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UC Riverside study finds emissions benefits for E15 blend in California

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A study by a team from UC Riverside has assessed the potential of increasing ethanol content in California reformulated gasoline (CaRFG) by investigating the exhaust emissions from a fleet of 20 Tier 3 light-duty vehicles. A baseline CaRFG E10 (10% ethanol by volume) fuel was splash-blended with denatured ethanol to create an E15 fuel.

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State Department issues Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement on Keystone XL Pipeline: climate change impacts

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The majority of the WCSB oil is considered a heavy crude oil, while Bakken crude is considered a light crude oil. Keystone XL is expected to carry predominantly either dilbit, synbit, or both, as well as synthetic crude oil and light crude oil produced from the Bakken. Nigerian light crude). Earlier post.) Source: Draft SEIS.

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State Department releases final environmental impact statement on Keystone XL Pipeline Project; analysis of GHG emissions

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Comparison of the percent differential for WTW (well-to-wheel) GHGs from gasoline produced from WCSB oil sands using different production processes relative to gasoline produced from reference crudes. Source: FEIS, Appendix V. Click to enlarge. The NETL study serves as a key input for analyses conducted by EPA and DOE.

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kWh Billing and New EV Charging Tax Policies: What You Need to Know

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Although much cheaper than putting gasoline into a ICE car, charging an EV is not necessarily free. or geothermal resources for sale for heat, light or power, or for the furnishing of telephone service, sewerage facilities or water. Similar to Iowa, Montana introduced a $0.03 kWh tax begins on July 1, 2025.

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State Department releases Keystone XL Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement

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The earlier 2011 Final EIS was developed contemporaneously with the start of strong growth in domestic light crude oil supply from tight oil formations, such as those formations found in North Dakota’s Bakken region. Rising domestic crude production is predominantly light crude, and it has replaced foreign imports of light crude oil.

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The EV Transition Explained: Converting Gasoline Superusers

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After moving to a home much further away from their respective workplaces, each would have become part of the gasoline “superusers” club. motorists who, according to a study by the environmental group Coltura , drive 30,000 miles or more a year and use an estimated 32 percent of all gasoline. Club members make up the 10 percent of U.S.