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01.05.09 :: U.S. Department of Energy “A Decade of Discovery” Documents Advances in Energy, Environmental Protection, Health Sciences and National Security
WASHINGTON, DC - Finding new and better ways to detect and treat cancer, Parkinsons disease and other debilitating diseases; developing new, cleaner and sustainable fuels and technologies to power our vehicles and homes; safeguarding our nuclear weapons; and developing astonishing discoveries that are altering our understanding of the universe - these are just a few examples of research and discoveries performed by DOE’s 17 National Laboratories located throughout the country.
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01.02.09 :: DOE to Resume Filling Strategic Petroleum Reserve: Oil Acquisition Slated for 2009
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12.31.08 :: ENERGY STAR® Residential Water Heaters to Save Americans Up to $823 Million in the Next Five Years
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12.23.08 :: U.S. And Russia Complete Nuclear Security Upgrades Under Bratislava Initiative
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12.22.08 :: DOE Announces Funding Opportunity of up to $200 Million for Pilot and Demonstration Scale Biorefinery Projects
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12.19.08 :: DOE Partners with New Orleans Developer to Meet Builders Challenge Benchmark
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12.19.08 :: Energy Department Scientists and Engineers Honored with Presidential Early Career Awards
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12.18.08 :: DOE Awards Sixteen Contracts for up to $80 Billion in Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy, and Water Conservation Projects at Federal Facilities
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12.18.08 :: DOE Awards Supercomputer Access to Cutting-Edge Projects
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12.17.08 :: Acting Deputy Secretary of Energy to Participate in London Energy Ministers Meeting
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12.16.08 :: DOE Releases Excess Uranium Inventory Plan
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12.15.08 :: Statement by U.S. Energy Secretary Samuel W. Bodman Regarding Selection of Steven Chu as Successor
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12.11.08 :: U.S. Department of Energy Selects Michigan State University To Design and Establish Facility for Rare Isotope Beams
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12.11.08 :: Fact Sheet: Facility For Rare Isotope Beams (Frib) Applicant Selection
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12.10.08 :: GNEP Nations Hold Infrastructure Development Working Group Meeting
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12.09.08 :: Secretary Bodman Provides Report to the President and the Congress on the Need for a Second Repository for Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste
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12.09.08 :: U.S. Department of Energy Provides Report to Congress on the Demonstration of the Interim Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel from Decommissioned Nuclear Power Reactor Sites
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12.08.08 :: DOE Extends Deadline for Draft GNEP PEIS Comment Period
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12.08.08 :: Departments of State and Energy Establish Global Partnership to Green U.S. Embassies and Consulates
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12.08.08 :: DOE Selects Savannah River Remediation, LLC for Liquid Waste Contract at Savannah River Site
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12.05.08 :: Fact Sheet: U.S. and China Actions Matter for Global Energy Demand, for Global Environmental Quality, and for the Challenge of Global Climate Change
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12.03.08 :: DOE Cites Bechtel National Inc. for Price-Anderson Violations
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12.03.08 :: DOE Announces up to $29.3 Million in Projects for Research, Development, and Demonstration of Alternative Vehicle Technologies
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12.02.08 :: U.S. Department of Energy Acting Deputy Secretary Jeffrey Kupfer To Participate in the U.S.-China Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED)
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12.02.08 :: Director of DOE’s Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence Announces Plans to Leave Government Service to Assume Post with Harvard University
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11.26.08 :: Agencies Publish Final Environmental Impact Statement on Energy Corridor Designation in the West
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11.25.08 :: Draft Environmental Impact Statement Available for Public Review
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11.20.08 :: DOE Recognized for Small Business Achievement
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11.19.08 :: NASA and DOE Collaborate on Dark Energy Research
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11.19.08 :: DOE Announces Expansion and Solicitation for Entrepreneur in Residence Program
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11.18.08 :: Changing the Climate: Looking Towards a More Cost Effective, Energy Efficient Future
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11.17.08 :: DOE Completes Large-Scale Carbon Sequestration Project Awards
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11.14.08 :: DOE Reaches Agreement with LG Electronics, USA, On Refrigerator Energy Matter
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11.14.08 :: Fact Sheet: Energy Star® – LG Electronics, USA, Settlement
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11.12.08 :: Fact Sheet: The United States and Caspian Energy Security
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11.11.08 :: Secretary Bodman to Lead Presidential Delegation to Baku, Azerbaijan for 2008 Energy Summit
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11.10.08 :: DOE’s Oak Ridge Supercomputer Now World’s Fastest for Open Science
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11.06.08 :: Fact Sheet: The Department Of Energy and Transition 2008
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11.06.08 :: Fact Sheet: Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program
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11.05.08 :: Assistant Secretary James Rispoli Announces Resignation
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11.05.08 :: U.S. Department of Energy Issues Rules for Auto Loan Program
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10.31.08 :: U.S. Department of Energy Announces the Availability of Disposal Contracts for New Nuclear Reactors
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10.30.08 :: U.S. Department of Energy Awards a Contract to USA Repository Services for Management and Operating Contractor Support for the Yucca Mountain Project
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10.30.08 :: Fact Sheet: U.S-Turkey Cooperation in Global Energy Security
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10.29.08 :: DOE Extends Application Deadline for Renewable Energy Loan Guarantee Solicitation
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10.28.08 :: Acting Department of Energy Deputy Secretary of Energy Jeffrey Kupfer to Lead U.S. Delegation to Istanbul, Turkey and World Economic Forum
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10.27.08 :: U.S. Energy Department Streamlines Access to High-Tech User Facilities at DOE National Laboratories
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10.23.08 :: Department of Energy Announces $7 Million in Funding for Climate Research Field Studies
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10.22.08 :: DOE Announces 2008 Federal Energy and Water Management Awards
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10.21.08 :: New Environmental Science Alcove at Spelman College Named for Department of Energy
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10.21.08 :: Fact Sheet: U.S.-Canada Partnership Key to North American Energy Security
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10.20.08 :: U.S. Department of Energy Launches Real World Design Challenge
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10.20.08 :: Acting Deputy Secretary of Energy Jeff Kupfer to Travel to Alberta, Canada
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10.17.08 :: DOE Announces Availability of GNEP Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement
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10.17.08 :: ENERGY STAR® Operation Change Out Initial Results Save Nearly $11 Million in Energy Costs at 84 U.S. Military Bases
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10.14.08 :: Statement from DOE’s Chief Spokesperson Andrew Beck Regarding Delivery of Strategic Petroleum Reserve Oil
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10.13.08 :: Statement from DOE’s Chief Spokesperson Andrew Beck Regarding Delivery of Strategic Petroleum Reserve Oil
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10.10.08 :: Researcher Supported by the U.S. Department of Energy Is Co-Winner of 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
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10.08.08 :: Statement from DOE’s Chief Spokesperson Andrew Beck Regarding Delivery of Strategic Petroleum Reserve Oil
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10.07.08 :: USDA & DOE Release National Biofuels Action Plan
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10.07.08 :: Fact Sheet: National Biofuels Action Plan
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10.07.08 :: DOE Announces Additional Steps in Developing Sustainable Biofuels Industry
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10.07.08 :: Fact Sheet: Effects of Intermediate Ethanol Blends
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10.07.08 :: Researcher Supported by Atomic Energy Commission and U.S. Department of Energy is Co-Winner Of 2008 Nobel Prize in Physics
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10.06.08 :: DOE Funds 21 Research, Development and Demonstration Projects for up to $78 Million to Promote Enhanced Geothermal Systems
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10.05.08 :: Statement from DOE’s Chief Spokesperson Andrew Beck Regarding Delivery of Strategic Petroleum Reserve Oil
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10.03.08 :: U.S. Department of Energy to Extend Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Management and Operating Contract
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10.02.08 :: DOE Announces Loan Guarantee Applications for Nuclear Power Plant Construction
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10.01.08 :: DOE’s Energy Savers Website Helps Consumers “Stay Warm, Save Money”
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09.30.08 :: Statement from DOE’s Chief Spokesperson Andrew Beck Regarding Delivery of Strategic Petroleum Reserve Oil
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09.30.08 :: DOE’s Clean Cities Celebrates Success of Alternative Fuels
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09.29.08 :: DOE to Provide Up to $17.6 Million for Solar Photovoltaic Technology Development
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09.27.08 :: Statement from DOE’s Chief Spokesperson Andrew Beck Regarding Delivery of Strategic Petroleum Reserve Oil
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09.26.08 :: Statement from DOE’s Chief Spokesperson Andrew Beck Regarding Delivery of Strategic Petroleum Reserve Oil
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09.26.08 :: U.S. Secretary of Energy to Attend IAEA and GNEP Meetings
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09.26.08 :: DOE Awards $15 Million in Technical Assistance to Support Major Retailers, Financial Institutions and Real Estate Firms to Adopt Energy-Efficient Technologies
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09.25.08 :: Statement from DOE’s Chief Spokesperson Andrew Beck Regarding Delivery of Strategic Petroleum Reserve Oil
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09.24.08 :: Statement from DOE’s Chief Spokesperson Andrew Beck Regarding Delivery of Strategic Petroleum Reserve Oil
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09.23.08 :: Statement from DOE’s Chief Spokesperson Andrew Beck Regarding Delivery of Strategic Petroleum Reserve Oil
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09.22.08 :: DOE Announces Solicitation for $8.0 Billion in Loan Guarantees
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09.20.08 :: Statement from DOE’s Chief Spokesperson Andrew Beck Regarding Delivery of Strategic Petroleum Reserve Oil
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09.19.08 :: Statement from DOE’s Chief Spokesperson Andrew Beck Regarding Delivery of Strategic Petroleum Reserve Oil
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09.19.08 :: DOE Funds 15 New Projects to Develop Solar Power Storage and Heat Transfer Projects For Up to $67.6 Million
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09.18.08 :: Statement from DOE’s Chief Spokesperson Andrew Beck Regarding Delivery of Strategic Petroleum Reserve Oil
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09.18.08 :: DOE Selects Projects for Up to $7.3 Million for R&D Clean Technology Water Power Projects
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09.17.08 :: National Petroleum Council
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09.16.08 :: Statement from DOE’s Chief Spokesperson Andrew Beck Regarding Delivery of Oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve
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09.15.08 :: Statement from DOE’s Chief Spokesperson Andrew Beck Regarding Delivery of Oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve
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09.14.08 :: Statement from DOE’s Chief Spokesperson Andrew Beck Regarding Delivery of Strategic Petroleum Reserve Oil
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09.12.08 :: DOE and Ad Council Launch Energy Efficiency Campaign for Youth
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09.11.08 :: Statement from DOE’s Chief Spokesperson Andrew Beck Regarding Strategic Petroleum Reserve Oil Deliveries
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09.10.08 :: DOE to Invest up to $4.4 Million in Six Innovative Biofuels Projects at U.S. Universities
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09.10.08 :: First Beam for Large Hadron Collider
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09.08.08 :: Statement from DOE’s Chief Spokesperson Andrew Beck Regarding Delivery of SPR Oil to Marathon Petroleum Company
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09.08.08 :: Department of Energy to Provide Supercomputing Time to Run NOAA’s Climate Change Models
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09.08.08 :: Statement from U.S. Secretary of Energy Samuel W. Bodman Regarding the Docketing of DOE’s Yucca Mountain License Application
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09.03.08 :: Statement from DOE’s Chief Spokesperson Andrew Beck Regarding Request for Oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve
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09.03.08 :: DOE Selects Mission Support Alliance, LLC for Mission Support Contract at its Hanford Site
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09.02.08 :: Statement from DOE’s Chief Spokesperson Andrew Beck Regarding Citgo’s Request for Oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve
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08.28.08 :: Australia, Iceland and the U.S. Launch International Partnership to Promote Advanced Geothermal Technologies
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08.26.08 :: GLAST Observatory Renamed for Fermi, Reveals Entire Gamma-Ray Sky
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08.25.08 :: DOI Designates B Reactor at DOE’s Hanford Site as a National Historic Landmark
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08.25.08 :: DOE Kicks Off Old Refrigerator Recycling Effort
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08.22.08 :: DOE Announces $26 Million to Develop Energy Efficient Processes for U.S. Industry
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08.15.08 :: Chief Human Capital Officer Dr. Jeff T.H. Pon Announces Resignation
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08.15.08 :: DOE, NRC Issue Licensing Roadmap For Next-Generation Nuclear Plant
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08.14.08 :: DOE Announces Up to $15.3 Million for Long-Term Hydrogen Vehicle Development
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08.12.08 :: DOE to Invest up to $24 Million for Breakthrough Solar Energy Products
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08.11.08 :: DOE Seeks Applications for Third Round of Clean Coal Power Initiative
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08.07.08 :: Statement by U.S. Secretary of Energy Samuel W. Bodman on EPA’s Renewable Fuel Standard Waiver Announcement
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08.06.08 :: Joint Statement on Brazil-United States Energy Meeting
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08.05.08 :: U.S. Department of Energy Releases Revised Total System Life Cycle Cost Estimate and Fee Adequacy Report for Yucca Mountain Project
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08.05.08 :: DOE to Pursue Zero-Net Energy Commercial Buildings
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08.05.08 :: DOE to Transport Moab Mill Tailings by Rail
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08.04.08 :: DOE Announces Contracts to Achieve $140 Million in Energy Efficiency Improvements to DOE Facilities
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08.01.08 :: Department of Energy Awards $15 Million for Nuclear Fuel Cycle Technology Research and Development
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08.01.08 :: Acting Deputy Secretary of Energy Jeffrey Kupfer to Visit Brazil and Colombia to Strengthen Energy Cooperation
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07.31.08 :: DOE to Provide $36 Million to Advance Carbon Dioxide Capture
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07.31.08 :: DOE and USDA Announce More than $10 Million in Bioenergy Plant Feedstock Research
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07.31.08 :: Climate Change Science Program Issues Report on Climate Models
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07.30.08 :: Assistant Secretary Alexander “Andy” Karsner Announces Resignation
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07.29.08 :: DOE Selects ASE to Manage and Operate its National Renewable Energy Laboratory
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07.24.08 :: U.S. and New Zealand Take Steps to Launch International Partnership to Further the Development of Clean Energy on Island Nations
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07.23.08 :: DOE Announces Award of a Contract to Repurchase Heating Oil for the Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve
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07.23.08 :: DOE Launches EnergySmart Hospitals to Promote Improved Energy Efficiency in Healthcare
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07.22.08 :: DOE Funded Research Projects Win 30 R&D Awards for 2008
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07.13.08 :: DOE Commits $850,000 to Support NGA Energy Initiatives
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07.09.08 :: DOE Headquarters Receives Energy Star Recognition from EPA
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07.03.08 :: DOE Issues Request for Proposals Seeking a Contractor to Manage and Operate its Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
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07.01.08 :: Senior DOE Officials in Spain to Participate in World Petroleum Congress
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06.30.08 :: U.S. Completes Contribution to World’s Most Powerful Particle Accelerator
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06.30.08 :: DOE Announces Solicitations for $30.5 Billion in Loan Guarantees
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06.30.08 :: DOE Expands International Effort to Develop Fuel-Efficient Trucks
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06.25.08 :: DOE Awards Up To $405,000 to Nine Graduate Fellows Studying the Nuclear Fuel Cycle
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06.25.08 :: DOE Announces Small Business Awards at its Annual Small Business Conference in San Antonio, Texas
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06.25.08 :: DOE Awards Contract to Restoration Services, Inc. for Environmental Technical Services at Portsmouth Site
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06.24.08 :: DOE Seeks to Invest Approximately $1.3 Billion to Commercialize CCS Technology
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