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Utah Water Quality Board upholds issuance of permit for oil sands mine in Utah

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The Utah Water Quality Board, in a 9-2 vote this week, agreed with the August 2012 recommendations of an administrative law judge (ALJ) upholding a permit-by-rule issued by the Division of Water Quality (DWQ) for the proposed PR Spring an oil sands mine on state land in eastern Utah. Overlay of the proposed plant site on the terrain.

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Blackstone announces progress with printed battery cells

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These electrodes were created using environmentally friendly, water-based binder systems. Blackstone Resources is a Swiss Holding Company, with its legal domicile in Baar, Kanton Zug and is concentrating on the battery metals market as primary metals. The production step of the calendaring of electrodes is no longer necessary.

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UN delegates reach agreement on protecting marine biodiversity in international waters

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Already being referred to as the “High Seas Treaty”, the legal framework would place 30% of the world’s oceans into protected areas, put more money into marine conservation, and covers access to and use of marine genetic resources.

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New Emissions Analytics study suggests pollution from tire wear now 1,850 times worse than exhaust emissions

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Since that study, which was transparently designed to quantify the worst-case tire emissions under legal driving, Emissions Analytics has been testing and analyzing tire wear emissions in more detail across a wider range of driving conditions, and has performed a detailed chemical analysis of hundreds of new tires.

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Zhejiang Methanol Hydrogen and Element 1 partner to deliver hydrogen generation technology to Greater China

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The hydrogen generators produced by the JV under license from e1NA use methanol and water as feedstock resulting in cost effective onsite production of hydrogen and a significant reduction in carbon dioxide emissions and local air pollution when compared to gas and oil.

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TU/ecomotive develops waste-free car with UBQ: Luca

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By diverting household waste from reaching landfills, UBQ prevents the emission of methane, ground water leakage and other toxins. By ensuring that the car is road legal, the team wants to prove that sustainable innovation is readily available to implement across the automotive industry.

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Evonik introduces Bio-MTBE fuel component

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MTBE has been a widely used antiknock agent for decades, and Bio-MTBE possesses the same technical attributes as its conventional counterpart: high energy density (86% of gasoline), low vapor pressure, low oxygen content, and very low solubility in water. Despite its potential benefits, MTBE has some properties that can be problematic.

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