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(Phys.Org) Keystone Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology and Singapore's Agency for Science Technology and Research (A*STAR) announce the second Keystone Symposia conference on "Biofuels" in Singapore from 1-6 March 2011...The scientific organisers of the conference are Professor Stephen P. Mayfield of the University of California, San Diego, Dr. Martin Keller of Oak Ridge National Laboratory (a US Department of Energy-funded biofuels research center) and Dr. Wong Pui Kwan of A*STAR's Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences...12/29
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(Kansas Farmer) A Kansas State University professor is part of a national research team that discovered that streams and rivers produce three times more greenhouse gas emissions than estimated by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change...Jake Beaulieu of the Environmental Protection Agency is the lead author of the paper, produced as part of a project headed by Patrick Mulholland of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. From 2005 to 2007 the team received $3 million from the National Science Foundation to investigate nitrogen pollution in streams. K-State received $320,000 of the grant...12/28
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DOE
(Knoxville News Sentinel) As he prepares to be sworn in Wednesday in Washington, D.C., U.S. Rep.-elect Chuck Fleischmann has been spending time in the 3rd Congressional District getting up to speed on issues with elected officials and those who operate and supervise Department of Energy facilities at Oak Ridge...12/30
(Knoxville News Sentinel) Oak Ridge Associated Universities received an "outstanding performance" review from the Department of Energy and earned a fee exceeding $3.25 million for managing and directing programs at the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education in fiscal year 2010...12/29
State & Regional
(Wall Street Journal) Environmental groups are accusing the Obama administration of inflating the costs of a proposed rule that requires coal-fired power plants to manage ash that comes from burning coal. By assuming a higher set of costs, the administration could be led to adopt weaker standards, the groups say in a new report released Wednesday...12/29
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National
(New York Times) The legal challenge to the Obama health care act has invigorated a dispute as old as the Constitution about the framers’ most nettlesome grant of power, which gives Congress treacherously broad authority to pass laws “necessary and proper” to carrying out its assigned responsibilities...12/29
(USA Today) Gov.-elect Nikki Haley, R-S.C., is among the state chiefs who want to crack down on illegal immigration with legislation that is similar or tougher than Arizona's statute, which allows law enforcement to check on legal status if there is reason to believe someone is in the U.S. illegally...12/29
East Tennessee
(Knoxville News Sentinel) Work on one Knoxville bridge today was designed to get ready for major work on another. Workers closed the Gay Street Bridge today so they could restripe its lanes. They created a turning or "chicken" lane in the middle of the bridge, going from two lanes to three, to allow emergency crews easier passage, according to the city of Knoxville...12/29
(Knoxville News Sentinel) At least one group has requested a public hearing before the Nuclear Regulatory Commission rules on EnergySolutions' application to import up to 1,000 tons of radioactive waste from German hospitals and universities...12/30
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Fleischmann goes 'nonstop': Fiscal conservative prepared to defend funds to Oak Ridge in first term as congressman 
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EPA unveils massive restoration plan for Chesapeake Bay
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At CES, Expect Tablet Mania
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