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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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Study of lead isotopes provides insight into aerosols transport from Asia to US

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But the details of this transport, such as that of the lead particles’ 7,000-mile journey from the smokestacks of China to the west coast of North America, are largely unknown. of Berkeley Lab’s Advanced Light Source, a national user facility that generates intense x-rays to probe the fundamental properties of substances.

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PNNL study finds that PHEVs and BEVs could serve as feasible resource to offset grid imbalances caused by integration of large amounts of intermittent wind generation

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The report examined grid conditions in the Northwest Power Pool, which covers Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming; many of them home to abundant wind resources and wind energy projects. trafficIf about 13% of the existing light-duty vehicle stock (about 2.1 GW could be provided by the electric vehicles.

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Norways Statoil to acquire Brigham Exploration for US$4.4B cash; entry into the US Bakken and Three Forks tight oil plays

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Brigham, based in Austin, Texas, has a strong position in the Bakken and Three Forks tight oil plays in the Williston Basin in North Dakota and Montana. The oil produced from the Bakken and Three Forks formations is a light crude quality. The total equity value is approximately US$4.4

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Converting Coal Power Plants to Nuclear Gains Steam

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Most nuclear plants around the world today are large light-water reactors, with capacities well over a gigawatt—quite a bit more than typical coal plants. DOE analysts flagged only 35 recently retired and 96 operating coal sites that could house a large light-water reactor within half a mile.

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

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The FEIS is an environmental and safety analysis of the proposed project, developed to inform the decision, not a decision itself on TransCanada’s permit application to build a 1,700-mile pipeline from the oil sands in Canada to the Gulf Coast. The proposed Project would also be capable of transporting US crude oil to those delivery points.

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2025 Subaru Forester Review – Just A Little More-ester

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Disclosure: Subaru flew me out to a palatial cabin near Missoula, Montana to experience the new Forester, as well as some very good locally-made whiskey, some truly Big Skies, and some much-needed quality time with the only two creatures that truly understand me: A dog named Aida owned by Subaru PR and other self-loathing journalists.

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