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USDA providing $9.6M to create 9,000 acres of BCAP project areas for non-food energy crop production

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million for the creation of two new Biomass Crop Assistance Program ( BCAP ) project areas in New York and North Carolina, and the expansion of an already established BCAP project area in Arkansas. Enrolled producers will receive establishment assistance and five years of annual production support under BCAP.

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DOE awards $19M to 13 initiatives in fossil-fuel areas to produce rare earth elements and critical minerals

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) awarded $19 million for 13 projects in traditionally fossil-fuel-producing communities across the country to support production of rare earth elements and critical minerals essential to the manufacturing of batteries, magnets, and other components important to the clean energy economy.

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Exxon Mobil Acquiring XTO Energy in $41B Deal; Enhances US Position in Unconventional Natural Gas and Oil

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Exxon Mobil Corporation is acquiring XTO Energy Inc. The agreement, which is subject to XTO stockholder approval and regulatory clearance, will enhance ExxonMobil’s position in the development of unconventional natural gas and oil resources. in an all-stock transaction valued at $41 billion.

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USDA establishes four additional Biomass Crop Assistance Program project areas

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Acreage in Arkansas, Missouri, Ohio and Pennsylvania will be designated to grow giant miscanthus, a sterile hybrid warm-season grass that can be converted into energy to be used for heat, power, liquid biofuels, and bio-based products. A project area must have specific boundaries that are approved by the Secretary of Agriculture.

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VIMS Collaborates with StatoilHydro on Algae Biofuel Project

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The College of William and Mary and its Virginia Institute of Marine Science have formed a collaborative research initiative with a number of corporate partners—notably StatoilHydro—to investigate a new technology to produce biofuel from the algae growing naturally in rivers and the Chesapeake Bay.

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America’s lithium laws fail to keep pace with rapid development – ET Auto

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Unless the United States boosts its own production, the country’s manufacturers will find themselves reliant on China and others for supply as the end of the decade approaches, analysts warn. The path is even murkier for water that is extracted alongside crude oil.

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Follow the sand to the real fracking boom

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When it takes up to four million pounds of sand to frack a single well, it’s no wonder that demand is outpacing supply and frack sand producers are becoming the biggest behind-the-scenes beneficiaries of the American oil and gas boom. The industry has gone from drilling four wells per square mile to up to 16 using shorter, wider fracs.

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