WASHINGTON, July 26 (TNSeve) -- The Gas Technology Institute has scheduled a session on Sept. 5, 2022, as part of its Exhibition and Conference at Fiera Milano in Milan, Italy, entitled "Market Dynamics: Energy Regulation and Climate Goals." * * * According to the agency website: Can energy security and climate goals coexist? Russia's invasion of Ukraine has triggered a re-examination of European, and indeed, worldwide energy priorities. While no one questions the need for ambitious progress  more

HIRAM, Ohio, July 26 (TNSres) -- Hiram College issued the following news: Although most Hiram students anticipate the end of the semester and the sweet rays of summer sunshine, you can find rising seniors, biology major and psychology minor, Satasha George, and biochemistry major and physics minor, Mark Macri, diligently experimenting and studying samples in their dark research lab on campus. This summer, both students are working with Steven Romberger Ph.D, associate professor of chemistry and  more

MUNICH, Germany, July 26 -- The Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance issued the following news: The high energy prices are currently obscuring a dilemma that is likely to arise in the near future: if energy production in many countries increasingly manages without oil and natural gas, the price will fall. This makes it more attractive again for countries that cannot or do not want to afford an energy transition to use fossil fuels. Our author pleads for the search for alternative  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, July 26 (TNSres) -- The University of Illinois Chicago campus issued the following news release: Chemical engineers at the University of Illinois Chicago are investigating new methods to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from cement manufacturing. Cement is one of the most widely used building materials, but its production is responsible for up to 8% of global emissions from carbon dioxide, representing a major challenge to the goal of reducing climate change. Despite ongoing   more

WASHINGTON, July 26 (TNSres) -- Resources for the Future issued the following news release: * * * A new report finds that while the POWER Initiative provided funding to many coal communities across the United States, many counties may not have received the help that they needed. * * * A new analysis by a multi-institutional team of scholars finds that while the Obama-era POWER Initiative provided substantial financial support to some coal communities, many counties may not have received the   more

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release and letter on July 25, 2022: U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) led a group of senators in sending a letter to Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler to express support for proposed rules that would increase transparency and strengthen oversight of predatory activist hedge funds. The two rules advance provisions of legislation Senator Baldwin introduced, the Brokaw Act, that would bring  more

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- Sen. James M. Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), joined 12 Republican senators to introduce the Transparency and Honesty in Energy Regulations Act, a bill to prohibit the federal government from using the flawed social cost of carbon, social cost of methane, social cost of nitrous oxide, or the social cost of any other greenhouse gas metrics in the rulemaking process. Rep. Richard Hudson (R-N.C.) introduced companion legislat  more

MERCED, California, July 26 (TNSper) -- The University of California Merced issued the following news: Engineering Professor Sarah Kurtz has been awarded the Reno Ferrero Family Chair in Electrical Engineering, making her the second woman to hold an endowed chair in the School of Engineering. "I am truly honored to have been chosen for this chair, not only because of the donor and his achievements, that because this is going to greatly further the electrical engineering program at UC Merced,"   more