BASEL, Switzerland, June 25 -- Applied Sciences, open access journal that says it covers all applied natural sciences, published research articles on the following topics in its Vol. 12, No. 13 edition: Articles: * An Efficient Semi-Analytical Scheme for Determining the Reflection of Lamb Waves in a Semi-Infinite Elastic Waveguide * Prediction of Minimum Night Flow for Enhancing Leakage Detection Capabilities in Water Distribution Networks * The Impact of Distributed Energy Storage on Distr  more

BETHESDA, Maryland, June 25 -- Public Citizen issued the following news release on June 24, 2022: Advocates today called on insurer American International Group Inc. (NYSE: AIG) to "stop teeing up climate chaos" at the KPMG Women's PGA Championship held at Congressional Country Club. The protest of AIG, a tournament sponsor, demanded that the international insurer end its support for fossil fuel expansion. "AIG continues to insure the oil and gas expansion projects wrecking our planet, despite  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, June 25 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: Working as part of a three-year cooperative agreement with DOE-NETL, researchers have demonstrated that algae grown using carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted by a fossil energy power plant can be processed into a nutrient-rich supplement for chicken feed to produce quality eggs and poultry products. Supported with nearly $1.7 million in Federal funding, the project, Be  more

MIDLAND, Michigan, June 25 (TNSres) (TNSreact) -- The Mackinac Center for Public Policy issued the following news release on June 24, 2022: * * * Consumers Energy's plan puts Michiganders at risk * * * An integrated resource plan approved yesterday by the Michigan Public Service Commission will leave Michigan residents more likely to have electricity that is less reliable and more expensive. The plan will allow Consumers Energy, a monopoly utility that provides electric and natural gas serv  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on June 23, 2022: Yesterday, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, spoke on the Senate floor about how the Biden administration's energy and environmental policy decisions have created the record-breaking gas prices Americans are struggling to dea  more

LANSING, Michigan, June 25 (TNSres) -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: The Michigan Public Service Commission approved a settlement in Consumers Energy's Integrated Resource Plan that secures 2025 as the retirement date for Consumers Energy's J.H Campbell coal plant, 15 years earlier than previously planned. The settlement helps ensure that Consumers Energy will replace most of that capacity with clean energy and battery storage, instead of with fossil fuels as previously pro  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following feature: By Katie Lange June 26 marks the 74th anniversary of the beginning of the Berlin Airlift, America's first major test of resolve during the Cold War and one of the largest humanitarian aid missions in history. Never heard of it? Well, you're in luck - we've summed the history up for you here. Post-World War II Division of Germany After World War II ended, Germany was in ruins, and the situation in its capital  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, June 25 -- The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality issued the following news release: As part of a study to investigate air quality related to particulate matter in two historic Tidewater communities, the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) will host two workshops in Norfolk and Newport News in July. The Tidewater Air Monitoring and Evaluation (TAME) project is a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency grant-funded study that will help DEQ and community  more