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NEWS ABOUT: Department of Energy

Department of Energy stories: 6 news summaries

Would-Be Car-Battery Kings Jostle Over $2.4B From Feds

States seek to become lithium-ion capital of US

May 26, 09 9:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Some 165 companies and states are battling for a $2.4 billion Obama administration grant aimed at making the US a leader in electric-car batteries, the Wall Street Journal reports. General Motors, Dow Chemical, and General Electric are among the firms vying for the money; states like Michigan, Kentucky, and... More »

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energy • General Motors • General Electric • Kentucky • Massachusetts • Michigan • funding • auto industry • grants • lithium ion batteries • Dow Chemical Co. • Department of Energy • Obama administration

(Newser) - An administration staffer who worked at a dinner President Obama attended during his trip to Mexico likely contracted the H1N1 virus there, the Washington Post reports. The unnamed Energy Department security worker has since transmitted the flu to his wife, son, and nephew, though he has been cleared of the... More »

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Mexico • Washington DC • infection • Department of Energy • Obama administration • President Obama • Steven Chu • swine flu • H1N1 virus • suburban • contagious disease

Carbon Dioxide Gets Buried in Midwest Experiment 

Site in Illinois may be able to hold 100 billion tons of CO2

Feb 16, 09 3:07 PM CST
(Newser) - Construction began this week on an Energy Department project that aims to bury a million metric tons of carbon dioxide beneath Illinois' surface by 2012, Wired reports. While that's peanuts compared to the billions of tons emitted each year, the project—the largest such injection to date—could pave the... More »

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climate change • carbon dioxide • power plant • coal power • carbon emissions • Department of Energy • carbon sequestration

(Newser) - Energy Secretary-designate Steven Chu told a Senate panel today that he would pursue an expansion of nuclear and clean coal power if confirmed, Politico reports. Chu had been criticized for calling coal “my worst nightmare.” Barack Obama has also been vague about his nuclear energy policy. But while... More »

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Barack Obama • nuclear power • Senate • confirmation hearings • Department of Energy • clean coal • President Obama • energy secretary • Energy and Natural Resources Committee. • Steven Chu

High Costs Put Clean Coal
on Back Burner

Plans to scrub coal-plant emissions hit money wall

May 30, 08 2:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ambitious plans to combat global warming by pumping carbon dioxide from coal-burning power plants into the ground have been delayed or canned due to spiraling costs, the New York Times reports. Scientists now fear that the next generation of coal-burning plants will be built using old, emission-spewing technology, spelling disaster... More »

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climate change • carbon dioxide • global warming • coal • power plant • coal power • carbon emissions • Department of Energy

US Can Drive
55—and Should,
Greens Say

Call to lower limit claims better mileage, lower emissions

May 22, 08 9:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Escalating fuel prices and fear of global warming are rekindling debate over the nation's maximum speed limit—and environmentalists are urging Congress to slow the US back down to 55 mph, Wired reports. Advocates say going back to the speed limit set during the oil crunch of the 1970s will... More »

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environment • gas • vehicle emissions • speed limit • cars • gas mileage • Department of Energy

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