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MIT/UC Davis professors challenge claims that ethanol production decreased gasoline prices in 2010 and 2011

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Those estimates are based on a series of papers by University of Wisconsin and Iowa State University economists Xiaodong Du and Dermot Hayes, who used monthly regional data to estimate the relationship between ethanol production and the pro?t and statistically insignificant. in 2010 and 2011, respectively. The paper by Prof.

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DOE Selects Seven Projects for University Coal Research Program

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The US Department of Energy has selected 7 projects to participate in the University Coal Research (UCR) program. University of California, Merced, Calif. Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa. University of Missouri, Kansas City, Mo. Clemson University, Clemson, S.C. DOE award: $298,191).

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UK researchers report that alcohols in windshield washer fluid are major unreported source of VOCs emissions from cars, including EVs

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In a recent open-access paper published in ACS’ Environmental Science & Technology , researchers from the University of York report that alcohols in windshield washer fluid account for a larger fraction of real-world vehicle emissions than previous estimates have suggested. the products used for “car care,” such as windshield washer fluid.

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New inventory of black carbon emissions from China finds 2007 levels higher than previously reported

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The inventory also forecasts that BC emissions in China in 2050 will be 920–2,183 Gg/yr under various scenarios, with the industrial and transportation sectors standing to benefit the most from technological improvements. 1979); provincial data from the China Energy Statistics Yearbook (CESY) (1980?2007); 2007 were used in this study.

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U of Michigan researchers map steel flow in US; suggest yield improvements focus on sheet metal forming in car industry

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Researchers at the University of Michigan have mapped the annual flow of steel in the US, with the goal of achieving a detailed understanding of the flow to target increased material efficiency and the development of the circular economy. The steel industry accounts for 30% of global industrial greenhouse gas emissions (GHG).

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Monash team proposes roadmap to renewable ammonia economy; 3 generations of technology

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Researchers at Monash University in Australia are proposing a roadmap to renewable ammonia being produced in the future at a scale that is significant in terms of global fossil fuel use. The challenge both for the existing industry, as well as a much-expanded renewable energy industry is, of course, economics. Generation 1.

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Axeon awarded funding to study recycling and re-use of EV batteries

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The Axeon-led project, which looks into the economic viability of automotive battery recycling in the UK, involves Oxford Brookes University as a partner. The project ultimately aims to develop a UK battery recycling industry for end-of-life automotive batteries, which is non-existent at the moment.

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