WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Indian Affairs announced that it expects to award up to 35 discretionary grants for projects that assess, evaluate, or otherwise promote the processing, use, or development of energy and mineral resources on Indian lands. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $2.5 million. The agency said the grant was associated with energy. The funding is open to Native American tribal governments. The agency descrip  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory announced that it expects to award a cooperative agreement for advanced operations and sensing technologies to improve efficiency and capabilities for enhanced oil recovery in deepwater offshore wells. No award amount was specified for this program. The agency said the grant was associated with energy. The funding is open to state, county, city, township and special district governments; independent sc  more