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NOVEMBER 6, 2013

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) awarded nearly $10 million to a consortium of academic, industry and government organizations led by Colorado State University (CSU) and their partners to research using insect-killed trees in the Rockies as a sustainable feedstock for bioenergy.

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JUNE 14, 2012

Produced water from coal-bed natural gas (CBNG) production may contain sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO 3 ) at concentrations that can harm aquatic life, according to a new study by the US Geological Survey; Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks; the Bureau of Land Management and the US Environmental Protection Agency. —USGS Director Marcia McNutt.

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AUGUST 22, 2016

Montana State University. The team, which includes researchers from Montana, Wyoming and South Dakota, seeks to identify a framework of carbon mitigation strategies that would minimize conflicts with food security and clean energy production priorities. Murray State University. University of Southern Mississippi.

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JUNE 21, 2023

Researchers from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and Western Michigan University (WMU) have enabled standard raised pavement markers to transmit GPS information that helps autonomous driving features function better in remote areas or in bad weather. —Zachary Asher Resources S. Sharma et al.

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JUNE 26, 2013

In his talk at Georgetown University outlining his climate action plan, President Barack Obama suggested that the controversial Keystone XL pipeline would only be built if the project “ does not significantly exacerbate the problem of carbon pollution. ”. It’s relevant. —President Obama.

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JANUARY 11, 2013

The following projects have been selected for awards: Kansas State University, $5,078,932. Camelina production will be incorporated into a cropping system with wheat-based crop rotations in Montana and Wyoming. Ohio State University, $6,510,183. Ceramatec, Inc.,

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MARCH 28, 2011

A fungus that produces compounds with known uses as fuel additives is available for licensing to interested parties through Montana State University’s (MSU) Technology Transfer Office. The fungus produces cineole, also known as eucalyptol, which can be used as an octane-boosting fuel additive. The fungus, Hypoxylon sp.,

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

India study. Separately, a team from Argentina and India had reported earlier this year on the magnetic properties of air-suspended particles in 38 cities from south India. Ahmed, I.A.M., Karloukovski, V., MacLaren, D.A., Foulds, P.G., Mann, D.M.A. Torres-Jardón,R. and Calderon-Garciduenas, L.C.

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APRIL 19, 2011

Co-authors on the study are David Lobell of the Program for Food Security and the Environment at Stanford University; Gregory Asner and Christopher Field of Carnegie’s Department of Global Ecology; and Qiaozhen Mu of the University of Montana. —Greg Asner. Loarie, David B. Lobell, Gregory P.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

Children living in polluted megacities are at increased risk for brain inflammation and neurodegenerative changes, including Alzheimer or Parkinson’s disease, according to a study led by University of Montana Professor Dr. Lilian Calderón-Garcidueñas and her colleagues. Lilian Calderón-Garcidueñas et al.

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DECEMBER 22, 2010

—Jake Beaulieu of the University of Notre Dame and the US EPA, and lead author of the PNAS paper. Linda Ashkenas of Oregon State University; Lee Cooper of the Chesapeake Biological Laboratory in Solomons, Md.; Linda Ashkenas of Oregon State University; Lee Cooper of the Chesapeake Biological Laboratory in Solomons, Md.;

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MARCH 1, 2012

Roughly 80% of the current recovered harvest in the US would need to be re-allocated for the production of bioenergy crops to meet current renewable fuel targets with existing technology, according to a new study using satellite data led by researchers from the University of Montana. —Smith et al. William Kolby Smith, Cory C.

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JUNE 21, 2016

Texas A&M University will lead the Gulf Coast center—a region anchored in the chemical, oil and gas sectors—and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) will lead the Northeast center, where glass, ceramic and microelectronic manufacturing has a strong presence. of Science & Technology; Montana Gallatin College; Montana State U.;

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FEBRUARY 12, 2015

Children living in cities with significant air pollution are at an increased risk for detrimental impacts to the brain, including short-term memory loss and lower IQ. The work is published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease. We need support for studying the current pediatric clinical and imaging evidence in highly exposed urban children.

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JUNE 13, 2012

The crop propagations, planting and mitigation and monitoring plan for Freedom Giant Miscanthus, a crop based on strains developed by Mississippi State University, will be coordinated by REPREVE Renewables LLC. REPREVE Renewables, based in Georgia, also is the sponsor of the project’s accompanying environmental assessment.

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MARCH 27, 2010

The camelina for the contract and test flight was primarily grown in 2009 and harvested in September 2009 by farmers in Montana. Sustainable Oils leverages biotechnology resources from its Seattle-based agricultural biotech parent company Targeted Growth. The company also has several field trials in Washington State.

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DECEMBER 2, 2010

An updated life cycle analysis of the carbon footprint of camelina-based biojet fuel found that the renewable fuel reduces greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 75% compared to traditional petroleum-based jet fuel, according to a study by researchers from Michigan Tech University (MTU), Targeted Growth and UOP LLC, a Honeywell company.

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DECEMBER 2, 2010

In a first-of-its-kind study, scientists from the US Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the California Air Resources Board tracked variations in the amount of lead transported across the Pacific over time. The research was supported in large part by the California Air Resources Board. One site was on Mt.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2009

Yoon is the founding director of the Center for Advanced Separation Technology (CAST), a consortium of seven universities including Virginia Tech, West Virginia University, University of Kentucky, Montana Tech, University of Nevada at Reno, New Mexico Tech, and the University of Utah.

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Columbia University , New York, N.Y. Montana State University , Bozeman, Mont. Stanford University , Stanford, Calif. University of Miami Rosenstiel School , Miami, Fla. University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology , Austin, Texas. University of Wyoming , Laramie, Wyo.

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APRIL 28, 2009

Dr. David Shonnard and Kenneth Koers at Michigan Technological University conducted the LCA in collaboration with UOP, a Honeywell company. The study was based on camelina grown in Montana by Sustainable Oils and processed into renewable jet and diesel fuels using UOP hydroprocessing technology. Earlier post.). Earlier post.)

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MARCH 6, 2009

Some also occur in the interior, including Montana. The US Department of Energy has been working on a basalt atlas for the northwestern United States as part of its Big Sky Carbon Sequestration Partnership; extensive mapping in Washington, Oregon and Idaho has already been done through Idaho State University.

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JANUARY 26, 2011

Sandia is collaborating with Professor Gary Strobel from Montana State University (MSU), a known expert in Ascocoryne sarcoides and other similar fungi. The new fuels will have to work well with both existing engines and advanced engines, like HCCI or low-temperature diesel combustion. —John Dec. Tomsheck, Gary A.

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MAY 23, 2009

With plans to inject over two million tons per year of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ), the project—an international collaboration that includes Spectra Energy, the Province of British Columbia, Natural Resources Canada, the PCOR Partnership, and DOE—will also be one of the largest carbon sequestration projects in the world.

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MAY 10, 2016

With up to $3 million in available funding, DOE has selected two projects: one from Ohio State University and one from Massachusetts Institute of Technology that will receive between $1 million to $2 million. The DOE selections are: The Ohio State University (OSU). The USDA is funding five projects for a total of $7.3

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JUNE 28, 2018

The team included researchers from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Montana State University, University of Georgia, the University of California at Los Angeles, Brazil’s University of Campinas, and the United Kingdom‘s University of Portsmouth. —Gregg Beckham. —Gregg Beckham.

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AUGUST 12, 2010

The selected projects are described below: Advanced Resources International, Inc. Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford, Calif.) Clemson University (Clemson, S.C.) Montana State University (Bozeman, Mont.) The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, N.Y.)

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APRIL 29, 2016

The Bakken Formation, a shale oil and gas field in North Dakota and Montana, is emitting roughly 2% (about 250,000 tons per year) of the globe’s ethane, according to new study led by researchers at the University of Michigan. Credit: Lee Murray, NASA GISS/Columbia University. Click to enlarge. Gvakharia, A. Peischl, T.

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JULY 19, 2011

But if you’re broken down in Montana, you need a cell phone. Michele Weigle, Old Dominion University, 2008). If you have two cars about to collide at an intersection, you need something with high availability and low latency on a dedicated channel. — Mike Shulman. Standards: WAVE / DSRC / 802.11p (Dr.

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APRIL 10, 2010

states (Arizona, California, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, and Washington) and four Canadian provinces (British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario, and Quebec). Support for this use of allowance value stems from the idea that the climate-regulating services of the atmosphere are a common property resource. Gases: CO 2 emissions.

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