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22 states looking to add NGV's to fleets.

US reliance on Saud oil heading back up. Mexico, Venezuala production down. Saud imports up ~20% this year. In 1H11 US imported ~1.15Mb/d from Sauds. 2.6Mb/d US imports from Persian Gulf area this May.

Chu backing reauthorization of surcharge on Cal el bills that's raised ~$350M/yr for clean E and E efficiency projects.

Novozymes cut prediction of US ethanol production because of drought.

Novozymes (Denmark) reported revs up 7% in 1H12. EBIT margin 24%. EBIT full year raised to 11-14% from 9-12%.

Chinese comp wants to invest $1B in TX clean coal project.

DC appeals court tossed E15 lawsuit brought by oil, auto and food industry (where was the feed industry?) against EPA. None of petitioners had standing, court said.

White House freed up $470M in unspent earmarks for infrastructure. Yep, political timing. They all do it. We would do it too if we were there unless we are really different peoples. Maybe some of us are really different peeps. We'll only know if we get in office.

Bipartisan group of 25 senators calls underfunding of ports "totally unacceptable".

Hot weather, lightning spreading blazes in polar bear habitat.

Red tide has killed near 1M fish in TX.

NRC: owner of troubled Cal nuke plant failed to provide adequate cyber security.

Construction start on southern leg of Keystone XL pipeline.

First Energy overpaid for renewable energy credits in OH.

Chinese solar panel makers request probe of alleged EU solar dumping, subsidies.

GE unveiled wind turbine to charge EVs.

Norway driver hit bear while swerving to avoid moose. I know. Nothing to do with energy.

Bill McGuire carried Duke Power into nuke age. Died at 102.

Diesel fuel used to frack at least 138 wells in US in past 18 months according to industry reports. EPA proposed definition of diesel raises that # to 408.

New LNG export terminals could become white elephants: study. I've seen white elephants. In fact, there's one just outside my window. But I've also seen flying pigs. And UFOs. :)

Canada doctors calling for health study for oil sands. I'm guessing for the workers and local residents.

EIA: US weekly ethanol production averaging 819Kb/d. ~34.4M gal/d. Up 2Kb/d from week before. 4-week average 810Kb/d. Annually ~ 12.4B gallons. Ethanol stocks at 18.4M bls. Gasoline demand avg 391M gal/d. Daily eth prod 8.8% of gas demand. So, eth mix down around 1.2% lately as I understand it. The drought. And corn costs.

BP Biofuels, TX AgriLife Research, in TX A&M system, signed 3-year agreement to develop and commercialize cellulosic feedstocks for advanced biofuels. Pearl millet napiergrass, kinggrass, energy cane and miscane suitable along US gulf coast.

Boeing, COMAC opened joint Aviation Energy Conservation and Emissions Reduction Tech Center in China. 1st research project to ID contaminants in "gutter oil" (waste cooking oil) and processes that may treat it and clean it for jet fuel. China consumes ~29M tons/y of cooking oil and their av system uses 20M tons/y. Do that math.

POET, Novozymes calling on EPA to deny RFS waivers.

$32.7B of new power and water projects have or will start construction this year in Middle East this year. 97 projects. UAE $1.5B, headed by $740M solar farm. Kuwait 19 projects for $4.2B led by $2.7B water and power plant. Sauds $8.8B for 15 projects. And 9 more countries.

Bill Gates: near 2.6B folks around world have no access to clean sanitation. 1.5M children die from that every year. Bill and Meliss awarded CalTech money for solar-powered toilet. The one we knew of back in the '70's?

DOE expects total Kazach oil production to reach 200Kb/d in '13. Kazmunaigas predicting 300K and 1Mb/d as early as '18. Caspian Sea field. Expects to deliver through existing Russian pipelines and ships.