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DOE tool allows consumers to estimate localized upstream greenhouse gas emissions for EVs and PHEVs

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Zip code is required because emissions are dependent upon fuels used to generate the electricity, often referred to as the grid mix, which varies by location. The same Model Y in Casper, Wyoming has 80 g/mi tailpipe + upstream and 130 g/mi in Phoenix, Arizona.

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US BLM issues draft PEIS for oil shale and oil sands; significantly scales back public land available for commercial leasing

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The US Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has published the Notice of Availability (NOA) of the Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) and Possible Land Use Amendments for Allocation of Oil Shale and Tar Sands Resources on Lands Administered by the BLM in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming. or oil sands development.

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Oklahoma and Colorado governors pitch CNG vehicle initiative to US auto manufacturers

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The letter referred to a multi-state Request for Information (RFI), asking manufacturers to provide background and information in anticipation of a multi-state solicitation later this summer. The move is both a cost-saving measure for states and a means to incentivize the manufacture of affordable and functional CNG vehicles.

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MSU-led regional team awarded $6M NSF grant to research biofuel, carbon capture technologies

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The Upper Missouri River Basin refers to the Missouri River and all its tributaries upstream of Sioux City, Iowa. The basin contains parts or most of five states—Montana, Wyoming, South Dakota, North Dakota and Nebraska—and more than 20 Indian reservations.

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Underground Coal Gasification Company In Partnership to Test Alkaline Fuel Cells for Power Generation

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million into AFC Energy stock at a price determined in reference to the market price at the time of exercise. At Linc Energy’s site in Orroroo, South Australia and at many of Linc Energy’s Wyoming (USA) sites, the nature of the coal is such that Linc Energy will be producing hydrogen rich-UCG gas.

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Aligning the Eyes of the Universe Machine

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Acton grew up in Wyoming and spent more than 20 years on the Webb team. I don’t talk about religion too much when it comes to this, but I must have had in my mind a Biblical reference to the stars singing. IEEE Spectrum spoke with Acton after his team had finished aligning the telescope’s optics in space.