Bio-Refinery Projects Get $385 Million U.S. Infusion
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The Energy Department said it would invest up to $385 million in six bio-refinery projects that would produce a type of ethanol made from nonfood crops and agricultural waste.
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SAN FRANCISCO -- Billionaire investor Carl C. Icahn was given clearance by US antitrust regulators to purchase shares in Biogen Idec Inc., the world's biggest maker of drugs for multiple sclerosis.
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The Oak Ridge National Laboratory was selected Tuesday to host one of three U.S. Department of Energy bioenergy research centers, each receiving $125 million in funding over five years.
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The government said Thursday it is purchasing 75 million doses of a new generation anthrax vaccine under an $877.5 million contract -- the first awarded through a federal program to develop and stockpile antidotes to biological and
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By H. JOSEF HEBERT WASHINGTON - A push from Congress and the White House for huge increases in biofuels, such as ethanol, is prompting the oil industry to scale back its plans for refinery expansions. That could keep gasoline prices high, possibly for years to come.
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The Bush administration announced Thursday it would provide US refineries with ``limited quantities&#39;&#39; of crude oil from the nation&#39;s emergency stockpile to help offset supply
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The nation's biggest oil refiner agreed yesterday to spend more than $525 million to clean up nine plants scattered across the country, effectively removing 47,000 tons of harmful pollution from the air each year.
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When President Bush signed Project BioShield into law in July, he said he was immediately making $5.6 billion available to counter such anticipated threats as smallpox genetically engineered to render current vaccines useless.
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The federal government awarded an $878 million anthrax vaccine contract to a Brisbane biotech company Thursday, ordering a stockpile of 75 million doses to guard against terrorist attacks.
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The oil company said net income rose to $4.37 billion as record oil prices outweighed lower profits from gasoline production.
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Biotechnology might be used to boost  the energy output of crops used in making renewable fuels, a  U.S. Agriculture Department advisory committee said on  Wednesday, noting the sharp rise in demand for the fuels.
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England's BioTruck team aims to promote greener alternatives to fuels like ethanol.
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By Bruce Henderson, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Dec. 19--A $590,000 federal grant will help pay for new ethanol and biodiesel pumps in the Charlotte region, expanding availability of the alternative fuels.
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A major expansion is announced for a biotech company based at a former slate quarry.
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Eager to ensure a supply of fuel for the fleet of flex-fuel ethanol-capable vehicles it is building, G.M. has invested in a start-up bio-fuel producer, Coskata Inc.
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Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. , the pharmaceuticals giant that is building a $750 million biotech manufacturing plant on the site of the former Fort Devens US Army base, is aiming to become a major biotech research force in the state, as well.
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Royal Dutch Shell's Texas expansion will create the U.S.'s biggest oil refinery.