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Transcanada restarts Keystone oil sands pipeline operations

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The Keystone pipeline is approximately 1,316 miles in length and transports crude oil from the US-Canadian Border in North Dakota to Patoka, Illinois and includes an extension running from Jefferson County, Nebraska to Cushing, Oklahoma. Phase out of emissions from coal is itself an enormous challenge. However, if the tar.

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ARPA-E Awards $151M to 37 Projects for Transformative Energy Research

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A novel process known as Syngas Chemical Looping (SCL), in which coal and biomass are converted to electricity and CO 2 is efficiently captured, has been successfully demonstrated on a laboratory scale. Energy Efficient Capture of CO 2 from Coal Flue Gas. (DOE grant: $3,111,693). CARBON CAPTURE. DOE Share: $2,251,183).

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Failed Local Paper Put Out Of Its Misery - By Creative Greenius!

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This decrease in sea ice area is roughly equal to the area of Texas, California, and Oklahoma combined.&#. Therefore, global sea ice levels are 1.34 million sq. km less in February 2009 than in February 1979. It is disturbing that the Washington Post would publish such information without first checking the facts.

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Your Greenius Earth Day Reality Check: Waiting For The Magic Bullet

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Today is Earth Day 2012, a day filled with celebrations of the environment and all the things being done to try and improve it and make it more sustainable. You can participate in beach cleanups, ride your bicycle with large groups in parades or march in protests against coal-fired power plants, polluters and planet-pummeling profiteers.

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The First Virtual Meeting Was in 1916

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His chief concern was running out of coal, gas, and oil, not their negative impacts on the environment. I find this idea delightfully weird, like the ballet dream sequence in the middle of the Broadway musical Oklahoma! Maybe all tech meetings should have musical interludes The meeting then paused for a musical interlude.

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Your Greenius Earth Day Reality Check: Waiting For The Magic Bullet

Creative Greenius

Today is Earth Day 2012, a day filled with celebrations of the environment and all the things being done to try and improve it and make it more sustainable. You can participate in beach cleanups, ride your bicycle with large groups in parades or march in protests against coal-fired power plants, polluters and planet-pummeling profiteers.