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 (IBTimes) Ethanol is already being used to supplement gasoline, as you may already know. Still, researchers are trying to find methods to produce bio-ethanol from plant sources that are both less costly to grow and to process, while at the same time keeping the efficiency into account. Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers found how newly-modified prairie grass may be the perfect candidate....2/16
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(Science) For fiscal year 2012, the Administration would increase the DOE science office's budget by $452 million, or 9% over current spending levels, to $5.4 billion. "In context, it's a very strong budget" that underscores the Administration's commitment to energy research and innovation, says Thom Mason, director of Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee....2/14
(Oak Ridger) UT-Battelle has donated $140,000 to help Oak Ridge build a large pavilion at Melton Hill Lake as part of a waterfront development plan approved by the City Council in December 2009....2/15 |
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DOE
(Knoxville News Sentinel) John Owsley, who heads the Oak Ridge oversight office for the Tennessee Dept. of Environment and Conservation, said today it appears that the Obama administration's budget request will be enough to maintain compliance -- with the help of about $90 million in Recovery Act money that's being added to the $400 million base for Oak Ridge EM work....2/15 |
National
(USA Today) President Obama on Tuesday adamantly defended his decision not to offer bold proposals to rein in Medicare and Social Security or overhaul the tax code in his 2012 budget, arguing that only a bipartisan effort would succeed....2/16
State & Regional
(Knoxville News Sentinel) Four decades ago, he was "probably the leading public critic of TVA in the (Tennessee) Valley," Neil McBride said. The former member of consumer advocate Ralph Nader's staff had formed a public interest law firm in the early 1970s that badgered TVA, seeking public input on its decision-making....2/16 |
(New York Times) The Stardust spacecraft, traveling 24,000 miles per hour, passed 110 miles from the comet Tempel 1 at 11:40 p.m. Eastern time on Monday. This was the first time a comet had been seen close up twice....2/16
(Reuters) Monarch butterfly colonies in Mexico more than doubled in size this winter after bad storms devastated their numbers a year ago, conservationists report....2/15