FAIRFIELD, Connecticut, Dec. 9 -- General Electric, a manufacturer of appliances, lighting, power systems and other products, issued the following news release: GE Hydro Solutions was selected by Anhui Jinzhai Pumped Storage Power Co., LTD, one of the divisions of State Grid XinYuan, to supply four new 300 MW pumped storage turbines, generator-motors as well as the balance of plant equipment for the Anhui Jinzhai pumped storage power plant located in the Jinzhai County, Anhui Province, China. T  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release on Dec. 8, 2022: The Biden-Harris administration today announced $2.3 million from President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to create good-paying union jobs and catalyze economic opportunity by reclaiming abandoned mine lands (AML) in Alaska (receiving $1.33 million) and Texas (receiving $986,367). The Department of the Interior has made $725 million available to 22 states and the Navajo Nation in  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) held a virtual press conference to highlight the importance of preventing carbon monoxide related deaths. Klobuchar led the bipartisan Nicholas and Zachary Burt Memorial Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention Act, which was signed into law earlier this year. Named after two young brothers from Kimball, Minnesota who tragically passed away from carbon monoxide poisoning, this  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- The National Wildlife Federation issued the following news release on Dec. 7, 2022: British Columbia's plan to double the number of large-scale metal mines in the province threatens transboundary rivers that flow from Canada into Alaska, Washington, Idaho, and Montana and will negatively impact fish, wildlife, and downstream Indigenous communities. A delegation of Indigenous Tribes, Aboriginal First Nations, and conservation leaders met with members of Congress and officia  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- Rep. Jared Huffman, D-California, issued the following news release: Following the United Nation's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change sounding the alarm on cryptomining companies' soaring energy use, Representative Jared Huffman (CA-02) and Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Chair of the Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Safety, introduced the Crypto-Asset Environmental Transparency Act, legislation that would requi  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Following the United Nation's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change sounding the alarm on cryptomining companies' soaring energy use, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Chair of the Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Safety, and Representative Jared Huffman (CA-02) introduced the Crypto-Asset Environmental Transparency Act, legislation that would  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 (TNSgov) -- Earthjustice posted the following news release on Dec. 8, 2022: Following the United Nation's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change sounding the alarm on cryptomining companies' soaring energy use, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Chair of the Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Safety, and Representative Jared Huffman (CA-02) introduced the Crypto-Asset Environmental Transparency Act, legislation that would r  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Dec. 9 -- West Virginia State Treasurer Riley Moore issued the following news release on Dec. 8, 2022: West Virginia State Treasurer Riley Moore today praised a decision by Vanguard Group Inc., one of America's largest investment advisors, to withdraw from the global Net Zero Asset Managers Initiative, an international group that requires investment firms to commit to decarbonization and an immediate end to thermal coal investments. "This is tremendous news for Ameri  more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, Dec. 9 (TNSres) -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: The Kansas Geological Survey, based at the University of Kansas, has released a new full-color geologic map of Miami County that highlights the type and age of rock layers found at the surface or immediately below the vegetation and soil in the east-central Kansas county. Shaded relief provides a three-dimensional quality that accentuates the hills and valleys. Rocks found at the surface in the county, an   more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Dec. 8 (TNSfund) -- Virginia Tech issued the following news on Dec. 7, 2022: At the intersection of future semiconductor technologies and the reduction of greenhouse gasses emitted by the U.S. power grid is research from four electrical and computer engineers at Virginia Tech. Principal investigator Yuhao Zhang and three other professors from the Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering have been awarded a $1.5 million grant from the National Science Foun  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Dec. 9 (TNSres) -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: * * * With funding from the U.S. Department of Energy and the Virginia Center for Innovative Technology, Yoon developed and patented the microbubble flotation process, which has been marketed commercially under the name Microcel. The coal industry regards it as one of the best technologies for separating fine particles. * * * Roe-Hoan Yoon, a University Distinguished Professor in the Virginia Tech Department of  more