MIAMI BEACH, Florida, Feb. 17 (TNSconf) -- The Aspen Institute issued the following news release: Leading voices from the business, finance, and technology sectors will participate in Aspen Ideas: Climate, taking place in Miami Beach from March 6-9. Entrepreneurs will pitch to a public audience at the Climate Solutions Showcase, while programming on the main stage will explore issues ranging from approaches to financing climate action around the world, to the transition to decarbonized energy s  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $902,161 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for eight rural development projects across West Virginia. The investments will support installing new water and sewer lines at the Minnie Hamilton Health Care Center, providing marketing and sales assistance to  more

WILSON, North Carolina, Feb. 17 -- Rep. Don Davis, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Feb. 16, 2023: Congressman Don Davis (NC-01) released the following statement on the $28 million funding announcement from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to improve access to jobs, expand health care, and upgrade infrastructure for residents across rural eastern North Carolina. "We've not always received our fair share, and these investments are critical for helping to jumpstart  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 (TNSgov) -- The Southern Environmental Law Center posted the following news release: In a victory for nationwide renewable energy, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit upheld the decision of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to grant "qualifying facility" status to Broadview Solar's solar-plus-storage facility in Montana. The decision paves the way to make the nation's transition to a zero-carbon grid faster and cheaper and provides a critical backstop for i  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued the following statement on Feb. 16, 2023, by Commissioner Allison Clements on a decision (Docket No. EL22-42-000) involving Renew Northeast Inc. and the American Clean Power Association vs. ISO New England Inc.: * * * I concur with the result of this order because I agree that Complainants have not demonstrated that the ISO New England Inc. (ISO-NE) tariff creates an undue preference for gas reso  more

LAKEWOOD, Ohio, Feb. 17 (TNSrep) -- The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis issued the following analysis on Feb. 16, 2023, entitled "Ramping Up Clean Energy Will Help Bangladesh Reduce its Reliance on Imported Fossil Fuels." The analysis was written by Shafiqul Alam. Here are excerpts: * * * Key Findings * The new gas price for power generation, effective from 01 February 2023, costs Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) an additional Bangladeshi Taka (Tk) 9 (US$0.083  more

PASADENA, California, Feb. 17 (TNSjou) -- NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: * * * Peering through obscuring clouds of dust, the MIRI instrument has revealed networks of giant cavities and blown-out bubbles in the gaseous arms of distant galaxies. * * * Researchers using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope are getting their first look at star formation, gas, and dust in nearby galaxies with unprecedented resolution at infrared wavelengths. The data has enabled an initi  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following joint statement on Feb. 15, 2023, with Iraq on the U.S.-Iraq Higher Coordinating Committee: * * * The delegation of the Republic of Iraq, led by Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein, and the delegation of the United States, led by Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken, co-chaired a Higher Coordinating Committee (HCC), in accordance with the 2008 Strategic Framework Agreement for a Relationship of Friendship  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 -- The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, a peer-reviewed journal from the American Chemical Society that says it advances in physical chemistry, chemical physics and materials science, published research articles on the following topics in its Feb. 16, 2023 edition: Perspectives: * Current Understanding of Band-Edge Properties of Halide Perovskites: Urbach Tail, Rashba Splitting, and Exciton Binding Energy Physical Insights into Quantum Phenomena and Function: * El  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 (TNSjou) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory issued the following news release: Since the 1970s, scientists have known that copper has a special ability to transform carbon dioxide into valuable chemicals and fuels. But for many years, scientists have struggled to understand how this common metal works as an electrocatalyst, a mechanism that uses energy from electrons to chemically transform molecules into different products. Now, a rese  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $902,161 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for eight rural development projects across West Virginia. The investments will support installing new water and sewer lines at the Minnie Hamilton Health Care Center, providing marketing and sales assistance to the Appalachia  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 17 -- The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection issued the following news release on Feb. 16, 2023: The Healey-Driscoll Administration today launched a $50 million grant program to fund decarbonization retrofits of existing low- or moderate-income residential buildings. Known as the Low- and Moderate-Income Housing Decarbonization Grant Program, this large-scale program will accelerate Massachusetts' clean energy transition, improve public health, and   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 17 -- The Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs issued the following news release on Feb. 16, 2023: The Healey-Driscoll Administration today launched a $50 million grant program to fund decarbonization retrofits of existing low- or moderate-income residential buildings. Known as the Low- and Moderate-Income Housing Decarbonization Grant Program, this large-scale program will accelerate Massachusetts' clean energy transition, improve publi  more

ALBANY, New York, Feb. 17 (TNSsro) -- The New York Department of Public Service issued the text of the following letter on Feb. 16, 2023: * * * To: James A. Muscato II, Laura Bomyea Darling, Young/Sommer LLC, Executive Woods, Five Palisades Drive, Albany, New York 12205, muscato@youngsommer.com, ldarling@youngsommer.com RE: Case 18-F-0087 - Application of Flint Mine Solar, LLC, for a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need Pursuant to Article 10 of the Public Service Law fo  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy issued the following news release on Feb. 16, 2023: The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) today announced $6 million in funding for six university-led research and development projects that will repurpose domestic coal resources for high-value graphitic products and carbon-metal composites that can be employed in clean energy technologies. Expanding innovative uses  more

ALBANY, New York, Feb. 17 -- The New York State Public Service Commission issued the following news release on Feb. 16, 2023: The New York State Public Service Commission (Commission) today authorized the major upstate electric utilities to develop 62 local transmission upgrades designed to reduce congestion in three upstate regions as called for by the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, or Climate Act. "New York is making significant upgrades and additions to the State's existin  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 (TNStalk) -- Public Citizen issued the following statement on Feb. 16, 2023: * * * The U.S. Senate's Energy & Natural Resources Committee will hold a hearing today on the Russian Federation's war in Ukraine, and the impacts on global energy security. In advance of the hearing, Tyson Slocum, energy program director at Public Citizen, issued the following statement. "A truly balanced view of Americans' energy security would require the Biden Administration to evaluate the en  more