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Tesla defends Giga Berlin, posts response to critics’ concerns as final approval nears

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To highlight this, Tesla responded to concerns about Giga Berlin’s planned water consumption, the risk of employee accidents on the site, and the fact that it is constructing its EV plant without a final permit. . Tesla assured that Gigafactory Berlin would not be detrimental to the drinking water supply of the area.

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IHS Markit: US oil producers to halt 1.75 MMb/d per day of production; Canada to cut 0.5 MMb/d

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million barrels per day (MMb/d) of existing production by early June due to operating cash losses, lack of demand and storage capacity, and an unwillingness to sell resources at the very low prices available since the onset of the COVID-19 crisis. These reductions are not permanent. However, nearly 1.4

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ORNL assessment finds >65 GW of untapped hydropower in US rivers and streams

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) tasked ORNL with evaluating the new stream-reach development resource potential of more than 3 million US streams. Some of the environmental, technical and socioeconomic factors variables included: Endangered species; Federally protected lands; Water use and water quality concerns; Fishing and boating access.

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ICCT study concludes no technical barriers to use of higher blends of ethanol

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The consumption scenarios are technically achievable but do not reflect significant barriers such as cost, regulation, legality, and consumer acceptance. The others are: Petroleum and Renewable Fuels Supply Chain , Stillwater Associates LLC. Phase separation of water and ethanol from gasoline. Source: ICCT. Click to enlarge.

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EIA: China’s use of methanol in liquid fuels has grown rapidly since 2000; >500K bpd in 2016

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Methanol, like ethanol, is an alcohol with inherent issues such as its solubility in water and corrosiveness. Most of China’s methanol supply is from domestic production. China has abundant coal resources, and for more than a decade the country has increased its capacity to manufacture methanol using coal as a feedstock.

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Perspective: US Needs to Transition to Hydrous Ethanol as the Primary Renewable Transportation Fuel

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In 1975, General Ernesto Geisel, then-president of Brazil, ordered the country’s gasoline supply mixed with 10% ethanol. The level was raised to 25% over the next five years, which was intended to maintain a constant Brazilian gasoline supply for an ever-increasing demand. Until fairly recently, these US motor vehicles were non-FFVs.

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Department of Interior Seeks to Vacate Stream Buffer Zone Rule for Mountaintop Coal Mining

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Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar has directed the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) to file a pleading with the US District Court in Washington DC requesting that the mountaintop coal mining “stream buffer zone rule” issued by the Bush Administration be vacated due to being legally defective. Secretary Salazar.

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