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The Necessary Evil of Nuclear Power?

The US department of energy expects to fund $49.7 million in nuclear power research through its Nuclear Energy University Programs in fiscal year 2010. The department under the direction of the Obama administration has invested in a vast cross section of energy technologies in the last 8 months. Technologies in solar PV,thermal,wind,marine,batteries,fuel cells, bio-fuels, conservation and sequestration [...]

Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory Recieves Grant for Fusion Research

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory will receive a two-year federal grant of $13.8 million as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).

The grant, which was announced Tuesday, Aug. 4, by DOE, includes $8.8 million for a variety of initiatives in fusion energy research and $5 million for infrastructure improvements [...]

Reduce CO2 by 5-7 Gigatons by 2020 Create 5 Million Green Jobs-Do the Math!

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In a presentation before national policymakers and analysts today, leading clean energy CEOs, venture capitalists and academics unveiled the “Gigaton Throwdown,” an assessment of the nation’s clean energy potential that identifies seven industries capable of creating 5 million clean energy jobs and reducing CO2 emissions by 5-7 gigatons by 2020. The report, a collaborative [...]

Stimulus Plan:Green Job Creation Tally

In the recently approved Stimulus bill the United States government has allocated over $65 billion dollars to the creation of Green Jobs.  Here is how the dollars line up and which types of jobs it is likely to create.