WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- ACS Energy Letters, a peer-reviewed journal from the American Chemical Society that says it features scientific advances in applied sciences, published research articles on the following topics in its Vol. 8, Issue 2 edition: Energy Focus: * What Would Battery Manufacturing Look Like on the Moon and Mars? * Advances in Solid-State Batteries, a Virtual Issue, Part II Perspectives: * Practical Assessment for At-Scale Electrochemical Conversion of Methane to Methanol   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release on Feb. 10, 2023: U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) recently spoke on the Senate floor about how President Joe Biden's radical energy policies are causing our country to be more dependent on China. Excerpts from Sen. Barrasso's remarks: On Biden's War on American Energy: "I come to the floor today to talk about the Biden administration's war on American energy. "Time and again, Joe Biden's energy polic  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Feb. 11 (TNSsro) -- The California Public Utilities Commission issued the following decision granting petition to modify decision (Case No. 23-02-004) on Feb. 10, 2023: * * * BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA Order Instituting Rulemaking Regarding Policies, Procedures and Rules for the California Solar Initiative, the Self-Generation Incentive Program and Other Distributed Generation Issues. DECISION GRANTING MAINSPRING ENERGY, INC.  more

NORTH FIELD, Minnesota, Feb. 10 (TNSres) -- Carleton College issued the following news release on Feb. 9, 2023: * * * The college will immediately reduce exposure to fossil fuel investments in its endowment. * * * The Carleton College Board of Trustees voted today to reduce exposure to fossil fuel investments in the college's endowment by immediately eliminating all direct holdings of fossil fuel companies, and resolving to make no new investments in private funds that focus exclusively on o  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 (TNSres) -- The Carnegie Institution for Science issued the following news: Jupiter has once again taken the lead in the lunar headcount with the discovery of 12 new moons by Carnegie's Scott Sheppard, bringing its total to 92. The International Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Center announced the new satellites in late January. The recently discovered satellites were found as part of Sheppard and his collaborator's survey for distant planets and other bodies that orbit t  more

FRAMINGHAM, Massachusetts, Feb. 10 -- Ameresco, a cleantech integrator specializing in energy efficiency and renewable energy, issued the following news release on Feb. 9, 2023: * * * The solar installation will be developed on a local closed municipal landfill and deliver approximately $1 million in revenue * * * Ameresco, Inc., (NYSE: AMRC), a leading cleantech integrator specializing in energy efficiency and renewable energy, today announced its partnership with the City of Alton, Illinoi  more

CLAREMONT, California, Feb. 11 (TNSpconf) -- Claremont McKenna College issued the following news release: To meet the need of Claremont McKenna and 5C students seeking climate-related occupations, the Roberts Environmental Center (REC) hosted the 9th Annual Green Careers Conference, with the goal of showcasing the breadth of professional fields available to them. Students from all 5Cs attended the conference. The panel presentations on Feb. 3, moderated by REC analysts, featured alumni working  more

DENVER, Colorado, Feb. 11 (TNSsro) -- The Colorado Public Utilities Commission issued the following weekly meeting agenda: * * * Consent Items TRANSPORTATION 1. PROCEEDING NO. 22A-0568R BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY FOR AUTHORITY TO REMOVE ABANDONED TRACK AND TO RELOCATE SIGNALS, LIGHTS AND GATES CLOSER TO MAIN TRACK 2 AT THE W. 13TH AVENUE CROSSING IN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER, COLORADO (DOT #245254T) . Filing Date and Party: 12/23/2022   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- The Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia issued the following news release: The Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia (Commission) is pleased to announce the issuance of Request for Proposals (RFP) No. PSC-23-09, seeking projects that can demonstrate the benefits of advanced inverter equipment, including communications and the expansion of solar hosting capacity. The maximum amount of funding available for the project is $3 million, which   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Feb. 10, 2023: * * * EPA announces start of new cleanup projects at 22 Superfund sites, along with 100 other ongoing cleanups, thanks to President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law * * * The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the second wave of approximately $1 billion in funding from President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to start new cleanup projects at 22 Superfun  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Rep. Cathy Rodgers, R-Washington, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following opening remarks on Feb. 7, 2023, at a joint hearing with the Subcommittee and Environment, Manufacturing and Critical Materials and the Subcommittee Energy, Climate and Grid Security entitled "Unleashing American Energy, Lowering Energy Costs and Strengthening Supply Chains": * * * "Our goal on Energy and Commerce is to ensure reliable, secure, and affordable energy i  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Rep. Bill Johnson, R-Ohio, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing and Critical Materials, issued the following opening remarks at a joint hearing with the Subcommittee Energy, Climate and Grid Security on Feb. 7, 2023, entitled "Unleashing American Energy, Lowering Energy Costs and Strengthening Supply Chains": * * * "My constituents back home in Ohio know firsthand the importance of affordable, American energy, and that abundan  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Feb. 6 -- The Iowa Utilities Board issued the following news release: On September 23, 2022, the Iowa Utilities Board issued an order setting a revised procedural schedule and public hearing dates for MidAmerican Energy Company's (MidAmerican) August 19, 2022, motion regarding its January 19, 2022, application for approval of advance ratemaking principles for the company's wind and solar project called Wind PRIME. The application was filed January 19, 2022, in Docket No. RPU-2  more

PASADENA, California, Feb. 10 (TNSres) -- NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: * * * Some of the hottest spots in the Sun's atmosphere appear in the telescope's X-ray view. * * * Even on a sunny day, human eyes can't see all the light our nearest star gives off. A new image displays some of this hidden light, including the high-energy X-rays emitted by the hottest material in the Sun's atmosphere, as observed by NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR). Wh  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Feb. 10 -- Minnesota Senate Republicans issued the following news: On, Thursday, Feb. 2, Senate Republicans put forth their A+ Energy Plan to support the progress of clean energy while promoting reliable, affordable, and "always on" energy planning for Minnesota. Highlights of the A+ Energy Plan include: * Allowing nuclear construction in the state * Authorizing hydroelectric power to count as a renewable energy * Affordable renewable natural gas to continue to reduce e  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Feb. 11 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news on Feb. 10, 2023: The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) and the DOE's National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) today announced more than $18 million in available funding for research and development projects that focus on the characterization, treatment, and management of produced water--or wastewater associ  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy issued the following news release on Feb. 10, 2023: The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) today announced more than $18 million in available funding for research and development projects that focus on the characterization, treatment, and management of produced water--or wastewater associated with oil and natural gas development and production--as well as management  more

WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana, Feb. 11 (TNSgov) -- Purdue University issued the following news release: In spring 2022, the Indiana General Assembly passed Senate Bill 411, creating voluntary commercial solar and wind regulation standards. Indiana communities planning to qualify as a solar or wind energy ready community will need to examine their county ordinances in comparison with the Indiana state voluntary standards. Purdue Extension's Land Use Team, in collaboration with the Indiana Office of E  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release: Rather than keep Congress waiting for the Biden Administration's plans for how it will use $80 billion in new funding for audits and tax enforcement or details on the myriad of other ways in which the Administration will saddle middle class families with higher taxes and more debt to pay for its welfare for the wealthy agenda, House Ways and Means Committee Cha  more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Feb. 10 (TNSres) -- The University of Nevada Las Vegas campus issued the following news release: * * * New UNLV research is using a resource hidden in plain sight, pulling water out of thin air through atmospheric water harvesting. * * * It is often said that necessity is the mother of invention. So, it's only fitting that Mother Nature is forcing us to innovate around one of the longest droughts the Southwest has ever seen. And the solution to our survival may be hidden r  more

NEW YORK, Feb. 11 -- Verizon, a communications and technology solutions company, issued the following news release: Verizon issued its Green Bond Impact Report, outlining the full allocation of the nearly $1 billion of net proceeds from its fourth green bond, which was issued in March 2022. In February 2019, Verizon became the first U.S. telecom company to issue a green bond and remains a leader in the industry with the allocation of four green bonds. "As one of the largest corporate green bo  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 (TNSres) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on Feb. 9, 2023: * * * President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is Delivering in Arizona As of February 2023 The Biden-Harris Administration has hit the ground running to implement the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, and it is already delivering results for the people of Arizona. To date, $3.4 billion in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding has been announced and is headed to Arizona with over 250 specific   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 (TNSres) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on Feb. 9, 2023: * * * President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is Delivering in Hawaii As of February 2023 The Biden-Harris Administration has hit the ground running to implement the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, and it is already delivering results for the people of Hawaii. To date, $1 billion in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding has been announced and is headed to Hawaii with over 40 specific projec  more