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Study finds road conditions in US states worsening in important categories

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The 24 th Annual Highway Report, based on data that states submitted to the federal government, ranks each state’s highway system in 13 categories, including traffic fatalities, pavement condition, congestion, spending per mile, administrative costs and more. Missouri, Maine and Kentucky round out the top five states.

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UPS to invest more than additional $90M in natural gas vehicles and infrastructure; 6 new CNG stations, 440 vehicles

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UPS currently operates 31 CNG fueling stations in Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Nevada, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, Tennessee, and West Virginia and runs CNG vehicles in 38 states in the U.S. in addition to vehicles in Germany, the Netherlands and Thailand.

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UPS to invest $100M more in compressed natural gas, CNG vehicles and related infrastructure

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UPS is working to meet its goal of logging one billion miles with its alternative fuel and advanced technology fleet by the end of 2017, using a Rolling Laboratory approach to determine the right alternative fuel solutions to meet the unique needs of route-specific driving environments.

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DOE Regional Partner Initiates Coal Seam CO2 Injection and Methane Recovery Study in Virginia

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The site was selected because it is representative of the Central Appalachian Basin, an area of about 10,000 square miles located in southern West Virginia and southwestern Virginia. One thousand tons of CO 2 will be injected over a 45-day period. This area has been assessed by researchers to have the capacity to store 1.3

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AEP Signs on as Corporate Sponsor of Pickens’ Energy Plan

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The company has proposed more than 2,600 miles of 765-kilovolt extra-high voltage transmission projects to enhance the transmission grid, including a 1,000-mile transmission project that would link the wind-rich Upper Midwest with the population-rich East Coast. AEP’s headquarters are in Columbus, Ohio.

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Alabama Project Testing Potential for Combining CO2 Storage with Enhanced Methane Recovery

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The site was selected because it is representative of the Black Warrior Basin, an area of about 23,000 square miles located in northwestern Alabama and northeastern Mississippi. Two hundred and forty tons of CO 2 will be injected over a 45- to 60-day period. Coal in the Black Warrior Basin has the potential to sequester 1.1 gigatons to 2.3

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