BERKELEY, California, Feb. 24 (TNStalk) -- The University of California Haas School of Business issued the following Q&A on Feb. 23, 2023, with Director of Campus Sustainability Danner Doud-Martin: * * * For more than six years, Danner Doud-Martin helped lead the school's progress in sustainability--from leading the effort to make Chou Hall the first zero-waste building on campus to planting pollinator gardens around Haas to leading volunteers planting hundreds of trees in the community. Now,   more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Feb. 24 -- The Iowa Economic Development Authority issued the following news: The Iowa Energy Center (IEC) Board and the Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) announced the opening of the fifth round of the IEC Grant Program at the IEC quarterly board meeting. The IEC Board also approved financial assistance awards to four projects through the Energy Infrastructure Revolving Loan Program (EIRLP). Designed to facilitate energy-related economic development in Iowa, the IEC  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Feb. 24 -- Rep. Doris O. Matsui, D-California, issued the following news release on Feb. 23, 2023: The Sam and Bonnie Pannell Community Center will be enhanced as a "resilience hub" for the Sacramento community thanks to federal funding secured by Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-07).She announced the funding this morning alongside local leaders and city staff. An infusion of $1,977,200 in federal dollars will help fund the first phase of upgrades to the Pannell Center -   more

LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 24 -- The Michigan Public Service Commission issued the following news release: The Michigan Public Service Commission authorized a mid-year step to lower Consumers Energy Co.'s power supply cost recovery (PSCR) factor for the 2023 plan year, approving a temporary order that will lower electric bills for customers amid a period of higher costs for natural gas the utility uses to generate power. Consumers had projected a 2022 PSCR underrecovery of $449,076,328 to be refl  more

WHITE PLAINS, New York, Feb. 24 -- The New York State Power Authority issued the following news release: With several offshore wind projects in development on Long Island, the New York Power Authority (NYPA) is incorporating the technology into its STEM programs statewide and launching the curriculum in Long Island classrooms. The lessons about renewable energy are also available to educators statewide on NYPA's Virtual Learning Center. "Offshore wind will be an increasingly important topic ov  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Feb. 24 (TNSrpt) -- The National Association of State Energy Officials issued the following news on Feb. 23, 2023: The report, Inclusive Shared Solar: The State Policy Landscape and Select Community Solar Project Profiles, provides an overview of low to moderate-income (LMI) community solar policies to help State Energy Offices, Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) offices, and other key stakeholders understand and take advantage of opportunities to expand the  more

TUCSON, Arizona, Feb. 24 (TNSrpt) -- The University of Arizona issued the following news release: * * * The University of Arizona Southwest Center and local and international partners are working to address the needs of agricultural communities reliant on the Colorado River Basin for irrigation. * * * As Arizona farmers and ranchers face the worst water crisis in state history, a new report from the University of Arizona Southwest Center suggests that a variety of new farming practices, wate  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Feb. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release on Feb. 23, 2023: The Spallation Neutron Source at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory set a world record when its linear accelerator reached an operating power of 1.55 megawatts, which improves on the facility's original design capability. The accelerator's higher power provides more neutrons for researchers who use the facility to study and imp  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Feb. 24 (TNSjou) -- Rice University issued the following news release: * * * Development could spark advances in computing, electrochemical, biological systems * * * It's not easy to make sense of quantum-scale motion, but a new mathematical theory developed by scientists at Rice University and Oxford University could help -- and may provide insight into improving a variety of computing, electrochemical and biological systems. The theory developed by Rice theorist Peter Woly  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 (TNSrpt) -- The Solar Energy Industries Association issued the following news release on Feb. 23, 2023: After a full year in the field, the Solar Energy Industries Association's (SEIA) first-of-its-kind Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Justice (DEIJ) Certification Program is making a measurable impact and helping clean energy businesses improve internal DEIJ practices. Companies across the value chain are using the program's 34 modules to set a new bar for DEIJ work in the   more

VAL VERDE, Texas, Feb. 24 (TNStalk) -- The Nature Conservancy issued the following agency statement on Feb. 23, 2023: * * * The Nature Conservancy (TNC) has a long history of protecting land and water in and around Val Verde County. We own and manage more than 25,000 acres of nature preserves on both the Pecos and Devils Rivers and have partnered with numerous area landowners on conservation easements, which cover more than 150,000 acres of Val Verde County. The basins in this geography are h  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 -- Rep. Pete Stauber, R-Minnesota, issued the following news release and letter: Congressman Pete Stauber (MN-08) sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken demanding answers on the Biden Administration's Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Zambia to develop foreign mineral supply chains. Stated Congressman Stauber, "The United States is blessed with abundant mineral resources, a great workforce, and strong envi  more