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MAY 21, 2010

In addition, oil sands imports could ultimately increase to a range of 20% to 36% of US oil and refined product imports by 2030 from the 2009 level of 8%, according to the Dialogue ’s first report, The Role of Canadian Oil Sands in US Oil Supply. times the average for fuel consumed in the United States. Potential growth.

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MARCH 17, 2010

The study offers two main insights on the nature of clean energy jobs in the automobile sector: First, the paper documents that saving oil will directly create good jobs by driving demand for specific additional manufactured components. Tags: Brief. Driving Growth: How Clean Cars and Climate Policy Can Create Jobs.

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JANUARY 20, 2010

AC Propulsion and AutoPort , an automotive conversion, restyling and processing company, will partner in engineering, development and conversion to provide an Electric Vehicle conversion prototype and report for the United States Postal Service. Tags: Brief.

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JULY 20, 2009

Inset (a) shows water demand and losses and supply. All reservoirs along the Colorado River might dry up by mid-century as the West warms, according to a new study led by researchers at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Colorado River Basin including major dams. Pink: 9-year moving average of the natural flow above Imperial Dam, AZ.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2010

By early 2012, TMC plans to begin sales of a “Prius”-based PHV, mainly in Japan, the United States and Europe. Sales are targeted at more than 50,000 units annually, and the price for Japan is expected to be in the ¥3 million range (US$36,000). Tags: Brief. L/100km) under the 10-15 Japanese test cycle.

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MAY 27, 2010

A study by a team at the US Naval Research Laboratory found that strong surface waves and currents generated by major hurricanes can produce extreme forces at the seabed that scour the seafloor and cause massive underwater mudslides. The study will be published in the 10 June issue of the AGU journal Geophysical Research Letters.

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JULY 28, 2010

The bill establishes within the Department of Energy a Natural Gas Vehicle and Infrastructure Development Program for the purpose of facilitating the use of natural gas in the United States as an alternative transportation fuel, in order to achieve the maximum feasible reduction in domestic oil use. The program will establish a $3.8-billion

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JUNE 26, 2010

In the transportation sector, the study found a somewhat smaller role for natural gas. The two-year study, managed by the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI), examined the scale of US natural gas reserves and the potential of this fuel to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions. The first two reports dealt with nuclear power (2003) and coal (2007).

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JUNE 9, 2009

Monsanto Company and BASF scientists have discovered a naturally-occurring gene that can help corn plants combat drought conditions and confer yield stability during periods of inadequate water supplies. In corn, cspB works by helping the plant maintain growth and development during times of inadequate water supply. Earlier post.)

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DECEMBER 19, 2009

The transmission infrastructure in the continental United States is separated into three distinct electrical networks, or “interconnections”: the Eastern, Western, and Texas interconnections. Tags: Brief. Portions of the Eastern and Western interconnections also extend into Canada and Mexico. Texas Interconnection.

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OCTOBER 27, 2010

Pike Research anticipates that, with 50% of all algae activity, the United States is poised to ramp up production the earliest among world markets. Pike Research’s study, “Algae-Based Biofuels”, examines the key growth drivers behind the algae-based biofuels market and outlines unresolved supply challenges.

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JANUARY 6, 2010

The United States needs to fundamentally rethink its policy of promoting ethanol to diversify its energy sources and increase energy security, according to a new research paper and accompanying policy paper by Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. per gallon (gal) on top of the gasoline retail price.

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APRIL 7, 2010

Additionally, millions of acres of lodgepole and ponderosa pines across the Western United States and Canada have been infested, with 40 million acres in British Columbia alone. Although this indicates a large potential supply of feedstock for energy purposes, much of it will be uneconomic. Tags: Biobutanol Biomass.

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Those impacts will hit home in all of California’s neighborhoods, affecting our already-stressed water supply, air quality, public health, coasts, fisheries, agricultural communities, power reliability, and many other issues. Low income and communities of color are and continue to be the most impacted by climate chaos.

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APRIL 22, 2009

Rivers in some of the world’s most populous regions are losing water, according to a comprehensive study of global stream flows. suggests that the reduced flows in many cases are associated with climate change, and could potentially threaten future supplies of food and water. The study raises wider ecological and climate concerns.

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AUGUST 3, 2010

In effect, humans must supply the additional energy required to “upgrade” the oil shale resource to the functional equivalent of conventional crude oil. Oil shale in the western United States appears to fall into this category. Tags: Lifecycle analysis Oil Shale. the system boundary problem); and. Cleveland and O’Connor.

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MAY 21, 2009

The market for geothermal energy is currently very small and supplies less than 1% of the world’s energy. Tags: Catalysts Geothermal. With continued advances in technology, geothermal energy could potentially be used to produce enough electricity, sustainably, to meet a large portion of the world’s energy demands. Earlier post.).

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APRIL 8, 2009

Researchers at the University of Minnesota have estimated state-level field-to-pump water requirements of corn ethanol production across the US. Prior studies have estimated that corn ethanol requires 263-784 L L -1 of water from corn farm to fuel pump.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2010

FEV Inc, (FEV) a developer of advanced powertrain and vehicle technologies, has completed the first phase of a project under contract to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to determine manufacturing costs in the development and operation of fuel-efficient, lower-emitting powertrain technologies. Gary Rogers.

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OCTOBER 20, 2009

The 4R business model defined by the two companies is designed to capitalize on the supply of reusable lithium-ion batteries as electric cars achieve more widespread marketplace acceptance. Hideaki Watanabe, head of Nissan’s Zero Emission Business Unit. Tags: Batteries Electric (Battery). Nissan Motor Co.,

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JANUARY 22, 2010

AC Propulsion and AutoPort are partnering in engineering, development and conversion to provide an EV conversion prototype and report for the United States Postal Service. Tags: Electric (Battery) V2G. —Dick Johnson. Earlier post.). Vehicle to Grid Power (Presentation to Delaware Public Service Commission, Kempton, 2009.

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OCTOBER 8, 2010

Our analysis shows that the US can produce very large amounts of biofuels, maintain domestic food supplies, continue our contribution to international food supplies, increase soil fertility, and significantly reduce GHGs. Tags: Ethanol Sustainability. It also eliminates the indirect land use change (ILUC) effect. Dale, Bryan D.

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JANUARY 19, 2010

Schematic of systems considered in the study. A paper on the study was published online 19 January in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology. The land use estimates indicate that algae cultivation on roughly 13% of the United States’ land area could meet the nation’s total annual energy consumption.

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APRIL 9, 2010

Shortly after releasing the Roadmap, the Coalition commissioned the Interindustry Forecasting Project at the University of Maryland and Keybridge Research to study the long-term economic effects of their policy proposals. The main findings of the study are: Employment. Tags: Electric (Battery) Plug-ins Policy. million jobs.

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OCTOBER 25, 2009

In 2017, jet fuel consumption in the United States (commercial aviation plus military) is projected to be about 1.9 The study found that in the absence of CCS, for oil sands, VHOs, and GTL, life-cycle GHG emissions would increase by 10 to 25% relative to conventional Jet A. From Hileman et al. Click to enlarge. million bpd.

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MARCH 22, 2010

According to the market-analysis firm Point Carbon, if a cap-and-trade system is instituted in the United States, the demand for carbon credits could explode into a $2 to $3 trillion market. One is to operate successfully as a market, with a steady supply of carbon offsets and varying prices to ensure that profits can be made.

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OCTOBER 11, 2010

The soils in large areas of the Southern Hemisphere, including major portions of Australia, Africa and South America, have been drying up in the past decade, according to the first major study of evapotranspiration on a global basis. A recent decline in the global land evapotranspiration trend due to limited moisture supply.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2010

A more effective policy would rely on specific taxes and subsidies targeted directly at achieving specific environmental, energy and agricultural policy goals, according to the study. Other findings from the study include: Ethanol policy can have a substantial impact on corn prices. 32 (1): 4-32 doi: 10.1093/aepp/ppp010.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2010

One of the things that we’re going to be talking about today is investing in the kind of technology that will allow us to use coal, our most bountiful natural resource here in the United States, without polluting our planet. The new approach requires strong management for results using a regional supply chain systems approach.

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JANUARY 5, 2010

Aviation and marine transportation combined are responsible for approximately 5% of total GHG emissions in the United States and 3% globally and are among the fastest growing modes in the transportation sector. Tags: Aviation Emissions Policy Ports and Marine.

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AUGUST 30, 2009

In 1975, General Ernesto Geisel, then-president of Brazil, ordered the country’s gasoline supply mixed with 10% ethanol. The level was raised to 25% over the next five years, which was intended to maintain a constant Brazilian gasoline supply for an ever-increasing demand. Use of Hydrous Ethanol in the United States.

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JUNE 8, 2009

Most large urban areas in the United States have already invested in some type of mass transit system (subway or light rail) and urban maglev poses a fundamental change in technology that is viewed as being both a major risk and cost-prohibitive by transit agencies and investors, according to the report. MagneMotion, Inc.

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MARCH 6, 2010

Example: if the United States were to cap emissions from specific domestic industries (e.g., cement, paper), these industries would relocate to nations without emission caps and increase activity (and thus emissions) to compensate for the decreased productivity in the United States. nonpermanence). Environmental Benefits.

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DECEMBER 15, 2009

Twelve airlines from the United States, Canada, Germany and Mexico—Air Canada, American Airlines, Atlas Air, Delta Air Lines, FedEx Express, JetBlue Airways, Lufthansa German Airlines, Mexicana Airlines, Polar Air Cargo, United Airlines, UPS Airlines and US Airways—have signed MOUs with both producers. Earlier post.).

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APRIL 3, 2009

Policy instruments are needed to help adjust the overall demand for (non-food) biomass at levels which can be supplied by sustainable production such as: effective incentives to increase efficient use of biomass and mineral resources; incentives to reduce fuel consumption for transportation.

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OCTOBER 20, 2009

The model has been designed to capitalise on the supply of reusable lithium-ion batteries as electric cars achieve more widespread marketplace acceptance with demand in Japan for second-life batteries expected to reach the equivalent of 50,000 electric cars per year at the minimum by 2020. .

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NOVEMBER 29, 2009

Although technological yield gains had offset the losses, the study established a clear and simple correlation between increasing temperatures and crop yields. July, 2008 : The Australian government published the Garnaut Report, a comprehensive study of the effects of climate change on the country’s economy ( earlier post ).

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