PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Aug. 31 (TNSres) -- Brown University issued the following news release: * * * As a research assistant in the Brown Community Noise Lab, Nina Lee has spent years monitoring noise levels across New England, advocating for environmental justice every step of the way. * * * Multiple times a week, Nina Lee finds herself in a Rhode Islander's backyard. She unpacks and then assembles an environmental noise monitor and begins recording. A week later, she'll return to the si  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration issued the following news release on Aug. 30, 2022: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the Department's Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding $15.4 million in American Rescue Plan grants to support West Virginia as it recovers from the economic impacts of the coronavirus pandemic. * Pocahontas Public Service District, Durbin, will receive an $8 million grant to provide e  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration issued the following news release on Aug. 30, 2022: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced that the Department's Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $2 million grant to the Development Authority of Augusta, Augusta, Georgia, to boost business and job growth by providing water and sewer improvements at the Augusta Corporate Park. This project will provide the infrastructu  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration issued the following news release on Aug. 30, 2022: The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $2.1 million grant to the city of Richfield City, Utah, to construct road and utilities infrastructure to allow for expansion of a business park. This grant is funded by the American Rescue Plan and EDA's $300 million Coal Communities Commitment. This grant will   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration issued the following news release on Aug. 30, 2022: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced that the Department's Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $3.3 million grant to the city of Walterboro, South Carolina, for the construction of new sewer lines in support of economic growth in a region impacted by the declining use of coal. This grant is funded by the American Rescu  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 (TNSrep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R47227) on August 29, 2022, entitled "Critical Minerals in Electric Vehicle Batteries:" * * * (Continued from Part 1 of 2) Critical Mineral Supply for EV Batteries Industry reports and media coverage often highlight concern over the expected high demand for the minerals used in EV batteries. These concerns are generally focused on the less common materials used in the manufacture of EV battery  more

BASEL, Switzerland, Aug. 30 -- Environmental Science and Pollution Research, a peer-reviewed journal from the European Chemical Society that says it serves the international community in environmental science and related subjects with emphasis on chemical compounds, published research articles, including the following topics, in its Vol. 29, No. 40 edition: Research Articles: * Coupled effects of fly ash and calcium formate on strength development of cemented tailings backfill * Adaptation r  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 31 (TNSres) -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following news release on Aug. 30, 2022: The global energy crisis accompanying the invasion of Ukraine has made one thing clear: the world remains deeply dependent on hydrocarbons. It's a delusion to think that solar, wind, and battery technologies can replace Russian energy supplies, never mind all the world's use of oil, natural gas, and coal in a wholesale global "energy transition." In a new Manhattan Institute report, senior   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 (TNSres) -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office issued the following news: * * * Study helps to identify important stream reaches for Atlantic salmon habitat * * * Atlantic salmon are an endangered species in the United States with the only remaining populations in the state of Maine. Atlantic salmon need access to a wide variety of habitats during their lives as they move from rivers to the ocean and back again  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy issued the following news release on Aug. 30, 2022: The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) announced $6.4 million in funding for 18 projects to conduct early-stage research and development of decarbonization technologies and environmental remediation, and to develop strategies to enhance the engagement of minority-serving institutions on FECM-related research at eli  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Aug. 30, 2022: First Solar Energy announced a $185 million investment to expand its manufacturing facilities in Wood County, made possible by U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown's (D-OH) work to pass the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. Brown has long been a leader in the Senate pushing to ensure technologies of the future are made in Ohio and across the country. This is part of a $1.2 billion investment to scale pro  more

ABERDEEN, Scotland, Aug. 31 (TNSjou) -- The University of Aberdeen issued the following news: A new study involving an international team of researchers has found that the evolution of land plants caused a sudden shift in the composition of Earth's continents. The discovery was made by linking the fossil record of plants with archives of environmental change, and with records of the chemical composition of the Earth deep beneath our feet, over the past 700 million years. In doing so, scienti  more