WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news on Feb. 13, 2023: The U.S. Departments of Energy (DOE) and the Treasury, and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) today announced several major programs to accelerate domestic clean energy manufacturing and ensure traditionally underserved communities benefit from clean energy technologies. As part of this whole of government approach, DOE is partnering with Treasury and IRS to implement two programs funded by the Pres  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 (TNSgov) -- The Food and Water Watch issued the following news release: The national advocacy group Food & Water Watch has filed comments [link at bottom] opposing a proposed EPA rule that would continue its reliance on ethanol and increase requirements for factory farm gas in the federal Renewable Fuel Standard program (RFS), arguing that the move would have negative impacts on the climate and environmental justice communities. Designed to reduce fossil fuels in the transp  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 (TNSper) -- Greenberg Traurig, a law firm, issued the following news release: Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP added Noah Pollak as a new key member of the firm's growing Energy Project Finance & Development Practice. Pollak will be located in the Washington, D.C. office and joins the firm's substantial Energy & Natural Resources Practice. Pollak joins from Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP. Pollak brings more than 15 years of experience helping clients develop, finance, a  more

BASEL, Switzerland, Feb. 14 -- Inorganics, an open access journal that covers all aspects of inorganic chemistry research, published research articles, including the following topics, in its February 2023 edition: Articles: * Preparing a Ca-Bi-O System by the Precipitation Method and Studying Its Intermediate Structural Properties for Applications in Water Treatment * Surface Characterization and Electrical Properties of Low Energy Irradiated PANI/PbS Polymeric Nanocomposite Materials * Synt  more

SOUTHFIELD, Michigan, Feb. 14 (TNSfund) -- Lawrence Technological University issued the following news release: A grant of nearly $300,000 to Lawrence Technological University's Centrepolis Accelerator and another grant of nearly $112,000 to the University of Michigan's Economic Growth Institute has produced a new online database of Michigan's key renewable energy resources for the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy. For geothermal, solar, and wind energy, the Clean En  more

GLASGOW, Scotland, Feb. 14 (TNSres) -- The University of Glasgow issued the following news: SSE Energy Solutions is to fund the most detailed research ever conducted into the performance of renewable technologies in the business sector. The PhD research, which is being jointly funded by the University of Glasgow and the Energy Technology Partnership (ETP), will analyse data from projects ranging from small businesses to large distribution operations. The process of recruiting a suitable stude  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 (TNSres) -- The U.S. State Department issued the following fact sheet on Feb. 13, 2023: * * * Marking One Year Since the Release of the Administration's Indo-Pacific Strategy Following the release of the Indo-Pacific Strategy in February 2022, the United States, in coordination with allies and partners, has taken historic strides to advance our common vision for an Indo-Pacific region that is free and open, connected, prosperous, secure, and resilient. The United States c  more

LONDON, England, Feb. 14 -- Sustainable Energy and Fuels, a peer-reviewed journal from the Royal Society of Chemistry that says it features the development of sustainable energy technologies, published research articles, including the following topics, in its Feb. 7, 2023 edition: Review Article: * Predicting the state parameters of lithium ion batteries: the race between filter-based and data driven approaches Communication: * Intermetallic molybdenum disilicide: a new, active, and stable  more

CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wisconsin, Feb. 14 -- Rep. Tom Tiffany, R-Wisconsin, issued the following news release on Feb. 13, 2023: On Friday, Congressman Tom Tiffany (WI-07) announced the reintroduction of the Future Agriculture Retention and Management Act - or FARM Act for short. This legislation would eliminate the market-distorting energy tax handouts that help prop up the siting of solar panels and wind arrays on agricultural lands, often taking the farmland out of production. "Taxpayers should not  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury issued the following news release on Feb. 13, 2023: Today the U.S. Treasury Department, the U.S. Department of Energy, and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released information on key provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act to incentivize investment in underserved communities and hard-hit coal communities. "Thanks to President Biden's leadership, the Inflation Reduction Act ensures all Americans benefit from the growth of the clean  more

HELSINKI, Finland, Feb. 14 (TNSjou) -- The University of Helsinki issued the following news release: * * * Scientists at the University of Helsinki offer new insights onto the control over reaction selectivity with visible light in plasmonic catalysis. * * * In this discovery, it was found that by engineering the composition in nanoparticles containing Ag and Pd, visible light irradiation could be employed as a sustainable energy input not only to accelerate molecular transformations but als  more