Coal, Montana and Oil

As states continue to use less coal for electricity, driving electric vehicles becomes even cleaner

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

These results indicate that coal and oil are the energy sources leading to most emissions, and that hydro, wind, and nuclear are the energy sources leading to least emissions. On the two extremes, coal and oil result in about 176 times the emissions from hydro. from coal. Energy source. Natural gas. West Virginia.

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Coal West Virginia North Dakota Cleaner

Study finds high sodium bicarbonate concentrations in water from coal-bed natural gas production harms aquatic life; water treatment can mitigate effects

Green Car Congress

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. Farag, A.M.,

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Sodium Water Coal Montana

EIA: new drilling technology revitalizes Powder River Basin oil production

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

The coal-rich Powder River Basin is also experiencing a turnaround in oil production, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). The Powder River Basin encompasses more than 43,000 square miles and is located primarily in northeast Wyoming and southeast Montana, along with small areas of South Dakota and Nebraska.

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Oil South Dakota Wyoming Production

DOE awards $19M to 13 initiatives in fossil-fuel areas to produce rare earth elements and critical minerals

Green Car Congress

MAY 3, 2021

San Juan River-Raton-Black Mesa Basin (Arizona, Colorado and New Mexico): New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology plans to determine the rare earth elements and critical minerals resource potential in coal and related stratigraphic units in the San Juan and Raton basins in New Mexico. DOE Funding: $1,499,997. DOE Funding: $1,483,787.

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West Virginia Wyoming Coal North Dakota

Final Project Agreements Signed for Many Stars 50,000 Barrel per Day CTL Project

Green Car Congress

APRIL 18, 2009

LLC (AAEC) have executed the final project agreements for the Many Stars coal-to-liquids project to be constructed on the Crow Indian Reservation. Expected to be operational in 2016, the project will convert 38,000 tons per day of Montana coal into 50,000 barrels per day (bpd) of synthetic diesel, jet fuel and naphtha.

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Montana Coal 2008 2016

First-of-a-Kind Field Test for Enhanced Coalbed Methane Recovery with Simultaneous CO2 Sequestration

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

Injection of CO 2 began in a first-of-a-kind US Department of Energy–sponsored field trial of enhanced coalbed methane recovery with simultaneous CO2 sequestration in an unmineable coal seam. MPa) and a rate of about 27 short tons per day over the next 2 years into the center wells in the Upper Freeport coal seam. CONSOL Energy Inc.,

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West Virginia CO2 Coal Virginia

Historic Montana youth climate lawsuit upheld by state Supreme Court

Baua Electric

DECEMBER 18, 2024

A youth-led climate lawsuit won another historic decision today, with the Montana Supreme Court upholding a 2023 ruling that the state must consider climate change and environmental protections in the approval process for new energy projects. This is incorrect, as coal is the dirtiest fuel humans use for power. The lawsuit, Held v.

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Montana Climate Environment Coal

DOE Selects 15 Projects Aimed at Secure CO2 Underground Storage

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 12, 2010

Geologic storage is currently focused on five types of formations:(1) depleted oil and gas reservoirs, (2) deep saline formations, (3) unmineable coal seams, (4) oil- and gas-rich organic shales, and (5) basalts. Montana State University (Bozeman, Mont.)

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CO2 Oil-Sands Austin Universal

PHEV's and Water Consumption

Plug In Partners

APRIL 2, 2008

That’s because coal-fired and nuclear power plants that use steam to drive a turbine typically use water—vast amounts of water—to cool and condense the steam at the exhaust." The number varies greatly, but the ConocoPhillips refinery in Billings, Montana processes 62,000 bbls of crude oil , or 2.6 million gallons per day.

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Water PHEV Saudi Arabia Oil-Sands

Saskatchewan and Montana Partner on Major Carbon Capture and Storage Project

Green Car Congress

MAY 8, 2009

Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer to work together on the development of one of the largest international carbon capture and storage demonstration projects to date. The estimated of the total cost of the project in Canadian dollars is $270 million (US$231 million).

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Montana Carbon Stimulus CO2

15 Air Carriers Sign Non-Binding MOUs on Synthetic Jet Fuel Purchases with Two Providers: AltAir and RenTech

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2009

The MOU with AltAir contemplates the production and purchase of up to 750 million gallons of jet fuel and diesel fuel over 10 years (75 million gallons per year) derived from camelina oil. AltAir Fuels LLC was formed in 2008 to develop projects for the production of jet fuel from renewable and sustainable oils. Earlier post.).

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Purchase Fuel Coal Alternative Fuels

Exxon Mobil Acquiring XTO Energy in $41B Deal; Enhances US Position in Unconventional Natural Gas and Oil

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 14, 2009

The agreement, which is subject to XTO stockholder approval and regulatory clearance, will enhance ExxonMobil’s position in the development of unconventional natural gas and oil resources. XTO is a US producer engaged in the acquisition, exploitation and development of quality, long-lived oil and natural gas properties in the United States.

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Oil Fort Worth West Virginia Gas

The AI Boom Rests on Billions of Tonnes of Concrete

Cars That Think

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Currently that means burning coal, coke, fuel oil, or natural gas, often along with waste plastics and tires. To do that, they’re taking carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology already used in the oil and gas industry and bolting it onto their cement plants.

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Portland Carbon Coal Emissions

Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2010

Cap-and-trade was first tried on a significant scale twenty years ago under the first Bush administration as a way to address the problem of airborne sulfur dioxide pollution–widely known as acid rain–from coal-burning power plants in the eastern United States. Representatives Henry A. Waxman of California and Edward J. Gases: CO 2 emissions.

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Gas Climate Change Emissions Climate

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As states continue to use less coal for electricity, driving electric vehicles becomes even cleaner

Study finds high sodium bicarbonate concentrations in water from coal-bed natural gas production harms aquatic life; water treatment can mitigate effects

EIA: new drilling technology revitalizes Powder River Basin oil production

DOE awards $19M to 13 initiatives in fossil-fuel areas to produce rare earth elements and critical minerals

Final Project Agreements Signed for Many Stars 50,000 Barrel per Day CTL Project

First-of-a-Kind Field Test for Enhanced Coalbed Methane Recovery with Simultaneous CO2 Sequestration

Historic Montana youth climate lawsuit upheld by state Supreme Court

DOE Selects 15 Projects Aimed at Secure CO2 Underground Storage

PHEV's and Water Consumption

Saskatchewan and Montana Partner on Major Carbon Capture and Storage Project

15 Air Carriers Sign Non-Binding MOUs on Synthetic Jet Fuel Purchases with Two Providers: AltAir and RenTech

Exxon Mobil Acquiring XTO Energy in $41B Deal; Enhances US Position in Unconventional Natural Gas and Oil

The AI Boom Rests on Billions of Tonnes of Concrete

Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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