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US indicts 7 individuals and 3 companies in alleged $100M biodiesel RINs fraud in Indiana

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Dreher, Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division, announced the return of two indictments against six individuals and three companies for offenses involving federal renewable fuel programs, allegedly creating losses to victims totaling more than $100 million.

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DOE awards $19M to 13 initiatives in fossil-fuel areas to produce rare earth elements and critical minerals

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San Juan River-Raton-Black Mesa Basin (Arizona, Colorado and New Mexico): New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology plans to determine the rare earth elements and critical minerals resource potential in coal and related stratigraphic units in the San Juan and Raton basins in New Mexico. DOE Funding: $1,499,999. DOE Funding: $1,483,787.

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Serendipitous discovery by IUPUI researchers may lead to environmentally friendly lubricants

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Seed oil components of an ornamental flower could provide a direct pathway for designing a new class of environmentally friendly lubricants. violaceus plant’s biology and genetic makeup, researchers at Huazhong Agricultural University in Wuhan, China, and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln noticed the February orchid seed oils were unusual.

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Grillo-Werke AG successfully converts methane directly into methanesulfonic acid (MSA)

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Development of commercial production of C 1 through to C 4 alkanesulfonic acids—including MSA—came out of work in the 1940s at Standard Oil of Indiana. It is based on natural gas and sulfur trioxide (SO 3 ) as feedstocks and is free of environmentally problematic intermediate and by-products. Background.

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EPA Grants Part of Petition Challenging BPs Whiting Refinery Air Permit

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In August 2008, the Environmental Law & Policy Center, Natural Resources Defense Council, Hoosier Environmental Council, Save the Dunes and Sierra Club petitioned EPA to formally object to the state’s modification of BP’s operating permit for an expansion project to refine high-sulfur Canadian crude oil. Earlier post.).

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Stanford launches major new natural gas research initiative

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The new program will expand Stanford’s research on energy and the environment by focusing additional resources on the growing importance of natural gas. Brandt, in Energy Resources Engineering, led a national study last year on methane leaks in the US natural gas system. Earlier post.).

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Cold-Weather Testing of 100% Permaflo Soy Biodiesel at the Arctic Circle

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The Indiana Soybean Alliance (ISA) is partnering with University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF), the Alaska Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station (AFES) and Purdue University to road test Permaflo Biodiesel, a formulation of biodiesel that significantly reduces the traditional problems of biodiesel gelling in cold-weather conditions.

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