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Pacific Northwest National Laboratory will help investigate the effects of climate change on plant cells through a joint Department of Energy and Department of Agriculture program.

Who’s right? You’re kidding, right? You didn’t actually think I knew the answer to this, did you? You people.

The secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy will be in Charleston on Wednesday, Sept.

In a major victory for community activists worried about health risks linked to a contaminated former nuclear research facility overlooking the west San Fernando Valley, state and federal authorities on Friday proposed a settlement agreement to clean up the site by 2017.

The forthcoming Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, or FRIB , received critical decision 1 approval Wednesday from the U.S. Department of Energy, which establishes the design of the building to house the facility and the next phasea s cost.

Thanks to the leadership of Gov. Phil Bredesen and the Legislature, Tennessee businesses will now have access to energy efficiency financing at an unprece-dented level.

Clark County’s weatherization program was selected last week as one of five programs in the state to participate in a solar hot water retrofit pilot project – a brand-new effort which recently completed its first installation, making it the first program in the state to be completed.

Though the RSF expands the laboratory’s overall square footage by 60%, it only increases its total energy use by 6%. This 222,000-square-foot building was designed to perform 50% more efficient than ASHRAE Standar d 90.1 . By limiting its annual operations to 35,000 BTU per square-foot, the facility will use three times less energy than a modern …

BERKELEY, Calif. a ‘ A newly developed light mill could lead to a whole new crop of nanoscale devices, including nanoscale solar light harvesters, nanoelectromechanical systems, and nanobots that could manipulate DNA and other biological molecules in vivo.

The University of Michigan will lead a research consortium between the U.S. and China to develop new electric vehicle technologies, the U.S. Department of Energy and U-M announced .

AMES, Iowa, Sept. 3, 2010 a ‘ An Iowa State University researcher received a state grant to develop an instrument that reveals single molecules.

Michigan has its first public electric car charging station, and consumers interested in buying a no-gas guzzler could qualify for a free one of their own.

Say the word ‘stimulus’ and you will set off a heated debate between liberals and conservatives who hold strong opinions on the impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act on the nation’s economy.

Bob Fischetti, senior scientist in Argonne’s Biosciences Dvision, stands alongside Glen Nemerow, a professor in the Department of Immunology and Microbial Science at The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, Calif., and Vijay Reddy, an associate professor in Scripp’s Department of Molecular Biology.

USDA and the U.S. Department of Energy announced Thursday it will award $8.9 million in funding to nine bioenergy research projects across the country.

Coulomb’s ChargePoint stations unlock for use when presented with a smart card or key fob recognized by the station’s RFID reader.

Could wind push energy bill to fruition? Stocks Thu Sep 2, 2010 11:31am EDT * Q3 loss $0.15/shr vs est loss $0.15/shr * Q3 rev down 17 pct Sept 1 – FuelCell Energy Inc , which makes fuel-cell power plants for electricity generation, posted a quarterly loss in line with Wall Street estimates.

Rep. Joe Sestak clarifies his explanation about a federal earmark. U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak reached out to PhillyClout this afternoon to clarify his explanation from earlier this week about a $350,000 federal spending ” earmark ” that has been seized on by his Republican opponent in the race for the U.S. Senate, former U.S. Rep.

Reducing funding for household generation of renewable energy will jeopardise job creation and energy security, Huhne is told Chris Huhne, secretary of state for energy.

Los Alamos National Laboratory has obtained federal approval to begin design of a new transuranic waste staging facility.