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DOE Selects 19 Projects to Monitor and Evaluate Geologic CO2 Storage

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Successful technologies will significantly increase the confidence that CO 2 placed in geologic formations is being accurately tracked and remains permanently stored, thus protecting human health and the environment. Advanced Resources International , Arlington, Va. Columbia University , New York, N.Y.

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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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Considered to be among the harshest and most extreme environments on the planet with low water and nutrient levels paired with high salt and ultraviolet radiation levels, the team seeks to understand how the carbon cycle plays out in this ecosystem. University of Texas at Arlington. Dangl, Jeff. Gross, Stephen. Hazen, Samuel.

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DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund

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Advanced Flow Meter for Extreme Environments (AFMEE), $100,000 MicroNuclear LLC, Franklin, Tenn. Novel thermal process for conversion of CO2 to CO using metal ferrite oxygen carriers, $150,000 CanmetENERGY, Ottawa, Canada Glowink Inc., El Centro, Calif. Idaho National Laboratory. Louisville, Colo. Montgomery Center, Vt. Tempe, Ariz.

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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 new Fisher buses will provide more than triple the equivalent fuel economy in all-electric mode and reduce CO2 emissions due to the extensive use of lightweight materials and the large capacity battery system. Arlington Transit – ART, Virginia: $1,500,000. Greater Lafayette Public Transportation Corporation, Indiana: $2,180,000.

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