Fuse Corps CEO, Jennifer Anastasoff, gets it, and the conviction and energy in her voice regarding all things Fuse Corps is strong.
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The US Department of the Interior, the Department of Energy (DOE), and the US Army Corps of Engineers are quietly laying the groundwork for a renewable energy boom that you might not expect.
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We had a strong discussion about a range of issues and how we can create even better bilateral relations than we already have -- a comprehensive agreement, comprehensive partnership agreement that we're developing that will cover things like education, working on clean energy issues, expanding the Peace Corps' presence in Indonesia, counterterrorism issues.
Representatives from a big power company, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Marine Corps and the Department of Energy (DOE) were asked what innovations are on the way.
Teams from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Department of Energy are supporting power supply and restoration efforts.
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Led by FEMA, this working group includes representatives from private-sector utilities and includes government reps from the Departments of Transportation and Energy, as well as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and representatives from local law enforcement, among others.
"The RSEP program is a key initiative in the Marine Corps' expeditionary power systems portfolio for advanced power sources that embrace renewable energy systems as a means to reduce fossil fuel requirements, " said Mike Gallagher, program manager for expeditionary power systems at Marine Corps Systems Command, which will work with ONR to transition the technology to the field.
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As an EDF Climate Corps fellow with eBay, Megan Rast took the challenge to make the business case for energy efficiency and carbon reduction initiatives this summer.
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Programs like Fuse Corps, Code for America, and StartUp America are helping to provide the catalysts and energy to focus on entrepreneurial approaches to big problems from the bottom up, including by helping to build the all important ecosystems that support and maintain innovation.
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