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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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The facility is used by the LRTA to store, fuel, maintain, and repair transportation vehicles (buses, vans, tow trucks etc.) Arlington Transit – ART, Virginia: $1,500,000. Each metric ton of Halon 1301 released to the atmosphere&madsh;intentionally or inadvertently—is equivalent to releasing 6,900 metric tons of carbon dioxide.

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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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The Dangl team seeks to apply the genetic and genomic information toward applications in bioenergy and carbon cycling research. —Dangl team proposal. Additionally, the microbes in this environment may offer insight into bioremediation applications for cold ecosystems. Community Sequencing Program Sequencing Plans for 2012.