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Road Warrior: Seasonal formulas for gas affect mileage
Q: I wonder if you can shed some light on this annoying problem I'm experiencing. During the winter months, I am told by various mechanics that the gasoline industry puts certain additives in our gas that in turn lowers my car's fuel mileage. Why are...Tags: Sales, Road Transportation, Transportation, Petroleum Industry, Fuel-efficient Vehicles
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St. Francis Hosting Biomass Seminar
The St. Francis University Renewable Energy Center is to hold a biomass seminar and expo March 12 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Biomass is an organic material, such as wood or manure, that can be used to produce heat, electricity and fuel. The event is to...Tags: Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy, Environmental Issues, Energy Saving
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Why Are Connecticut's Insect-Eating Birds Dying Off?
Here's a thought that could weird you out: As soon as the weather warms up, there will be millions of tiny spiders and other creepy little bugs drifting in the air above your head. If that's not spooky enough, the flying predators keeping this huge...
Tags: University of Connecticut, Ecosystems, Renewable Energy, Science and Technology, Conservation
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Ethanol helping Brazilian sugar makers
SAO PAULO - Raizen, Royal Dutch Shell Plc's sugar venture with Cosan Industria & Comercio, is among producers set to profit from funneling more of a record cane crop into ethanol as a government measure bolsters demand. Mills in the Center South, the...Tags: Ethanol, Petroleum Industry, Weather, Petroleo Brasileiro SA, Unica Corporation
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SDSU undergraduates share cancer, biofuels research with state legislators
BROOKINGS - Two undergraduates from South Dakota State University told state legislators about research project to fight colon cancer and to produce jet fuel from algae at the annual Student Poster Session in Pierre Wednesday, Feb. 27. South Dakota...Tags: Chemical Industry, Medical Research, Renewable Energy, Science and Technology, South Dakota State University
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Renewable energy: We're using more of it
Wind energy. Renewable energy. Alternative energy. The amount of energy Michiganders use that has been produced by wind and other renewable sources has increased substantially in recent years. When someone flips a switch to turn on a light in their...Tags: Sales, Lakes and Ponds, Politics, Government, Consumers Energy Company
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If you're waiting for bio-fuels, you'll be waiting a lot longer
Oh what big plans we had for advanced bio-fuels. In the federal Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, the nation was given the lofty production target of 500 million gallons of so-called cellulosic bio-fuels for 2012. By cellulosic, we mean...
Tags: Renewable Energy, BP Plc, Environmental Issues
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Harvesting of bio-based feedstocks for cellulosic ethanol
JOHNSTON, IOWA - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced a new federal-private collaboration with DuPont to safeguard natural resources on private lands used to supply bio-based feedstocks for cellulosic ethanol production. The joint agreement...Tags: Natural Resources, Ethanol, Productivity, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Renewable Energy
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Land bulls, bears and squirrels
The neighborhood farmer grapevine, fiber optic for years now, was set abuzz two weeks ago with news that a 237-acre piece of the township for sale at $12,500 per acre. Whoa, right? Well, the land sports five-year averages of 199 bu. for corn and 60...Tags: Ethanol, Arable Farming, U.S. Department of Agriculture, McLean County, Environmental Issues
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Md. man gets 121/2-year term in biodiesel credit fraud
A Perry Hall man was sentenced Friday to 121/2 years in prison and ordered to pay more than $42 million in restitution after being convicted of selling $9 million worth of fake biodiesel fuel credits to oil companies and commodities brokers. Rodney R....
Tags: Sales, Trials, Judges, Baltimore County, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Gas prices continue rising in Aberdeen area
Gas prices in Aberdeen have increased by 60 cents per gallon since the beginning of January. The price of gasoline spiked up yet again Thursday. The price of unleaded gasoline with 10 percent ethanol was $3.69 a gallon and regular gasoline was $3.79...Tags: Ethanol, Petroleum Industry, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Prices, Environmental Issues
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Corn shortage idles 20 ethanol plants nationwide
ST. LOUIS (AP) - The persistent drought is taking a toll on producers of ethanol, with corn becoming so scarce that nearly two dozen ethanol plants have been forced to halt production. The Renewable Fuels Association, an ethanol industry trade group,...Tags: Ethanol, Petroleum Industry, Fuel-efficient Vehicles, Career and Workplace, Lifestyle and Leisure
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