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Nebraska Governor approves revised Keystone XL pipeline route through state

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Nebraska Gov. The governor sent a letter to President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton, notifying them of the accepted Nebraska route. The Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality’s evaluation of the 194.5-mile Construction and operation of the pipeline would have minimal environmental impacts in Nebraska.

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Love’s and Cargill joint venture to produce and market renewable diesel; ~80M gallons per year

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The joint venture is called Heartwell Renewables and will result in the construction of a new production plant and more than 50 jobs in Hastings, Nebraska. Once the diesel is produced, Musket, the commodity trading and logistics arm of the Love’s Family of Companies, will transport and market the product in the United States.

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Clean Energy to provide LNG to Hawaii Gas; additional agreements in trucking, transit and refuse markets

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Corpus Christi Regional Transit Authority (CCRTA) has renewed a three year operations & maintenance contract with Clean Energy representing approximately 3 million gasoline gallon equivalents (GGEs) over the three year term of the contract. Clean Energy has supplied the City with LNG for more than a decade.

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USDOT awarding $55M to support purchase of Low-No buses; electric buses and infrastructure

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Eligible projects included those that replace, rehabilitate, lease, and purchase buses and related equipment as well as projects to purchase, rehabilitate, construct or lease bus-related facilities, such as buildings for bus storage and maintenance. Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities. FY2017 Low-No projects.

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DOE to award $11M to 20 new Clean Cities projects for alt fuel cars and trucks

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Transportation and. responder and vehicle maintenance technician training; develop. state transportation plans; recommend changes to codes, regulations, and. into local Transportation Improvement Programs (TIPs); create a. planning for alternative fuel vehicles into the Transportation Improvement. Center for.

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kWh Billing and New EV Charging Tax Policies: What You Need to Know

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As of October 1, 2023, every US state except Michigan, Nebraska, Tennessee, and Wisconsin has passed the legislation needed to redefine a utility and allow kWh pricing. But because states defined a public utility as anyone who resold electricity, a business could not charge EV drivers a kWh fee (i.e. kWh tax begins on July 1, 2025.

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400 propane school buses ordered for Omaha, Nebraska

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The Metropolitan Omaha Education Consortium and Student Transportation, Inc., (STI) The contract is the largest transportation agreement in STI’s history and is also the biggest single order to date of propane buses for Blue Bird. Propane autogas offers reduced fuel and maintenance costs due to its clean-burning properties.

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