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<p style='margin-top:0in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Corbel","sans-serif";
color:black'>A weekly newsletter from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) <a
href="http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=bWFpbGluZ2lkPTU2NTU3MyZtZXNzYWdlaWQ9UFJELUJVTC01NjU1NzMmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xMjE1NTYzMDE2JmVtYWlsaWQ9c3N0cnVieUBjb3gubmV0JnVzZXJpZD1zc3RydWJ5QGNveC5uZXQmZXh0cmE9JiYm&&&103&&&http://www.eere.energy.gov/">Office
of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)</a>. The EERE Network News is
also available on the Web at: <a
href="http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=bWFpbGluZ2lkPTU2NTU3MyZtZXNzYWdlaWQ9UFJELUJVTC01NjU1NzMmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xMjE1NTYzMDE2JmVtYWlsaWQ9c3N0cnVieUBjb3gubmV0JnVzZXJpZD1zc3RydWJ5QGNveC5uZXQmZXh0cmE9JiYm&&&104&&&http://www.eere.energy.gov/news/enn.cfm">www.eere.energy.gov/news/enn.cfm</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<h1 style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Corbel","sans-serif";color:#990000'>September 02, 2009<o:p></o:p></span></h1>

<h2 style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Corbel","sans-serif";color:#990000'><a href="#news">News
and Events</a><o:p></o:p></span></h2>

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 <li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
     auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-family:"Corbel","sans-serif"'><a
     href="#14877">DOE and U.S. Treasury Award $502 Million for Renewable
     Energy Projects</a><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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     auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-family:"Corbel","sans-serif"'><a
     href="#14875">"Cash for Clunkers" Replaces 700,000 Vehicles with
     More Efficient Models</a><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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     auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-family:"Corbel","sans-serif"'><a
     href="#14874">DOE Awards $300 Million for Alternative Fuel Stations and
     Vehicles</a><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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     auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-family:"Corbel","sans-serif"'><a
     href="#14873">DOE Awards $21 Million to Five Projects for Biomass
     Processing</a><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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     auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-family:"Corbel","sans-serif"'><a
     href="#14878">USDA Awards $4.2 Million for Woody Biomass Removal</a><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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     auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-family:"Corbel","sans-serif"'><a
     href="#14876">DOE Sets Energy Standards for Beverage Vending Machines</a><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<h2 style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Corbel","sans-serif";color:#990000'><a href="#energy">Energy
Connections</a><o:p></o:p></span></h2>

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     auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><span style='font-family:"Corbel","sans-serif"'>United
     States Makes Moves to Increase its Use of Canadian Tar Sands<o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Malgun Gothic","sans-serif";
color:black'>Shauna, OKC<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><i><span style='font-size:8.0pt;
line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'>Imagine, innovate,
create, collaborate<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>

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line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";color:#913200'><a
href="http://www.sustainableokc.org"><span style='line-height:150%;color:#913200;
text-decoration:none'>www.sustainableokc.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

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line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";color:#913200'><a
href="http://www.transitiontownokc.com"><span style='line-height:150%;
color:#913200;text-decoration:none'>www.transitiontownokc.com</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>

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line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";color:#913200'><a
href="http://www.goinglocalokc.com"><span style='line-height:150%;color:#913200;
text-decoration:none'>www.goinglocalokc.com</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>

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line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";color:#913200'><a
href="http://thinklady.typepad.com%20/"><span style='line-height:150%;
color:#913200;text-decoration:none'>http://thinklady.typepad.com /</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>

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line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";color:#913200'><a
href="http://freshgreens.typepad.com/"><span style='line-height:150%;
color:#913200;text-decoration:none'>http://freshgreens.typepad.com/</span></a>
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color:green'>P</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy'> </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Corbel","sans-serif";
color:green'>please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to</span><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

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