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17 hrs ago | Charleston Gazette

Energy-saving bulbs will become law

While making energy-efficient improvements to the home may qualify homeowners for tax credits, there is a way to cut energy costs on a smaller scale that will eventually be mandatory.

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Related Topix: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Law, Law, George Bush, W.

Sat Jul 04, 2009

Corporate Social Responsibility News

Curiously slow; Green spending and stimulus

Environmental spending The energy secretary continues to show his frustration THE economy is wobbly, oil prices are rising and voters have climate change on their minds.

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Fri Jul 03, 2009

Ledger Dispatch

EarthTalk: Insulating paint

Insulating paints should merely be the icing on the cake of an otherwise well-conceived plan to cut heating and cooling costs, and not be used in place of traditional bulk insulation.

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Related Topix: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Hartford Courant

State Pledges $11 Million For Battery Venture

The state of Connecticut is prepared to pay more than $11 million to help a Stonington battery maker power electric cars.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Representative Joe Courtney, Democrat, Stonington, CT, Enfield, CT, Ansonia, CT

VentureBeat

DOE taps DuPont for $9M solar research project

Science-oriented conglomerate DuPont has landed a $9 million partnership with the Department of Energy to conduct research into consumer-facing solar goods and components.

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Related Topix: Emerging Technology

Thu Jul 02, 2009

Clover Herald

Mass. firm gets loan for NY energy storage system

A Massachusetts company says the federal government has approved a $43 million loan guarantee to help finance a 20-megawatt energy storage system for New York's electrical grid.

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Related Topix: Beacon Power, Electronics, Energy, Tyngsboro, MA

Marianas Variety

DPW to get stimulus grants

PRESS Secretary Charles P. Reyes Jr. disclosed yesterday that the Department of Public Worksa Energy Office will receive funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, or the federal stimulus law.

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Wed Jul 01, 2009

KERO

Hydrogen Plant Proposal Wins Millions In Stimulus Funding

The proposed hydrogen energy plant in the South County received a major shot in the arm Wednesday, after it was awarded millions of dollars in stimulus funding.

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Related Topix: Hydrogen Power, Alternative Energy, Energy

Boston Business Journal

Marine Center nets another $750K

The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth 's Advanced Technology Manufacturing Center received another spark last week to power its research in marine energy in the form of a direct appropriation from the federal government.

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Related Topix: William Delahunt, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, UMass Dartmouth

International Business Times

U.S. to set new rules for light bulbs, invest in buildings' energy efficiency

President Barack Obama and his administration said today household and commercial lamps and lighting will face new rules to save energy and reduce carbon dioxide emissions.

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TMCnet

Lenovo Offers Portfolio of PCs Meeting Energy Star 5.0 Specification

Lenovo announced today that more than 25 of its Think-branded business and Idea-branded consumer PCs meet the new ENERGY STAR Version 5.0 Specification for Computers, which goes into effect on July 1, 2009.

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Related Topix: Laptops/Notebooks, Computers, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, PC, CPU, Science / Technology

Tue Jun 30, 2009

Electric Energy Online

U.S. Department of Energy Approves 16 State Energy Spending Plans as Part of Stimulus Push, Long-Range Investment

The U.S. Department of Energy has approved 16 State Energy Program spending plans authorized as part of the federal economic stimulus package signed into law in February.

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Related Topix: Missouri, Alternative Energy, Science / Technology, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy

Science Blog

NuTeV anomaly helps shed light on physics of the nucleus

A new calculation clarifies the complicated relationship between protons and neutrons in the atomic nucleus and offers a fascinating resolution of the famous NuTeV Anomaly.

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Related Topix: Physics, Science, University of Washington

Science Daily

New Exotic Particle Observed

At a recent physics seminar at the Department of Energy's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Fermilab physicist Pat Lukens of the CDF experiment announced the observation of a new particle, the Omega-sub-b . The particle contains three quarks, two strange quarks and a bottom quark .

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Related Topix: Physics, Science

WHSV-TV Harrisonburg

DOE to Provide Rebates to Virginians for Energy Efficiency Improvements

U.S. Sens. Jim Webb and Mark R. Warner announced Monday that the Department of Energy has released $28 million to support several programs aimed at spurring investment in residential, commercial and industrial energy efficiency, as well as renewable energy projects.

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Related Topix: Virginia, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Senator Mark Warner

Mon Jun 29, 2009

Cleantech.com - Accelerating the next...

Dow, Algenol to build pilot algae-based biorefinery

Chemical company to also provide carbon dioxide source for new Texas biorefinery, pending funding from a US DOE grant.

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Related Topix: Rubber-Plastics, Manufacturing, Dow Chemical, Chemicals

The Journal Record

Two FutureGen partners drop out of coal project

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. Just two weeks after the federal government revived plans to build the FutureGen power plant in eastern Illinois, two of the experimental coal plant's financial backers said they are withdrawing.

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Related Topix: Champaign Metro, Champaign, IL, Mattoon, IL, American Electric Power, Energy, Southern

Clean Edge

DOE Announces Guidelines for $3.9 Billion in Smart Grid Grants

U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu recently announced that the Department of Energy is soliciting applications for $3.9 billion in grants to support efforts to modernize the electric grid, allowing for greater integration of renewable energy sources while increasing the reliability, efficiency and security of the nation's transmission and ...

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Sun Jun 28, 2009

The Herald Bulletin

In Power: By the numbers

Federal stimulus funds supporting electric vehicles: - $1.5 billion in grants offered by the U.S. Department of Energy to U.S.-based manufacturers to produce advanced batteries and their components - $500 million in grants offered by the U.S. Department of Energy to U.S.-based manufacturers to produce other components needed for electric cars, such ...

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AutoblogGreen

EnerDel gets $3.3 million to make safer lithium batteries with Argonne

It has not been a quiet year for Indianapolis-based EnerDel, the li-ion battery subsidiary of Ener1 .

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Related Topix: Indianapolis, IN, Indianapolis Metro, Computers, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Evan Bayh, Democrat, Chemistry, Science

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