WASHINGTON, July 13 -- The U.S. Department of State announced that it expects to award a cooperative agreement for a tech camp to bolster good governance in water, ocean and environmental issues in India. The agency description of the cooperative agreement states: "The objectives of the project are to equip participants with new skills, technology, and tools, and bolster good governance by fostering increased cooperation among a diverse group of Indian stakeholders, including federal, state, an  more

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management announced that it intends to award a $475,000 cooperative agreement to the University of California-Santa Barbara for research to measure potential effects of prospective offshore wind energy developments to commercial fisheries. The agency description of the cooperative agreement states: "Most commercial fishery sectors will be excluded from outer continental shelf (OCS) leases when development of fl  more