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DOE to award $11M to 20 new Clean Cities projects for alt fuel cars and trucks

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vehicle and natural gas workshops to educate potential fleet users in the. Natural Gas Credit Purchase system; deliver technical and safety workshops. uniform across the project region; conduct workshops and webinars to. The Unlocking Private Sector Financing for Alternative Fuel Vehicles and. University, North.

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The Godfather of South Korea’s Chip Industry

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Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) assumed top posts in the industry as well as coveted positions teaching or researching semiconductors at universities and government institutes. He studied at Seoul National University and then at Columbia University, in New York City, where he earned his doctorate under.

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US EPA seeking to award up to $1M for project to mitigate black carbon from diesel sources in Russian Arctic

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To establish policy recommendations and financing options for reducing black carbon/diesel sources across the Arctic region. of Stanford University reported that reducing soot emissions from diesel engines and other sources could slow melting of sea ice in the Arctic faster and more economically than any other quick fix.

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Osage Bio Energy: Winter Barley Ethanol as Advanced Biofuel for RFS-2

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Although the starch-to-ethanol pathway is similar to that used for corn ethanol, based upon initial calculations from Drexel University, OBE’s winter barley ethanol has the potential to meet the criteria of an Advanced Biofuel as defined by the Renewable Fuel Standard-2 (RFS-2) and the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA 2007).

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SCOPE Biofuels Project Releases Assessment on Environmental Effects of Biofuel Technologies

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The SCOPE (Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment) International Biofuels Project, has published the full proceedings of its Rapid Assessment workshop on the environmental effects of biofuel technologies, 22-25 September 2008. SCOPE symposium on finance, food and energy crisis. The methodology used by Searchinger et al.