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Virent and HCL CleanTech receive $900K grant to demonstrate lignocellulosic sugars as feedstock for drop-in biofuels and bioproducts

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BIRD (Binational Industrial Research and Development) Energy is a program for US-Israel joint renewable energy development funded by the US Department of Energy, the Israeli Ministry of National Infrastructures, and the BIRD Foundation. Virent Energy Systems Inc. The grant supports almost half of the $2.1 million total project cost.

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Where Plug-In Hybrid Conversions (mostly Priuses) Are

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Sonoma County Water Agency "Sparky" by Hymotion, May 2007, (Santa Rosa, CA), contact: sherwood@scwa.ca.gov Wisconsin Public Power Inc. Wisconsin Public Power Inc. University of Manitoba by Hymotion, April 2007 (Winnipeg, Manitoba), contact eric_bibeau@umanitoba.ca Full size photo. or s.peeraer@spinnovation.com.

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Study finds single exposure to roadway PM induces transient pulmonary stress; possible need to regulate non-tailpipe-related pollution

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A study by researchers in Israel and the US has found that single (“sub-clinical”) exposure to extracts from particulate material (PM) collected in a near roadway environment can induce a transient oxidative stress and inflammation in mice’ lungs. —Pardo et al.

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