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(AP:DES MOINES, Iowa) U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced Monday that Iowa will get $16 million for energy efficiency and renewable energy projects, an amount that likely will grow to $40 million as the state ramps up its efforts.

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Energy secretary announces $16 million for Iowa (INO News)

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LANCASTER – Under separate action items, the City Council on Tuesday will consider changing some of the types of uses allowed on 2,310 of the city’s 60,160 acres of land in its jurisdiction and consider increasing that number to 67,350.

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Parris: We will be capital of alternative energy (San Fernando Valley Business Journal)

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Algae is the fastest growing plant life, and as an organism it converts sunlight into oil, scientists theorize that Algal biofuel can produce a whopping 30 times more energy per acre than any other biofuel option. The US Department of Energy has estimated that if Algal Biofuel replaced all conventional fuel in the country, it would require 15000 square miles of land to harvest the algae… which is roughly one seventh of the area that is used to harvest corn in the US every year. And a …

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Oil-service shares lead significant losses in the energy sector to start the week, marking a lackluster start to the summer amid a pullback in prices for crude oil.

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Energy Stocks: Oil services lead big losses amid broad weakness (Market Watch)

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CARLISLE, IA–(Marketwire – June 22, 2009) – GreenMan Technologies, Inc. ( OTCBB : GMTI ) today announced the signing of an exclusive license agreement with American Power Group, Inc. (“APG”), an Iowa corporation for the worldwide commercialization of APG’s patented dual fuel alternative energy technology. APG’s dual fuel alternative energy system is a unique external fuel delivery enhancement …

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GreenMan Technologies Signs Exclusive Worldwide License Agreement for a Patented Alternative Fuel Technology for … (Marketwire)

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