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Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions to Build Largest Solar Project to Date; Pharma Company Signs VPPA

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Charles River Laboratories International, a provider of research tools and support services for pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, has signed a long-term solar energy virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) that will ultimately address the company’s entire North American electric power requirements.

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Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions to Build Largest Solar Project to Date; Pharma Company Signs VPPA

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Charles River Laboratories International, a provider of research tools and support services for pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, has signed a long-term solar energy virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) that will ultimately address the company’s entire North American electric power requirements.

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OSTP Announces New Action Plan to Bolster, Expand, and Diversify the Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Workforce

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Hutton On June 27, 2023, the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) announced the release of a new action plan intended to “rapidly and equitably expand biotechnology and biomanufacturing education and job training programs in the United States.”

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USDA Celebrates Inaugural National Biobased Products Day, Announces 2022 Award Winners for BioPreferred® Program “Excellence in Procurement”

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Department of Energy’s (DOE) Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tennessee; Christina Graves with USDA’s Forest Service; Brian McCabe with the National Park Service (NPS); and Brooke Siegel with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). biotechnology and biomanufacturing.

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Policy News: September 12, 2022

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John Podesta, a former climate adviser in the Obama White House and a White House chief of staff during the Clinton administration, will join the Biden administration as the senior adviser for clean energy innovation and implementation. biotechnology industry during a trip to Boston, MA. 12, aimed at boosting the U.S.

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Special Policy News #6: The Transition

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Todd Young’s (R-IN) Endless Frontiers Act from the last Congress, Biden endorses investing $50 billion to create a new technology directorate in the National Science Foundation to fund research on topics like semiconductors and advanced computing, advanced communications technology, advanced energy technologies and biotechnology.

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Policy News: July 27, 2021

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billion for climate and clean energy-related research. This includes research about atmospheric composition, water and carbon cycles, computational modeling of climate systems, renewable energy technologies, materials sciences, and social, behavior and economic research on human responses to climate change.

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