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BuG ReMeDEE project seeks to use extremophile bacteria to convert methane to biofuels, biopolymers and electricity

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Establish a consortium for sustained collaborations among university partners in South Dakota, Montana, and Oklahoma in the field of methane regulation in extreme environments. This, the deepest mine in North America, began filling with water following its closure in 2002. As the water receded, Rajesh Sani, Ph.D.,

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DOE awards $97M to 33 bioenergy research and development projects

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University of Alabama. University of North Dakota. North Carolina State University. Oregon State University. University of Cincinnati. University of Maryland - College Park. Princeton University. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Utah State University. Montana State University.

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Expansion of sugarcane crop in Brazil to areas previously occupied by crops or pastureland leads to local cooling

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It does so by reflecting sunlight back into space and by lowering the temperature of the surrounding air as the plants “exhale” cooler water. They measured temperature, reflectivity (albedo), and evapotranspiration—the water loss from the soil and from plants as they exhale water vapor. —Scott Loarie.

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$12+M awarded to 4 projects seeking to design crops with ability to fix their own nitrogen; no artificial fertilizers

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They also generate environmental problems from degrading soil to runoff into rivers where they pollute fresh waters and coastal zones. it needs to be converted into a form that plants can use. Golbeck, Penn State University; Christopher A. Researchers led by Washington University in St. Maranas, Penn State University.

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Study finds global rivers and streams emitting 3x IPCC estimates of the GHG N2O

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This is especially the case for those draining nitrogen-enriched urbanized and agricultural watersheds, highlighting the importance of managing nitrogen before it reaches open water. It is produced via a microbial process called denitrification, which converts nitrogen to nitrous oxide and an inert gas called dinitrogen.

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First-of-a-Kind Field Test for Enhanced Coalbed Methane Recovery with Simultaneous CO2 Sequestration

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West Virginia University, and the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) are collaborating in the $13 million field trial, located in Marshall County, W.Va. These wells have been producing coalbed methane and water since 2004. Monitoring the quality of groundwater and stream water. CONSOL Energy Inc.,

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DOE and USDA award $10M to advance biofuels, bioenergy, and biobased products

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With up to $3 million in available funding, DOE has selected two projects: one from Ohio State University and one from Massachusetts Institute of Technology that will receive between $1 million to $2 million. The DOE selections are: The Ohio State University (OSU). The USDA is funding five projects for a total of $7.3