clipper oil sands crude pipeline without US review

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Enbridge is also constructing an interconnection between Line 67 and Line 4 at Hardisty in the event of a shutdown of Line 4 between Edmonton and Hardisty. From Enbridge Exhibit B as published by the US State Department. The red lines show the connections between the Alberta Clipper and Line 3.

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DOE to award up to $14M to 6 new projects to advance IGCC with carbon capture technology for coal-fired plants

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Working with the Energy and Environmental Research Center at the University of North Dakota, Air Products and Chemicals will extensively test the process and use the results to generate a high-level pilot process design and to prepare a techno-economic assessment to evaluate the applicability of the technology to plants using low-rank coals.

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Junkyard Find: 1993 Nissan Sentra with 320,165 miles

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However, I do make an effort to shoot inmates of car graveyards in other states (including Minnesota , Wisconsin , Illinois , Nevada , North Carolina , Arizona , North Dakota , Washington and Wyoming ) and other countries ( Sweden , England ). Today's Junkyard Find was found in New Orleans, Louisiana. note -- We miss Sajeev.

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