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

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The project—Building Genome-to-Phenome Infrastructure for Regulating Methane in Deep and Extreme Environments ( BuG ReMeDEE )—was awarded a $6-million grant by the National Science Foundation in October 2017. The BuG ReMeDEE consortium includes industrial partners LanzaTech (US) and Bijson Innovations Pvt. —Rajesh Sani.

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US Air Force Office of Scientific Research Makes Two Awards for Thermoelectric Waste Heat Recovery Technology

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The US Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) has recently made two awards to researchers to support multi-year projects on the development of thermoelectric (TE) waste heat recovery technologies. The projects are part of a larger Air Force initiative to explore the use of alternative energy sources and energy harvesting and storage.

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DOE to award more than $27M to 12 plastics recycling R&D projects

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As part of DOE’s Plastics Innovation Challenge, these projects will also help improve existing recycling processes that break plastics into chemical building blocks, which can then be used to make new products. Partners include Husky, Miliken, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Niagra, Oklahoma State University, Under Armor, and Unifi.

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News FAIL - L.A. Times Blows Global Warming Story

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The Times wrote, “Chu made clear that he sees public education as a key part of the administration’s strategy to fight global warming&# but the Times is clueless about their role in that education. By looking to Inhofe to “balance&# their story with a predicable quote, the Times spews toxic waste all over itself.

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DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

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Hot Shot Coanda-Stabilized Free Stream Gas Atomization (Hot CoSA) of Powders of Refractory Multi-Principle Element Alloys (RMPEA) for Extreme Environments, $250,000. Nu:Ionic (Tulsa, Oklahoma). Robust Carbonic Anhydrases for Novel Biological, Sustainable and Low Energy CO2 Scrubbing Process from Waste Gases, $250,000.

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ARPA-E Awards $151M to 37 Projects for Transformative Energy Research

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In July, the DOE announced that ARPA-E had received approximately 3,500 submissions for the approximately $150 million available as part of the first Funding Opportunity Announcement (DE-FOA-0000065) released 27 April 2009. Waste Heat Capture (2 projects). WASTE HEAT CAPTURE. Earlier post.) Biomass Energy (5 projects).

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The Game-Changing Water Revolution: Interview with Stanley Weiner

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Parts of Oklahoma are hard hit by drought. Blue’ technologies have also until now not been ‘green’ enough to make sense for the environment. Stanley Weiner: It’s absolutely a vital part of the energy equation. What it means immediately is higher food prices across the US. The water crisis affects us all in many ways.

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