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• New Project To Assess Biomass Crops and Optimize Them for Higher Yields

  
  New articles on eBoom — Authority: 134
  biomass.jpg In a new two-year study, partially funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, two biomass companies are joining forces to determine which variations of biomass crops are optimal for thermochemical conversion and how to optimize their usage.
  18 hours ago

• AIA Report Notes Dramatic Increase in Green Building Programs

  
  New articles on eBoom — Authority: 134
  GreenEnergyDrawing.jpg Despite a global economic crisis, or maybe because of it, more and more municipalities are getting religious about building green – and developing policies to promote energy-efficient building.
  19 hours ago

• Obama to Target Cars in Greenhouse-Gas Proposal at U.N. Climate Change Summit

  
  Car Reviews & Car Buying Blog — Authority: 164
  Heres something else to be thankful for today: A big part of the greenhouse-gas emissions reductions President Obama will propose when he attends the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen next month will be through sharp increases in vehicle fuel efficiency. Carol Browner, the White House climate czar, said ...
  20 hours ago

• Obama pledges climate support

  
  ICM Commercial & Business News — Authority: 434
  US President Barack Obama has pledged his support for the war on climate change by announcing his attendance at the United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen on 9 December. The White House announced yesterday that the President would be attending the conference and will unveil plans for the US to ...
  23 hours ago

• Smart Grid projects pick up huge funding boost

  
  Green cars: latest news — Authority: 484
  The advancement of the US Smart Grid has taken another significant step forward after the US Department of Energy agreed to award $620million to projects across the country aimed at advancing Smart Grid technologies and integrated systems. In total, 32 projects will benefit including those focusing on large-scale ...
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• Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grants Fund Florida and Maine to the Tune of $40 Million

  
  New articles on eBoom — Authority: 134
  doe-logo.jpg Florida and Maine are the latest recipients of the DOE’s Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) program . Through this program, states can implement programs that lower energy use, reduce carbon pollution, and create green jobs locally.
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• ORNL deep retrofits can cut home energy bills in half

  
  Science Blog - Science news straight from the source — Authority: 639
  OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Nov. 25, 2009 -- Oak Ridge National Laboratory has announced plans to conduct a series of deep energy retrofit research projects with the potential to improve the energy efficiency in selected homes by as much as 30 to 50 percent.
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• Pennsylvania to receive more than $7 Million for Smart Grid Demonstration and Energy Storage Projects

  
  Courier Times Now — Authority: 590
  Recovery Act funding will upgrade the electrical grid, save energy and create jobs WASHINGTON , DC - Energy Secretary Chu announced today that the Department of Energy is awarding more than $7 million for 2 Pennsylvania projects to demonstrate advanced Smart Grid technologies and integrated systems that will ...
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• Peter Gleick: What the Frack? Poisoning our Water in the Name of Energy Profits

  
  Circle of Blue | WaterNews — Authority: 546
  Image courtesy US Geological Survey Produced water brine pit in Oklahoma oil and gas field from hyrdaulic facturing, or fracking. Here is your word for the day: Fracking or fraccing. [No, fellow Battlestar Galactica fans, this is a different use of the word "frack," although for some, the sentiment is the same.] ...
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• Feds Inject $620M into Smart Grid Projects

  
  Environmental Leader — Authority: 635
  Smart grid demonstration projects should benefit from the $620 million in Department of Energy funding announced Nov. 24.In addition to smart meters, the 32 demonstration projects range from large-scale energy storage to distribution and transmission system monitoring devices. To view a full list of projects, click ...
  2 days ago

• Which Companies Have the Lowest Carbon Emissions?

  
  Living Clean — Authority: 110
  Beyond making changes in ones personal lifestyle, how can individuals affect the broader issues of climate change and carbon emissions? By supporting companies that engage in practices which they support. This post was originally published on Living Clean at Which Companies Have the Lowest Carbon Emissions? .
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• Inhofe Launches Investigation of Climate Change

  
  Bob McCarty Writes — Authority: 441
  Yesterday and today, I reported that Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) was threatening to launch a “ClimateGate” investigation.  Late this afternoon, the ranking member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works did just that.Senator Inhofe sent letters to several scientists, some of whom allegedly ...
  2 days ago

• Daniel Nocera’s Sun Catalytix Receives $7.1 Million for Developing Photosynthesis System

  
  The Green Optimistic — Authority: 138
  Daniel G. Nocera of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is the inventor of the most important solar energy system of the century. His 2007 designed system is able to create cheap solar energy based on the photosynthesis process.
  2 days ago

• Stimulus funds for local energy-storage projects

  
  Political Blotter — Authority: 505
  Bay Area companies have been awarded more than $49 million in economic-stimulus funds for energy storage projects aimed at improving the efficiency and reliability of the nation’s electrical grid, the U.S. Department of Energy announced this morning. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced $620 million in American ...
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• NM wins federal ’smart grid’ money

  
  New Mexico Independent — Authority: 572
  Two projects in New Mexico won federal ’smart grid’ stimulus money today, the U.S. Department of Energy announced. But it’s difficult to tell how much of the money will actually stay in New Mexico. More than $4.7 million of $6.5 million awarded to projects in New Mexico according to the U.S. Department of ...
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• Gridwise, IEC make pact to make utilities smarter

  
  Gadget Reviews — Authority: 155
  The Gridwise Alliance, a nonprofit coalition of stakeholders developing the Smart Grid, signed a memorandum of understanding today with the International Engineering Consortium, to team up to make utilities more intelligent.Presumably, the Alliance will integrate its intelligent utilities curriculum integrated into ...
  3 days ago

• IPO talk revs up for Tesla Motors

  
  Family Learning Center — Authority: 161
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• Is global warming unstoppable?

  
  Science Blog - Science news straight from the source — Authority: 639
  SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 23, 2009 -- In a provocative new study, a University of Utah scientist argues that rising carbon dioxide emissions -- the major cause of global warming -- cannot be stabilized unless the worlds economy collapses or society builds the equivalent of one new nuclear power plant each day.
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• Green project vote tonight

  
  theCLog — Authority: 516
  Here’s a chance to state your case to the Charlotte City Council about our city’s green future: A vote on 18 green projects that would be paid out of a $6.78 million U.S. Department of Energy stimulus grant goes before Charlotte city council Monday. The council meeting starts at 6:30 p.m. at the Charlotte ...
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• Sun Catalytix Gets $1M More from Polaris, Exclusive License to Solar Fuel Tech from MIT

  
  Xconomy — Authority: 703
  energy , deals , Solar Ryan McBride wrote: Polaris Venture Partners has pumped an additional $1 million in seed capital into Cambridge, MA-based solar fuel startup Sun Catalytix , bringing its total investment in the MIT spinout to $3 million, Polaris general partner and company director Bob Metcalfe ...
  4 days ago

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