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Plug-in vehicles would offer big benefits, research finds

Electricity supply-related study projects large net drop in CO2 emissions
December 4, 2008
John Harrison
If you drive to work, imagine reducing the fuel cost of your daily commute to 80 cents from $7.You would also contribute to reducing carbon-dioxide emissions from vehicles and power plants.It's possible to achieve those things by driving a to a
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ExxonMobil's first U.S. biodiesel blending plant is here

Project at Valley terminal includes mixing equipment worth about $3.1 million
December 4, 2008
Mike McLean
ExxonMobil Corp. has started mixing petroleum-derived and renewable diesel fuels together here at its first biodiesel blending project in the U.S., says the Irving, Texas-based oil giant.The $3.1 million blending operation, located at 15-acre at
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State seeks better energy building codes

Will share in federal grant to update rules for efficiency
December 4, 2008
Washington is one of six states that will share in $2.6 million in grants awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy to update state building codes to improve energy-efficiency standards.The Washington State University Extension Energy Program in
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Above: Photo by David Brown, courtesy of Gaelectric. Below: Diagram courtesy of Gaelectric.

Joint venture looks to wind

Irish, Clarkston concerns join forces to develop projects around region
December 4, 2008
Richard Ripley
A joint venture formed by a Clarkston, Wash., company and an Irish renewable-energy concern is working on several efforts to generate green power, including a proposed 200-megawatt wind-turbine farm and a 10-megawatt wind-powered project it would a
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—Staff photo by Jeannie Gustafson

Pacific Steel & Recycling waits out lagging markets

Though prices are down, company says value of metal is enduring
December 4, 2008
Jeanne Gustafson
Pacific Steel & Recycling, a venture formed here more than 100 years ago as a one-man fur-trading depot, has become a conglomeration of recycling enterprises, selling a variety of cast-off goods and commodity by-products to businesses that turn new
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—Staff photo by David Cole

Inland Imaging ramps up coronary CT angiography

Scanner bought year ago said only device available that can do such scans well
December 4, 2008
David Cole
Inland Imaging LLC, of Spokane, which bought a 64-slice computed-tomography (CT) scanner about a year ago, has begun to operate its coronary CT angiogram program at full capacity with the $1 million machine, located at Holy Family Bhat, a body at a
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—Staff photo by David Cole

Cancer Care Northwest buys new imaging device

$2 million GE scanner at Deaconess combines CT, PET technologies
December 4, 2008
David Cole
Spokane-based Cancer Care Northwest has purchased and installed a new $2 million imaging machine that it says will help physicians here detect, pinpoint the location of, and assess the stage of various types of cancer.The machine is located in
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