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Aventine installs $2.4M corn-oil separation system at ethanol plant

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million Valicor corn-oil separation system (COSS) at its Nebraska Energy LLC plant in Aurora, Nebraska. Since corn oil has a higher market value, removing the oil improves dried distillers grain processing properties. High production levels and excess inventories nationally have led to tight margins, particularly in Nebraska.

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Study finds air pollution caused by corn production increases mortality rate in US

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Production-weighted national average human mortality per million tonnes of maize produced, by pollutant and supply chain stage. The study also shows how the damage to human health of producing a bushel of corn differs from region to region and how, in some areas, the health damages of corn production are greater than its market price.

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State Department issues Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement on Keystone XL Pipeline: climate change impacts

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The US Department of State (DOS) has released its Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) in response to TransCanada’s May 2012 application for the Keystone XL pipeline that would run from Canada’s oils sands in Alberta to Nebraska. Market analysis. —Draft SEIS. —Draft SEIS.

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Crypto’s Slow Motion Gold Rush

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That set the stage for a crypto gold rush in other countries, but supply chain disruptions and logistical bottlenecks have made capitalizing on the opportunity tough. Combined with a rally in the price of Bitcoin starting in June, the ban prompted a scramble to set up whole new operations or relocate mining chips stranded in China.

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EIA: planned capacity additions to US crude oil pipeline infrastructure should relieve Cushing bottleneck

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However, as crude oil production has grown in the US midcontinent and Canada, the Cushing hub has become over-supplied. Phase 1 of the Keystone pipeline from Hardisty to Steele City, Nebraska, and on to Patoka, Illinois, was completed in June 2010. Seaway capacity was expanded by an additional 250,000 bbl/d in early 2013.

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State Department releases Keystone XL Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement

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Notable changes since the prior Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement include an expanded analysis of potential oil releases; an expanded climate change analysis; an updated oil market analysis incorporating new economic modeling; and an expanded analysis of rail transport. That portion of the pipeline has already been built.

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China and the Electric Car | Autos | Smart Spending | Mainstreet

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automakers in their own market. automakers in their own market. Even billionaire investor Warren Buffett is betting on the market for more fuel efficient and electric vehicles, including those made in China. market in 2011, along with a plug-in hybrid model, the F6DM. Although thundering trucks and SUVs still crowd U.S.

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