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USDA awards $10M in grants to spur production of biofuels, bioenergy and biobased products

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Oregon State University, $349,624. University of Wisconsin, Madison $496,109. University of Wisconsin, Madison $496,109. University of Wisconsin, Madison, $345,327. Duke University, $349,084. Temple University, $149,977. Pennsylvania State University, $348,959. Clemson University, $50,000. Texas A&M University, $255,972.

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EPA awards $8M in FY2014 clean diesel grants in 21 states, Puerto Rico

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Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment is retrofitting 36 school buses with technologies to cut soot and reduce idling. Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin. Delaware River and Bay Authority is repowering two Tier 0 marine propulsion engines in one vessel with Tier 3 engines. North Carolina. Puerto Rico.

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$112.5M awarded to research consortia studying effects of Deepwater Horizon oil spill on Gulf of Mexico

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These teams will investigate the fate of petroleum in the environment; the impacts of the spill; and the development of new tools and technology for responding to future spills and improving mitigation and restoration. Project Title: Consortium for Advanced Research of Hydrocarbon Transport in the Environment (CARTHE).

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USDA and DOE select 13 biofuels projects for more than $41M in awards

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University of Wisconsin ($7 million). The project goal is to develop closed-loop systems with new product streams that benefit the environment. Oregon State University. This project will utilize dairy manure as a source of fiber and fertilizer. University of Hawaii ($6 million).

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Harmonizing Low Carbon Fuel Standards

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Northeast States, Oregon, the EU, etc.). The Oregon Legislature authorized an LCFS program in 2009 as part of House Bill 2186, tasking the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to design the program. The proposal is modeled after California LCFS while being customized to meet conditions in Oregon. Washington.

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US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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Lane Transit District, Oregon: $3,000,000. Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon, Oregon: $750,000. These projects improve the working environment, conserve energy, reduce operating/maintenance costs and reduce GHG emissions for a ten-year lifecycle. Madison Metro Transit, Wisconsin: $150,000.

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DOE Joint Genome Institute approves 41 projects for 2012 Community Sequencing Program; climate, environment and bioenergy feedstocks

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A team led by Joseph Spatafora at Oregon State University and Jason Stajich at University of California at Riverside is planning to fill in gaps in the Fungal Tree of Life by sequencing 1,000 fungal genomes over the next five years, providing at least two reference genomes for each of the 577 recognized families classified under Fungi.