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1994 U.S. Department of Energy Strategic Plan: Fueling a Competitive Economy

Description: The Department of Energy has a rich heritage of meeting important national goals in the areas of energy, national security, science, and technology. The end of the Cold War, and the election of President Clinton, have given us a new national agenda. Through a comprehensive strategic planning process, we have determined that the Department must now unleash its extraordinary scientific and technical talent and resources on new and more sharply focused goals: fueling a competitive economy, improvi… more
Date: April 1, 1994
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Bioremediation of contaminated groundwater

Description: Disclosed is an apparatus and method for in situ remediation of contaminated subsurface soil or groundwater contaminated by chlorinated hydrocarbons. A nutrient fluid (NF) is selected to simulated the growth and reproduction of indigenous subsurface microorganisms capable of degrading the contaminants; an oxygenated fluid (OF) is selected to create an aerobic environment with anaerobic pockets. NF is injected periodically while OF is injected continuously and both are extracted so that both are… more
Date: January 1, 1994
Creator: Hazen, T.C. & Fliermans, C.B.
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Cellulose Conversion Key to Fuel of the Future: NREL Improving Key Step in Producing Ethanol from Biomass

Description: Do you have waste disposal problems? Do you have land sitting idle because it is not quite good enough for food crops? Would you like to be in on a major new industry and help solve air pollution and global warming problems? The US. Department of Energy (DOE) and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) may have just the ticket-technology to convert cellulosic biomass such as agricultural residues and wastes to ethanol, a clean burning alternative transportation fuel.
Date: August 1, 1994
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Memorandum for the Heads of all Departments and Agencies

Description: This is a memorandum from President William Clinton to inform the heads of all departments and agencies on the implementation of his Executive Order on Federal Actions to Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income Populations.
Date: February 11, 1994
Creator: Clinton, William
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NREL Turning Biomass into Adhesives and Plastics

Description: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and it's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) are developing technology to make wood adhesives from sawdust, bark, or other biomass (plant materials or wastes derived from them).
Date: May 1, 1994
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Office of Technology Assessment Semi-Annual Report, July 1994

Description: This report includes information on technological products released during FY1994, legislation in the 103rd Congress related to the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA), and background information on OTA itself, among other things.
Date: July 1994
Creator: Office of Technology Assessment
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[Project Summary: Gulf of Mexico University Initiative: Studies of Long-Term Effects of Oil and Gas Production]

Description: Summary describing the work completed at Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON) for 'Gulf of Mexico University Initiative: Studies of Long-Term Effects of Oil and Gas Production.' It includes background information on the project funding and sponsorship, goals, methodology, and findings.
Date: January 1994
Creator: Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON)
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Status of Alaska Wetlands

Description: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has responsibility for the protection of migratory and endangered fish and wildlife and their habitats. The Service inventories the country's wetlands through the National Wetlands Inventory Program. This inventory covers Alaska. Contains photographs.
Date: 1994
Creator: Hall, Jonathan V.; Frayer, W.E. & Wilen, Bill O.
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