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• Feds Invest $564M in Advanced Biomass Projects

  
  Environmental Leader — Authority: 611
  To help build the foundation of a biomass industry in the United States, the U.S. Departments of Energy and Agriculture have selected 19 biorefinery projects in 15 states to receive up to $564 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. These projects were chosen to speed up the construction and operation ...
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• LG Sues DOE Over Energy Star Treatment

  
  Environmental Leader — Authority: 611
  LG Electronics believes it is being unfairly singled out after the Department of Energy required LG to remove the Energy Star label from some of its refrigerator-freezers starting Jan. 2. As a result, LG filed a complaint against the department in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, according to news ...
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• Advanced biorefineries. “The projects – in 15 states – will validate refining technologies and help lay the foundation for full commercial-scale development of a biomass industry in the United States.”

  
  Biotech — Authority: 128
  U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu has said:‘Advanced biofuels are critical to building a cleaner, more sustainable transportation system in the U.S.’‘These projects will help establish a domestic industry that will create jobs here at home and open new markets across rural America.’Descriptions of selected ...
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• U.S. Department of Energy awards US$979-million for carbon-capture projects

  
  MINING.com News — Authority: 183
  The U.S. Energy Department announced yesterday it will award up to US$979-million to three projects aimed at developing technology to trap and store carbon emissions from coal plants. Such technology is not yet viable on a commercial scale, but would
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• Greens cool on Obama water heater efficiency rules

  
  Green Wombat — Authority: 115
  In The New York Times on Friday, I write about environmentalists’ less-than-enthusiastic reaction to the Obama administration’s proposed efficiency standards for water heaters, one of a home’s biggest energy hogs: Environmentalists have had a lukewarm reaction to the Obama administration’s proposed energy ...
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• Taking the Tesla for a spin

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 136
  We took a short spin in a Tesla to see what an all-electric sports car was like. The Roadster Sport wasn’t totally silent, but it wasn’t loud — and it was fast (zero to 60 miles per hour in under 4 seconds). We got lots of looks, too. Tesla calls it “performance with a clean conscience” but building the ...
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• U.S. says no to Arctic fishing

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 136
  (Reporting by Yereth Rosen in Alaska) There is currently no commercial fishing conducted in U.S. Arctic waters, and now there won’t be: a formal ban on commercial seafood harvests in U.S. waters north of the Bering Strait went into effect on Thursday. Environmentalists and fishery managers applauded the move as a ...
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• Second Generation Biofuels Get Needed Shot In The Arm With $600 Million Of Federal Money

  
  TechPulse 360 — Authority: 477
  First generation biofuels made from corn, sugar cane and other edible crops continue to make steady, if lackluster, progress. POET, the nation’s largest producer of Ethanol from corn, says production costs at its South Dakota plant are now $2.35 a gallon. In another two years, the company should be able to compete ...
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• NM to get up to $100 million for construction of biorefinery (updated)

  
  New Mexico Independent — Authority: 584
  New Mexico will be getting up to $100 million from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to help build and run a New Mexico integrated biorefinery project near Columbus, New Mexico. The demonstration-scale facility “will cultivate algae in ponds that will ultimately be converted into green fuels, such as jet fuel ...
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• Forest carbon schemes – new hope for the Amazon?

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 136
  By Stuart Grudgings In the tiny settlement of Boa Frente on the banks of a tributary to the Amazon river, bright blue butterflies flitting through trees and the constant squawks of parrots add to the feeling of a paradise on earth. The poverty endured by most of its residents quickly shatters that illusion, but ...
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• Macro yarn from nano fibers

  
  David Kirkpatrick — Authority: 438
  Step aside Kevlar, your replacement just clocked in. This nanotech product looks to have immediate practical applications. Anyone who was a serious tennis player quite some ago ought to remember the Prince Boron racket . Outrageously priced at $500 in a time when cracking three figures was very, very expensive ...
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• $600 Million Investment in Advanced Biorefinery Projects

  
  Appomattox Area News — Authority: 136
  Virginia not included in biofuel project. U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the selection of 19 integrated biorefinery projects to receive up to $564 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to accelerate the construction and operation ...
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• What to do while the world burns

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 136
  A firefighter puts out a fire at a village near Bangkok March 31, 2008. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang This opinion piece by Mort Rosenblum originally appeared in GlobalPost . The views expressed are his own. For the full article, click here . PARIS, France — Back when primal-scream therapy was the rage in ...
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• Manufacturers Implore Obama to Require Utilities to Buy CHP Energy

  
  Environmental Leader — Authority: 611
  The adoption of combined heat and power, or cogeneration, facilities would gain a boost if the Obama Administration grants manufacturers their wish.The Industrial Energy Consumers of America (IECA), which is made up of manufacturers and other industrial energy users, delivered to the Obama Administration a number of ...
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• Go Green: Saving Money and Energy This Winter

  
  Quizzle Blog — Authority: 414
  As I drive around my neighborhood at night, enjoying the festive exhibits during the holidays, I often ask myself: “How much does it cost to have such an elaborate light display?”Christmas decorations that light up my street are the first things that get me in the holiday spirit, along with 24  hour Christmas ...
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• ORNL tops $1 mil in United Way giving

  
  Sevier County News — Authority: 139
  OAK RIDGE, TN– Oak Ridge National Laboratory is charting big numbers again, but this time it’s not megawatts or petaflops. The Department of Energy laboratory for the second time has topped the $1 million mark in its 2009 United Way campaign.This year’s campaign exceeded its $925,000 goal with a total of ...
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• Stifling Innovation by Subsidizing It

  
  Cato @ Liberty — Authority: 740
  In 2007, the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program was created in the Department of Energy to support the development of advanced (i.e., “green”) technology vehicles. Last year Congress appropriated $7.5 billion to support a maximum of $25 billion in loans. So far, the subsidies have been dished ...
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• Sailing into an icy cauldron

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 136
  Reuters employee Pauline Askin has sailed for the Antarctic  for a six -week expedition on the icy continent where she will help restore Mawson’s huts named after Australia’s most celebrated Antarctic explorer on Commonwealth Bay, the windiest place on earth. During the expedition, Pauline will report on ...
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• Department of Energy Invests $34 Million Into Carbon Fiber Manufacturing and Processing Technologies

  
  Carbon Fiber Gear — Authority: 410
  The US Department of Energy is pumping some serious money into helping to reduce the production cost of carbon fiber manufacturing.  They are using $34.7 million of the $104.7 million in funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for this carbon fiber project.  The rest is going towards improved ...
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• Senator Reid’s Clean Energy Funding Workshops -Dec 7, 8

  
  Nevada's Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology - Nevada's Business Starts Here — Authority: 137
          Las Vegas Workshop December 7th, 2009 1pm to 5pm Clark County Library Charleston Theater West Charleston Library 6301 W. Charleston Blvd Las Vegas, NV 89146 Reno Workshop December 8th, 2009 8am to 12 noon McKinley Arts & Culture Center Auditorium 925 Riverside Drive Reno, NV ...
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