LARAMIE, Wyoming, May 13 (TNSAwa) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: University of Wyoming researchers recently won an award to use the Advanced Photon Source (APS) -- a high-energy X-ray light source facility -- at Argonne National Laboratory in Lemont, Ill. The project is led by Jing Zhou, a professor of physical chemistry, and Joseph Holles, an adjunct professor of chemical engineering. The research team is working to achieve in-situ X-ray diffraction (XRD) meas  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following report (No. USDL-22-0837) on May 12, 2022: The Producer Price Index for final demand increased 0.5 percent in April, seasonally adjusted, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. This rise followed advances of 1.6 percent in March and 1.1 percent in February. (See table A.) On an unadjusted basis, final demand prices moved up 11.0 percent for the 12 months ended in April. In  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from the Economics Daily: Labor productivity rose in 47 of 86 manufacturing industries in 2021. The railroad rolling stock industry had the largest productivity gain, 20.6 percent. Four out of the five mining industries posted productivity gains in 2021, with the greatest increase occurring in coal mining, 18.3 percent. For manufacturing industries, the primary metal industry had the l  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 (TNSPol) -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release on May 12, 2022: The Center for Biological Diversity announced its intent today to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for delaying critically needed Endangered Species Act protections for 11 imperiled plants and animals. The species range from the Puerto Rico harlequin butterfly and the Suwannee alligator snapping turtle to a rare wetlands wildflower found only in Arizona and Mexico. Couple  more

NEW YORK, May 13 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on May 12, 2022: The Biden Administration through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it is awarding $254.5 million in Brownfields Grants to 265 communities, including four grants totaling $6.5 million across New Jersey. Today's grants are supported by President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which provides a total of $1.5 billion to advance environmental justice, spur eco  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on May 12, 2022: The Biden Administration through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded $254.5 million in Brownfields grants to 265 communities. Today's grants are supported by President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which provides a total of $1.5 billion to advance environmental justice, spur economic revitalization, and create jobs by cleaning up contaminated, polluted, or haz  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, May 13 (TNSPol) -- The Salt River Project, a public power utility and electricity provider, issued the following news release: Four Arizona energy providers and the state's three public universities are forming a new, interdisciplinary coalition with the goal of attaining a carbon neutral economy in Arizona. Faced with the complexity of reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions across economic sectors, and the urgency to respond to the climate crisis, this coalition will combine  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) discussed Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage (CCUS), nuclear energy, and confusing messages coming from President Biden regarding apparent contradictions between their climate ambitions and environmental justice with White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) Chair Brenda Mallory at a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing. Senator Cramer point  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-N.M.) and Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) are calling on the Biden administration to make an expedited preliminary determination on a recently filed solar tariff petition with the U.S. Department of Commerce that is placing a strain on New Mexico's solar industry and the workers that support i  more