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.

FORBES: Administration Lays the Groundwork for Hydropower Boom

The US Army Corps of Engineers said one contract would cover fields in the north of Iraq, and the other the south, with the exact final value dependent on the amount of work necessary.

BBC: Iraqi oil deals up for grabs

The lawsuit, filed by a coalition of conservation groups, calls on the state of Florida, the US department of the interior and the US army corps of engineers to fulfil the requirements of laws designed to protect the manatee.

BBC: Manatee

This Wireless Waterway project is the result of thousands of volunteer hours by members of the Commission and an equal amount by those in the towing industry, academia, the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and the federal Committee on Marine Transportation (CMTS), to all of whom we are extremely grateful.

WHITEHOUSE: A Rising Tide Lifts All Ships

Panelists included Mr Shigeru Kikukawa, Vice Minister of Land, infrastructure, transport and tourism of Japan, Mr Thomas P Bostick, Chief of US Army Corps of Engineers, Mr Bai-mass Taal, Executive Secretary of AMCOW, Mr Rae-kwon Chung, from UNESCAP, and Dr Florika Fink-Hooijer, from the European Commission, as well as a representative of the Ministry of Water Resources of the People's Republic of China.

UNESCO: MEDIA SERVICES