Robert Moffitt
7 days ago
"Why Alternative Fuels Matter In A Fossil Fuel State" is one of the keynote presentation on Thursday, Nov. 14 at the North Dakota Energy Conference & Expo in Grand Forks. Jon Hunter, Regional Coordinator, Southern Colorado Clean Cities, will focus on alternative fuels and vehicles in North Dakota. Be sure to listen in, if any CLEAN members are attending. ... See MoreSee Less
The month of November will see two important presentations by CLEAN, namely the November 23rd presentation at the Fargo Library. from 2 PM to 5 PM and at the Plains Art Museum, November 21 from 9 AM to 11:30 AM. We will create the events both here on our Facebook Page, and also on the wwww.cleanfargo.org web site. Look in the events calendar for details and sporead the news to everyone you know. ... See MoreSee Less
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On December 5 there will be a presentation on Birds and Climate Change put on by FM Autubon at the Moorhead Public Library at 6:30 pm. This is a good opportunity to meet up with another local group concerned with climate change. ... See MoreSee Less
Here are a few good things that have happened in our world recently:
Turning plastic trash into treasure:
www.biofueldaily.com/reports/Turning_plastic_trash_into_treasure_999.html
Evanston IL (SPX) Oct 25, 2019 - Single-use plastics might have more inherent value than you think. Researchers have developed a new method for upcycling abundant, seemingly low-value plastics into high-quality liquid products, such as motor oils, lubricants, detergents and even cosmetics. The discovery also improves on current recycling methods that result in cheap, low-quality plastic products. The catalytic metho ... more
Upcycling polyethylene plastic waste into lubricant oils:
www.biofueldaily.com/reports/Upcycling_polyethylene_plastic_waste_into_lubricant_oils_999.html
Washington DC (SPX) Oct 25, 2019 - Plastics pervade almost every aspect of modern life, but once they have served their purpose, it's tough to get rid of them. That's because the polymers degrade very slowly in landfills or the environment, and recycling is inefficient. Now researchers reporting in ACS Central Science have developed a catalyst that can transform polyethylene - the type of plastic used to make grocery bags a ... more
Replacing coal with gas or renewables saves billions of gallons of water:
www.oilgasdaily.com/reports/Replacing_coal_with_gas_or_renewables_saves_billions_of_gallons_of_wa...
Durham NC (SPX) Oct 25, 2019 - The ongoing transition from coal to natural gas and renewables in the U.S. electricity sector is dramatically reducing the industry's water use, a new Duke University study finds. "While most attention has been focused on the climate and air quality benefits of switching from coal, this new study shows that the transition to natural gas - and even more so, to renewable energy sources - has ... more
New catalyst that can turn carbon dioxide into fuels:
www.biofueldaily.com/reports/New_catalyst_that_can_turn_carbon_dioxide_into_fuels_999.html
Stanford CA (SPX) Oct 23, 2019 - Imagine grabbing carbon dioxide from car exhaust pipes and other sources and turning this main greenhouse gas into fuels like natural gas or propane: a sustainability dream come true. Several recent studies have shown some success in this conversion, but a novel approach from Stanford University engineers yields four times more ethane, propane and butane than existing methods that use simi ... more ... See MoreSee Less
