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USDA awarding $136M to five major research projects focused in part on developing cellulosic drop-in aviation fuels

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University partners from the states of Washington, Louisiana, Tennessee, and Iowa will lead the projects, which focus in part on developing aviation biofuels from tall grasses, crop residues and forest resources. The grants announced by Vilsack in Seattle today came through USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA).

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The Marimba Virtuoso’s Desktop Planetarium

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On 21 April 1962, the Seattle World’s Fair opened to the public. government committed US $9 million to help build a NASA-themed science exhibit at the Seattle World’s Fair. Musser created the more affordable desktop model shown at top for the Seattle World’s Fair. The fair’s iconic landmark was the Space Needle.

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CleanFUEL USA Secures $12.9 Million from US DOE for 100+ Propane Refueling Stations

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Louis, Phoenix, Seattle, Dallas, Orlando, San Diego and Baton Rouge, Lake Charles and New Orleans—making up the Louisiana I-10 corridor, which runs East-West close to the Gulf of Mexico) with most refueling sites strategically located along major interstate highways and interchanges at existing ConocoPhillips branded retail stations.

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Which US cities are the greenest?

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Meanwhile, it is cities in the south that are lagging behind with seven of the bottom 10 cities coming from Mississippi, Texas or Louisiana - Laredo in Texas finished at the bottom of the list. Seattle-Tacoma, Washington. Monterey-Salinas, California. San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, California. Charlottesville, Virginia.

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

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Prometheus Innovations (Lafayette, Louisiana). Prometheus Innovations, LLC (Lafayette, Louisiana). Seattle, Washington). Cyrqenergy (Seattle, Washington). Dry Surface Technologies (Guthrie, Oklahoma). Lorama Group Inc. Mississauga, Ontario, Canada). Pacific Netting Products (Kingston, Washington). Lorama Group Inc.

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US DOE Awards $300 Million in Clean Cities Grants to Support Alternative Fuels, Vehicles, and Infrastructure Development

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The project will result in the development of approximately 184 liquid propane Autogas refueling stations in the following major metropolitan areas: Atlanta, Chicago, Houston, Denver, Sacramento, Los Angeles, Dallas, Phoenix, Indianapolis, Seattle, Orlando, San Diego, St.