Matching Grant Program Issue date: August 6, 2013 Expiration date: June 30, 2014 515/294-8819 iecgrant@iastate.edu iowaenergycenter.org The Iowa Energy Center is introducing three new competitive grant opportunities that aim to help Iowa non-profit organizations gain external funding to further the environmental, social, and economic well-being of Iowans through improved energy efficiency …
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2013 The Summer of UpGyres
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Nexus 2014: Water, Food, Climate and Energy Conference
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Doha Climate Change Conference – November 2012 – Issue #5
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Hamish Jenkins, UN-NGLS, introduced the event, noting its aim is to discuss alternate civil society views on the road to the People’s Summit for Social and Environmental Justice in Rio +20, to be held in parallel to Rio+20, which will provide a forum to organizations and social movements to discuss …
US DOE makes $120m available for energy efficiency technologies
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