WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service announced that it expects to award up to 10 discretionary grants for assistance to communities with extremely high energy costs. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $10 million with a ceiling of $3 million for each award in the program. The agency said the grant was associated with a) business and commerce, b) community development and c) energy. The funding is open to state, county, city more ST

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management announced that it expects to award a cooperative agreement for studies to address data gaps in sea turtle hearing sensitivity. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $350,000. The agency said the grant was associated with a) energy and b) environment. The funding is open to the organizations or groups identified through the Piedmont-South Atlantic Coast Cooperative Ecological Stud more ST

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory announced that it expects to award a discretionary grant for solid oxide fuel cell, electrolyzer, and hybrid technology development. No award amount was specified for this program. The agency said the grant was associated with a) energy and b) science and technology and other research and development. The funding is open to state, county, city, township and special district governments; independent sch more ST