( For a relatively technical and US-centric view of state of play of HTS technology in power systems and the development status of Generation 2 conductor see Superconductivity for Electric Systems 2008 US DOE Annual Peer Review.

DOE also sponsors more research in the physical sciences than any other US federal agency ; the majority of this research is conducted through its system of United States Department of Energy National Laboratories.

* US DOE publication, Residential Insulation

* US DOE publication, Energy Efficient Windows

* US DOE Office of Environmental Management Website

However, as part as a dramatic shift in diesel pricing, by July 2009, the US DOE was reporting average costs of B20 15 cents per gallon higher than petroleum diesel ($ 2. 69 / gal vs. $ 2. 54 / gal ).

The US DOE estimates that if algae fuel replaced all the petroleum fuel in the United States, it would require 15, 000 square miles ( 38, 849 square kilometers ), which is a few thousand square miles larger than Maryland, or 30 % greater than the area of Belgium, assuming a yield of 140 tonnes / hectare ( 15, 000 US gal / acre ).

Avgas has an emission coefficient ( or factor ) of 18. 355 pounds CO < sub > 2 </ sub > per U. S. gallon ( 2. 1994 kg / l )< ref name =" US DOE EIA 2005 ">

Fuel efficiency is approximately 130 W · h / km ( 4. 8 mi /( kW · h )), which is equivalent to 162 mpg ( US ) or 194 mpg ( UK ) ( 1. 45 L / 100 km ) using the DOE conversion.

On December 7, 2006, the Departments of Homeland Security ( DHS ) and Energy ( DOE ) announced the first phase of the Secure Freight Initiative, an unprecedented effort to build upon existing port security measures by enhancing the US federal government ’ s ability to scan containers for nuclear and radiological materials overseas and to better assess the risk of inbound containers.

* A survey of dimension reduction techniques ( US DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information, 2002 )

The lake extends 64 miles ( 103 km ) up the Columbia to the US DOE Hanford Site.

The U. S. DOE has an aggressive goal of having CHP comprise of 20 % of the US generation capacity by the year 2030.

The DOE is one of the largest funders of military and technical research in the US

However, in January 1997, the DOE ordered that the reactor be maintained in a standby condition, pending a decision as to whether to incorporate it into the US Government's tritium production program, for both medical and fusion research.

All major home appliances must meet the Appliance Standards Program set by the US Department of Energy ( DOE ) on cooperation with the US Federal Trade Commission.

NETL ’ s hydrogen from coal program supports the President ’ s Hydrogen Fuel Initiative, US DOE ’ s goals in the Hydrogen Posture Plan, and US DOE ’ s FutureGen project to produce electricity and clean fuels from coal with near-zero emissions.

* US DOE Fluidized Bed Technology-Overview website

* US DOE NETL Fact Sheet

Paint manufacturers began replacing white lead pigments with the less toxic substitute, titanium white ( titanium dioxide ), before lead was banned in paint for residential use in 1978 by the US Consumer Product Safety Commission.

A request for reviewing the WARF patents 5, 843, 780 ; 6, 200, 806 ; 7, 029, 913 US Patent and Trademark Office were filed by non-profit patent-watchdogs The Foundation for Taxpayer & Consumer Rights, and the Public Patent Foundation as well as molecular biologist Jeanne Loring of the Burnham Institute.

More recently, the US Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act signed into law by President Obama in July 2010, contained a supply chain sustainability provision in the form of the Conflict Minerals law.

In 1997, the staff of the CPSC, the Consumer Product Safety Commission, examined and issued a recall for some Kinder Surprise illegally brought into the US with foreign labels.

In 1997, the staff of the CPSC, the Consumer Product Safety Commission, examined and issued a recall for some Kinder Surprise illegally brought into the US with foreign labels.

In 1994, the AMA, American Lung Association, US EPA and US Consumer Product Safety Commission published a booklet on indoor air pollution that discusses MCS, among other issues.

In the US following passage of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, the U. S., Commodity Futures Trading Commission ( CFTC ) has proposed regulations aimed at limiting speculation in futures markets by instituting position limits.

The Institute for Business Cycle Analysis publishes a monthly consumer demand survey known as US Consumer Demand Indices.

* The US Consumer Demand Indices website

Although these figures are greater than the 1962 figure at which the Mona Lisa was valued, the comparison does not account for the change in prices due to inflation – $ 100 million in 1962 is approximately $ 720 million in 2010 when adjusted for inflation using the US Consumer Price Index.

Price fixing is illegal in Australia under the Consumer and Competition Act 2010 which have considerably similar prohibitions to the US and Canadian prohibitions.

" As in the UK, the US central bank's devastating failure has led to a new regulatory framework, the 2010 Dodd – Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, giving more supervisory power.

In July 2007, Lucas came in eighth place in the New Consumer Magazine Top 100 Ethical Heroes list, behind a number of celebrities including fashion designer Katharine Hamnett ( who came 1st ), Anita Roddick ( The Body Shop founder ), Al Gore ( former US Vice-President who is now a campaigner for action on climate change ) and Jonathon Porritt, a former Green Party politician.

In addition, the annual Consumer Electronics Show ( CES ) in the US had gained importance, and many exhibitors determined that CES was the more cost-effective show.

In the United States the powerful US Consumer Product Safety Commission issued a report in 2002 stating that exposure to arsenic from direct human contact with CCA treated wood may be higher than was previously thought.

* US Consumer Price Index FAQ

Consumer surveys show that self-identified gay individuals likely have higher incomes than the average US household,

Experian US handles its credit disputes in its National Consumer Assistance Center ( NCAC ) in Allen, Texas.

The interest and principal repayments under this type of bond are adjusted in line with a Consumer Price Index ( in the US this is the CPI-U for urban consumers ).

The Court's final ruling in May 2005 ordered The Sharper Image to pay US $ 525, 000 for Consumer Union's legal expenses.

* US Consumer Products: The US Consumer Products Division is McCormick's oldest and largest business.

More recently, the chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg, `` admitted '' to a news conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, that the US might fall behind Russia ( he apparently meant in weapons development ) if the Soviets continue to test in the atmosphere while we abstain.

* Stratospheric ozone, myths and realities: Testimony of S. Fred Singer, Scientific Integrity and Public Trust: The Science Behind Federal Policies and Mandates: Case Study 1 — Stratospheric Ozone: Myths and Realities, Hearing before the Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment of the Committee on Science, US House of Representatives, 104th Congress, 1st Sess., September 20, 1995 31 ( Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office, 1996 ).

* 1978 — John A. McCone ( Former Director of CIA and Former Chair of US Atomic Energy Commission )

ISI's government customers include the National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, US Geological Survey, and Departments of Agriculture, Defense, Energy, Homeland Security and Justice.

The US Atomic Energy Commission and NASA tested a few designs from 1959 to 1968.

In 2011, Philips won a $ 10 million cash prize from the US Department of Energy for winning its L-Prize competition, to produce a high-efficiency, long operating life replacement for a standard 60-W incandescent lightbulb.

In 1962-70 negotiations took place between the Cambridge Electron Accelerator Laboratory ( shared by Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ), the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, and the US Atomic Energy Commission over the proposed 1970 construction of the Stanford Positron Electron Asymmetric Ring ( SPEAR ).

In June 2011 the US Department of Energy announced plans to consider the adoption of energy efficiency standards for set-top boxes.

Despite international opposition to neighboring Iran ’ s nuclear developments, the US is confident of the UAE ’ s compliance with the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty and the International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards to refrain from enriching uranium and extracting plutonium.

The recently made available US Department of Energy report revealed that the largest reserves of shale gas in Europe are in Poland and it is expected that its production will play an important role in the Polish economy in the near future.

The US national security interest in significantly growing transmission capacity drove passage of the 2005 energy act giving the Department of Energy the authority to approve transmission if states refuse to act.

In Canada, pipelines are regulated by either the provincial regulators or, if they cross provincial boundaries or the Canada / US border, by the National Energy Board ( NEB ).

After a meeting at the Prime Minister's residence, The Lodge, Whitlam and three of his ministers ( Deputy Prime Minister and Treasurer Jim Cairns, Attorney-General Senator Lionel Murphy, and Minister for Minerals and Energy Rex Connor ) signed a letter of authority for Connor to borrow up to US $ 4 billion.

Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory ( Fermilab ), located just outside Batavia, Illinois, near Chicago, is a US Department of Energy national laboratory specializing in high-energy particle physics.

The song, " What's on Your Mind ( Pure Energy )" ( released in 1988 ), reached No. 3 on the US Pop charts, and No. 1 on Dance charts.

After lengthy negotiations, on February 1, 2005, the Nigerian and Sao Tomé governments entered into an exploration and production sharing agreement over the first of six different exploration blocs with a US dominated consortium led by ChevronTexaco with 51 % of the equity, ExxonMobil with 40 % and Dangote Energy Equity Resources, a small Nigerian and Norwegian company with the remaining 9 %.

The US Department of Energy estimates that over 6. 2 million homes have been weatherized, saving 30. 5 MBtu of energy per household each year.

Macmillan, concerned that public confidence in the nuclear programme might be shaken and that technical information might be misused by opponents of defence co-operation in the US Congress, withheld all but the summary of a report into the Windscale fire prepared for the Atomic Energy Authority by Sir William Penney, director of the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment.

Large-scale projects to support willow as an energy crop are already at commercial scale in Sweden, and in other countries, others are being developed through initiatives such as the Willow Biomass Project in the US and the Energy Coppice Project in the UK.

1976 ), current President of Citizens Energy Corporation and former member of the US House of Representatives ( served 1986-1999 )

* Linda Gillespie Stuntz, Served as Deputy Secretary for US Dept of Energy

However, US intelligence photos in early 1993 led the International Atomic Energy Agency ( IAEA ) to demand special inspection of the North's nuclear facilities, which prompted Kim Il Sung's March 1993 announcement of North Korea's withdrawal from the NPT.