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October - December 2008

12/31/08	ENERGY STAR Residential Water Heaters to Save Americans Up to $823 Million in the Next Five Years
12/23/08	U.S. And Russia Complete Nuclear Security Upgrades Under Bratislava Initiative
12/22/08	DOE Announces Funding Opportunity of up to $200 Million for Pilot and Demonstration Scale Biorefinery Projects
12/19/08	Energy Department Scientists and Engineers Honored with Presidential Early Career Awards
12/19/08	DOE Partners with New Orleans Developer to Meet Builders Challenge Benchmark
12/18/08	DOE Awards Supercomputer Access to Cutting-Edge Projects
12/18/08	DOE Awards Sixteen Contracts for up to $80 Billion in Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy, and Water Conservation Projects at Federal Facilities
12/17/08	Acting Deputy Secretary of Energy to Participate in London Energy Ministers Meeting
12/16/08	DOE Releases Excess Uranium Inventory Plan
12/15/08	Statement by U.S. Energy Secretary Samuel W. Bodman Regarding Selection of Steven Chu as Successor
12/11/08	Fact Sheet: Facility For Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) Applicant Selection
12/11/08	U.S. Department of Energy Selects Michigan State University To Design and Establish Facility for Rare Isotope Beams
12/10/08	GNEP Nations Hold Infrastructure Development Working Group Meeting
12/09/08	U.S. Department of Energy Provides Report to Congress on the Demonstration of the Interim Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel from Decommissioned Nuclear Power Reactor Sites
12/09/08	Secretary Bodman Provides Report to the President and the Congress on the Need for a Second Repository for Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste
12/08/08	DOE Extends Deadline for Draft GNEP PEIS Comment Period
12/08/08	Departments of State and Energy Establish Global Partnership to Green U.S. Embassies and Consulates
12/08/08	DOE Selects Savannah River Remediation, LLC for Liquid Waste Contract at Savannah River Site
12/05/08	Fact Sheet: U.S. and China Actions Matter for Global Energy Demand, for Global Environmental Quality, and for the Challenge of Global Climate Change
12/03/08	DOE Cites Bechtel National Inc. for Price-Anderson Violations
12/03/08	DOE Announces up to $29.3 Million in Projects for Research, Development, and Demonstration of Alternative Vehicle Technologies
12/02/08	U.S. Department of Energy Acting Deputy Secretary Jeffrey Kupfer To Participate in the U.S.-China Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED)
12/02/08	Director of DOE’s Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence Announces Plans to Leave Government Service to Assume Post with Harvard University
11/26/08	Agencies Publish Final Environmental Impact Statement on Energy Corridor Designation in the West
11/25/08	Draft Environmental Impact Statement Available for Public Review
11/20/08	DOE Recognized for Small Business Achievement
11/19/08	NASA and DOE Collaborate on Dark Energy Research
11/19/08	DOE Announces Expansion and Solicitation for Entrepreneur in Residence Program
11/18/08	Changing the Climate: Looking Towards a More Cost Effective, Energy Efficient Future
11/17/08	DOE Completes Large-Scale Carbon Sequestration Project Awards
11/14/08	Fact Sheet: Energy Star® – LG Electronics, USA, Settlement
11/14/08	DOE Reaches Agreement with LG Electronics, USA, On Refrigerator Energy Matter
11/12/08	Fact Sheet: The United States and Caspian Energy Security
11/11/08	Secretary Bodman to Lead Presidential Delegation to Baku, Azerbaijan for 2008 Energy Summit
11/10/08	DOE’s Oak Ridge Supercomputer Now World’s Fastest for Open Science
11/06/08	Fact Sheet: The Department Of Energy and Transition 2008
11/06/08	Fact Sheet: Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program
11/05/08	U.S. Department of Energy Issues Rules for Auto Loan Program
11/05/08	Assistant Secretary James Rispoli Announces Resignation
10/31/08	U.S. Department of Energy Announces the Availability of Disposal Contracts for New Nuclear Reactors
10/30/08	Fact Sheet: U.S-Turkey Cooperation in Global Energy Security
10/30/08	U.S. Department of Energy Awards a Contract to USA Repository Services for Management and Operating Contractor Support for the Yucca Mountain Project
10/29/08	DOE Extends Application Deadline for Renewable Energy Loan Guarantee Solicitation
10/28/08	Acting Department of Energy Deputy Secretary of Energy Jeffrey Kupfer to Lead U.S. Delegation to Istanbul, Turkey and World Economic Forum
10/27/08	U.S. Energy Department Streamlines Access to High-Tech User Facilities at DOE National Laboratories
10/23/08	Department of Energy Announces $7 Million in Funding for Climate Research Field Studies
10/23/08	White House Honors Federal Agency Teams For Saving Energy and Reducing Energy Costs
10/22/08	DOE Announces 2008 Federal Energy and Water Management Awards
10/21/08	New Environmental Science Alcove at Spelman College Named for Department of Energy
10/21/08	Fact Sheet: U.S.-Canada Partnership Key to North American Energy Security
10/20/08	Acting Deputy Secretary of Energy Jeff Kupfer to Travel to Alberta, Canada
10/20/08	U.S. Department of Energy Launches Real World Design Challenge
10/17/08	DOE Announces Availability of GNEP Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement
10/17/08	ENERGY STAR® Operation Change Out Initial Results Save Nearly $11 Million in Energy Costs at 84 U.S. Military Bases
10/14/08	Statement from DOE’s Chief Spokesperson Andrew Beck Regarding Delivery of Strategic Petroleum Reserve Oil
10/13/08	Statement from DOE’s Chief Spokesperson Andrew Beck Regarding Delivery of Strategic Petroleum Reserve Oil
10/10/08	Researcher Supported by the U.S. Department of Energy Is Co-Winner of 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
10/08/08	Statement from DOE’s Chief Spokesperson Andrew Beck Regarding Delivery of Strategic Petroleum Reserve Oil
10/07/08	Researcher Supported by Atomic Energy Commission and U.S. Department of Energy is Co-Winner Of 2008 Nobel Prize in Physics
10/07/08	Fact Sheet: Effects of Intermediate Ethanol Blends
10/07/08	DOE Announces Additional Steps in Developing Sustainable Biofuels Industry
10/07/08	Fact Sheet: National Biofuels Action Plan
10/07/08	USDA & DOE Release National Biofuels Action Plan
10/06/08	DOE Funds 21 Research, Development and Demonstration Projects for up to $78 Million to Promote Enhanced Geothermal Systems
10/05/08	Statement from DOE’s Chief Spokesperson Andrew Beck Regarding Delivery of Strategic Petroleum Reserve Oil
10/03/08	U.S. Department of Energy to Extend Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Management and Operating Contract
10/02/08	DOE Announces Loan Guarantee Applications for Nuclear Power Plant Construction
10/01/08	DOE’s Energy Savers Website Helps Consumers “Stay Warm, Save Money”