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DOE reports show major potential for wave and tidal energy production near US coasts

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Overall, as compared with the preliminary wave energy resource made by EPRI in 2004, this represents a 26% increase in the available resource estimate. The West Coast, including Alaska and Hawaii, has especially high potential for wave energy development, while significant opportunities for wave energy also exist along the East Coast.

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NOAA: Global Combined Land and Ocean Surface Temperature Was Second Warmest for September

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Based on records going back to 1880, the monthly National Climatic Data Center analysis is part of the suite of climate services NOAA provides. The worldwide ocean temperature tied with 2004 as the fifth warmest September on record, 0.90 °F (0.5 °C) Global surface temperature anomalies (degrees F) for the month of September 2009.

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NOAA Joins Other Agencies and Canada to Survey the Arctic Continental Shelf

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An aerial view of the Chukchi Borderland from the north, with tracks from 2003, 2004 and 2007 mapping expeditions. The Arctic survey is part of the multi-year, multi-agency effort undertaken by the US Extended Continental Shelf Project, led by the Department of State, with vice co-chairs from the Department of the Interior and NOAA.

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FAA Awards Contracts for $125M to 5 Companies to Accelerate More Environmentally Friendly Aviation Technology; Renewable Fuels, Engines, Wings and Flight Management

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The contracts are part of the FAA’s Continuous Lower Energy, Emissions and Noise (CLEEN) program, designed to speed the introduction of “green” technology into aviation. eCore will be part of CFM International’s new LEAP-X engine for narrow body aircraft as well as the new core for GE’s next generation regional and business jet engines.

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