WASHINGTON, June 8 -- ACS Omega, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features findings in chemistry and interfacing areas of science from the American Chemical Society, published research articles, including the following topics, in its June 7, 2022 edition: MINI-REVIEWS: * Developing Value-Added Protein Ingredients from Wastes and Byproducts of Pulses: Challenges and Opportunities * Recent Advances of Self-Healing Electronic Materials Applied in Organic Field-Effect Transistors ARTICLES:   more

PRETORIA, South Africa, June 8 (TNSres) -- The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research issued the following news release: The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has released its annual statistics on power generation in South Africa for the year 2021. Highlights include the increased contribution of renewable energy technologies to the total energy mix, and loadshedding in 2021 overtaking 2020 as the most intensive year of loadshedding to date. The 2021 statistics incl  more

WASHINGTON, June 8 (TNSpol) -- Earthjustice issued the following news release: Health and environmental advocates represented by Earthjustice, sued the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over the agency's failure to increase air pollution protections in over 30 cities that have dangerous levels of ozone smog. Communities at issue include major metropolitan areas like Baltimore, Maryland; Chicago, Illinois; Cleveland, Ohio; Dallas, San Antonio and Houston, Texas; Denver, Colorado; Phoenix, Ar  more

WASHINGTON, June 8 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Energy Information Administration issued the following news release: The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) forecasts that a variety of U.S. energy prices will remain historically high through 2023, including oil, natural gas, coal, and electricity, according to EIA's June 2022 Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO). "We continue to see historically high energy prices as a result of the economic recovery and the repercussions of Russia'  more

MELBOURNE, Australia, June 8 (TNSres) -- The Institute of Public Affairs issued the following news release on June 7, 2022: "The fact that the Federal Government's number one energy security adviser has declared that renewables cannot provide the baseload power Australia needs demonstrates how dangerous net zero is for the future of our nation," said Dr Kevin You, Research Fellow at the Institute of Public Affairs. As reported in Nine Newspapers today, Chair of the Energy Security Board, Anna   more

CHIPPENDALE, Australia, June 8 (TNSreact) -- The Nature Conservation Council issued the following news release: Verdant Energy's plans to use wood to fuel Redbank power station have hit a hurdle after a Land and Environment Court ruling that requires the company to submit a new development application. The Land and Environment Court on Friday ruled that changing the fuel used at Redbank from coal to wood was not permissible under the existing approval. The decision is a significant setback fo  more

BOULDER, Colorado, June 8 (TNSres) -- The Geological Society of America issued the following news release: The Geological Society of America regularly publishes articles online ahead of print. GSA Bulletin topics studied this month include the nature and dynamics of China and Tibet. Other locations include the Colorado Plateau, New Mexico, Arizona, the Arctic, and the Pampean Plains of Argentina, and the Lake Superior region. Sedimentology of the latest Permian to Early Triassic in the terres  more

WASHINGTON, June 8 (TNStalk) -- Prosperity Now (formerly the Corporation for Enterprise Development) issued the following statement: * * * The U.S. economy added another 390,000 jobs in May, leaving the unemployment rate unchanged at 3.6%, new data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed last Friday. Prosperity Now is mounting a daily push to bring about true economic parity to help close the racial wealth divide. The following is a statement from Gary Cunningham, President and CEO of Prosp  more

WASHINGTON, June 8 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, cosponsored the Safeguarding Treatment for the Restoration of Ecosystems from Abandoned Mines (STREAM) Act introduced by U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-Pa.) and Mike Braun (R-Ind.). This bipartisan legisl  more

WASHINGTON, June 8 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, cosponsored the Safeguarding Treatment for the Restoration of Ecosystems from Abandoned Mines (STREAM) Act introduced by U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA) and Mike Braun (R-IN). This bipartisan legislation would  more

OLYMPIA, Washington, June 8 -- The Washington State Utilities and Transportation Commission issued the following news on June 7, 2022: Yesterday the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission filed a complaint against PacifiCorp, doing business as Pacific Power & Light Company, for failing to consider the social cost of greenhouse gas emissions in the resource planning portion of its clean energy implementation plan. The Clean Energy Transformation Act of 2019 (CETA) requires UTC-regul  more