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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 US Department of Transportation (DOT) is awarding $100 million in Economic Recovery Act funding to 43 transit agencies for projects to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions from both vehicles and facilities. Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority, Ohio: $2,257,000.

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EPA announces 2011 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Awards; green chemistry market opportunity projected to be $98.5B by 2020, about 2% of total market

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Also, the biobased BDO pathway consumes carbon dioxide (CO 2 ), resulting in a reduction of 70% in CO 2 emissions. Genomatica expects Bio-BDO to be competitive at oil prices of $45 per barrel or at natural gas prices of $3.50 Designing greener chemicals: The Sherwin-Williams Company, Cleveland, Ohio. per million Btu.

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NASA’s New Shortcut to Fusion Power

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440 fission reactors operating worldwide, which together can generate about 400 gigawatts of power with zero carbon emissions. Fission waste by-products need to be disposed of safely, and they remain radioactive for thousands of years. There are currently about. The enriched uranium fuel they use must be kept secure.

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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. Enhanced Biomimetic Three-Dimensional Nanoporous Gyroid Membrane for High Efficiency Carbon Dioxide Absorption, $250,000. Johnson-Matthey (Cleveland, United Kingdom).