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Podcast: Green Week in Review – January 30, 2009

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The Green Week in Review is a podcast, hosted by SustainableBusiness.com News Editor Bart King. It’s posted every Friday morning and is about 15 minutes long. You can listen to it through your browser or download it to a portable MP3 player. Sign up for our General News RSS Feed and it will be automatically downloaded to your computer’s media player each week. In this week’s show… White House Watch — the first of what will hopefully be many segments on the Obama administration’s environmental actions, including news about the economic stimulus bill, the California EPA waiver and the appointment of a lead climate change negotiator. And update on the wind power industry’s record-breaking year that ground to a halt. And related solar news. Three reports: The long-term effects of climate change; a cost analysis of combating climate change; and decreasing public concern about climate change. Information about the "Running On Empty" exhibit curated by Bart King at the Athens Institute for Contemporary Art. Plus, as always, a quick review of top cleantech stories from the week. ++++ The music in today’s program is from the CD Live From the Make Believe by Athens, GA-based instrumental due Dromedary.

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Weekly Clean Energy Roundup: February 4, 2009

DOE, USDA Offer $25 Million for Biomass Research Three More Airlines Complete Biofuel Test Flights DOE, GM Unveil 17 EcoCAR Challenge Designs; They All Plug In GM Tells Cities How to Prepare for Plug-Ins Clean Diesels Still Fall Short of Top-12 List of Green Vehicles Educational Site Launched for Progressive Automotive X Prize U.S. Petroleum Demand Dropped 6% in 2008 DOE and USDA Offer $25 Million for Biomass Research DOE and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced last week that they will invest up to $25 million over the next four years, subject to annual appropriations, for the research and development of processes that produce biofuels, bioenergy, and high-value biobased products. This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) covers three technical areas: biomass feedstocks development; cellulosic biofuels and biobased products; and biofuels development analysis, including strategic guidance, analyses of the energy and environmental impact of biofuels production, and an assessment of the potential for biomass feedstock production on federal lands. The FOA is part of the Biomass Research and Development Initiative (BRDI), a joint effort between DOE and the USDA to accelerate research and development in bioenergy research and biobased products. It is open to higher education institutions, national laboratories, federal […]

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