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TransCanada receives final key permit for Gulf Coast Project pipeline; construction set to begin this summer

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TransCanada Corporation has received the final of three key permits needed from the US Army Corps of Engineers in order to advance the 485-mile (780-kilometer) Gulf Coast Project. The pipeline will transport growing supplies of US crude oil to meet refinery demand in Texas. Earlier post.)

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Castor Bean Genome Published

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While the castor bean genome is the first to be sequenced and published from this family, the jatropha genome has been sequenced by JCVI and the company Synthetic Genomics Inc. They analyzed important metabolic pathways and regulatory genes involved in the production and storage of oils in the castor bean.

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Stellantis and NioCorp sign rare earth offtake term sheet; possible strategic investment by Stellantis

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The company says that Elk Creek also contains the second-largest indicated rare earth resource in the US, after Mountain Pass. The Elk Creek Project is centered within one 640-acre section of all private land 105 km southeast of Lincoln, Nebraska. Scandium Trioxide (Sc 2 O 3 ): An average of 102 tpa of scandium trioxide.

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

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The technology areas ( earlier post ) receiving funding are: PETRO: Plants Engineered To Replace Oil ($36 million). Plants Engineered to Replace Oil (PETRO). Plants Engineered to Replace Oil (PETRO). Energy Plant Design The University of California, Los Angeles, will re-engineer. Lead organization.

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US State Department issues Presidential Permit to TransCanada for Keystone XL

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The permit authorizes TransCanada to construct, to connect, to operate, and to maintain pipeline facilities at the US-Canadian border in Phillips County, Montana for the importation of crude oil. An application to the Nebraska Public Service Commission in early 2017 for approval of its proposed routing in Nebraska.

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Smart-grid project matches wind to electric cars | Green Tech - CNET News

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Large companies have typically employed people to optimize their own energy use. We need to utilize everything in out power to reduce our dependence on foreign oil including using our own natural resources. Create cheap clean energy, new badly needed green jobs, and reduce our dependence on foreign oil.

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