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OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY
Knoxville-Oak Ridge Innovation Valley lands $26 million biofuels grant
(Check Biotech) The Knoxville-Oak Ridge Innovation Valley has taken another leap forward in the race to build a sustainable biofuels industry with the announcement that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded a $26 million grant for a one-tenth scale cellulosic ethanol facility... 05/09
'Major steps' under way on west end
(Oak Ridger)
Called Partners for Progress, the breakfast featured home builder Mike Ross of Rarity Communities, as well as representatives of the city of Oak Ridge, U.S. Department of Energy, ORNL, Community Reuse Organization of East Tennessee, and the Tennessee Valley Authority... 05/09
Behind the Scenes: Body hunt at Manson ranch
(CNN)
After reviewing soil samples uncovered by Dostie, a team of Oak Ridge scientists recently traveled to the ranch for further testing. They found enough evidence to excavate -- evidence of possible remains at three of the same places where his cadaver dog alerted, Dostie says...
05/09
Energy needs drive innovation, require research focus
(Delta Farm Press) Founded in the 1940s as part of the Manhattan Project, the Oak Ridge National Laboratory is located in east Tennessee...Following success at that, the lab’s emphasis shifted. Today it is the largest, multipurpose science and energy technology laboratory around. And good thing it is, said Thomas King, Jr., manager of the lab’s Electric Delivery Technologies Program... 05/09
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Local DOE : |
Progress still slow on museum swap
(Knoxville News Sentinel) Long-sought U.S. Department of Energy land and building transfers seen as boons to Oak Ridge remain mired in DOE bureaucracy, officials said Thursday... 05/09
City, DOE celebrate fire station transfer
(Oak Ridger) City of Oak Ridge and federal officials will celebrate the transfer of a fire station in west Oak Ridge at a May 17 ceremony... 05/08
ORAU recognized as a top employer
(Oak Ridger) For the second year in a row, Oak Ridge Associated Universities has been recognized as one of the best employers in Tennessee... 05/08
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Colleges struggle with tuition rates with $55 million in cuts
(Tennessean) Gov. Phil Bredesen announced this week that he plans to cut $55 million from the higher education budget and will eliminate previously planned additional funds in the face of state revenue losses... 05/09
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NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL: |
Hezbollah Gunmen Seize Control of Beirut Areas
(NY Times) Hezbollah gunmen seized control of several Beirut neighborhoods from Sunni foes loyal to the U.S.-backed government on Friday as sectarian clashes reminiscent of Lebanon's bloody 15-year civil war raged in the capital... 05/09 [Registration Required]
Burmese Increasingly Desperate
(Washington Post) All told, the storm killed at least 22,000 people and left 40,000 missing, the Burmese government has said; U.S. diplomats have suggested that the death toll could reach 100,000. About 1.5 million survivors are in urgent need of aid, the United Nations said Thursday... 05/09
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State's economic outlook said gloomy for rest of '08
(Knoxville News Sentinel) The economic prognosis for Tennessee and the nation isn't going to improve any time soon, according to a report released Thursday by the University of Tennessee's Center for Business and Economic Research... 05/09
Budget cuts hit education
(Knoxville News Sentinel) Because of the economic downturn and bleak revenue reports, Gov. Phil Bredesen said Thursday he'll have to cut an additional $87 million he'd planned to invest in state education funding... 05/08
State's sewer failures costly
(Tennessean) Repeated sewage overflows and other violations of the federal Clean Water Act earned local sewer system authorities and governments across Tennessee $3.4 million in fines since 2003... 05/09
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energy & Science Policy : |
Oil powers above $125 as funds pile in
(Reuters) Oil raced to a new record high above $125 a barrel on Friday, as a strong performance over the last week and a surge in heating oil futures saw investment funds trooping into the market... 05/09
Lawmakers turn up the heat on ethanol in response to rising food prices
(LA Times) Under pressure to do something about surging food prices, members of Congress are increasingly questioning the government's incentives for corn-based ethanol production, which have been blamed for contributing to the crisis... 05/08
Inside
Energy Extra -05/07 A daily report on U.S. energy policy [pdf file; ORNL subscription - internal use]
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F.B.I. Says the Military Had Bogus Computer Gear
(NY Times) Counterfeit products are a routine threat for the electronics industry. However, the more sinister specter of an electronic Trojan horse, lurking in the circuitry of a computer or a network router and allowing attackers clandestine access or control, was raised again recently by the F.B.I. and the Pentagon... 05/09 |
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