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CEC report sets out North American plan for change and investment to achieve sustainable freight transportation

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The report, which focuses on road and rail transport, finds that while emissions from light-duty vehicles are expected to drop by 12% by 2030, freight truck emissions are projected to increase by 20%. But, the report identifies clear opportunities, especially in light of infrastructure-related stimulus investment, to get this right.

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Researchers Discover Potential Weaknesses in Structure of Lignocellulose; Insight Could Lead to Cost-Effective Strategies for Biomass Conversion

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As the chains are produced, they are assembled into sheets ( light blue ) that stack on top of each other through van der Waals forces to form nanometer-thick crystalline microfibrils ( blue rods ) in the cell wall (gold). The microfibrils are encrusted in other polysaccharides and lignin. Tongye Shen and S. 2008.12.3953.

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