WASHINGTON, March 4 -- The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, a journal that says it specializes in astronomy and astrophysics from the American Astronomical Society, published research articles, including the following topics, in its March 2023 edition: * The Tess Grand Unified Hot Jupiter Survey. Ii. Twenty New Giant Planets * Exoclock Project. Iii. 450 New Exoplanet Ephemerides From Ground And Space Observations * Offsets Between X-Ray And Radio Components In X-Ray Jets: The Atlasx   more

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Bob Casey (D-PA) sent a letter to President Biden urging him to rescind the suspension of market-balancing tariffs on Chinese solar product importers in four southeast Asian countries - Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam - to level the playing field for American manufacturers and workers and give them the opportunity to better compete in the global economy.   more

SACRAMENTO, California, March 4 (TNSpp) -- The California Manufacturers and Technology Association issued the following news release: In a joint press conference with the California Manufacturers & Technology Association (CMTA) and the Greater Sacramento Economic Council (GSEC), Sacramento-based solar module manufacturer Solar4America announced intentions to expand its presence in the Sacramento region, with plans to add 56,000 additional square feet of space and 400 more jobs for the company i  more

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Sen. Robert Casey Jr., D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) sent a letter to President Biden urging him to rescind the suspension of market-balancing tariffs on Chinese solar product importers in four southeast Asian countries to level the playing field for American manufacturers and workers and give them the opportunity to better compete in the global economy. The Department of Commerce (DOC  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, March 4 (TNSres) -- Carnegie Mellon University issued the following news: High school chemistry sparked positive reactions for Carnegie Mellon University student Jamie Gaitor. "For me chemistry is something that is really tangible," said Gaitor, a doctoral student in the Mellon College of Science's Department of Chemistry. "In high school I started to get an understanding of the way things work and the way things are in the world at a molecular level. It's really, rea  more

DENVER, Colorado, March 4 (TNSsro) -- The Colorado Public Utilities Commission issued the following weekly meeting agenda: * * * Consent Items ENERGY / WATER 1. PROCEEDING NO. 23AL-0068G IN THE MATTER OF ADVICE LETTER NO. 30 FILED BY BLACK HILLS COLORADO GAS, INC. DOING BUSINESS AS BLACK HILLS ENERGY FILING TO RENAME THE PERCENTAGE OF INCOME PAYMENT PLAN TO BLACK HILLS ENERGY AFFORDABILITY PROGRAM (BHEAP), NON-SUBSTANTIVELY AMEND TARIFF SHEETS FOR FORMATTING AND CONSISTENCY, AND UPDATE THE   more

NEW YORK, March 4 (TNSgov) -- New Economy Project posted the following news release and letter: Elected officials, including City Comptroller Brand Lander, Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine, and members of the City Council, joined the Public Bank NYC coalition for a spirited press conference calling on the state to enact legislation opening the way for public banking in New York City. The press conference coincided with the release of a letter, from more than 100 local elected officials   more

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued the following dissent on March 2, 2023, by Commissioner James Danly on a decision (Dockets No. ER22-379-003, et al.) involving Southwest Power Pool Inc.: * * * I dissent from today's order[1] overturning the Commission's August 5, 2022 order,[2] which conditionally accepted Southwest Power Pool, Inc.'s (SPP) proposed revisions to Attachment AA of the SPP Open Access Transmission Tariff (Tariff)[3  more

ALBANY, New York, March 3 -- Gov. Kathy Hochul, D-New York, issued the following news release on March 2, 2023: Governor Kathy Hochul today announced the New York State Office of Strategic Workforce Development has awarded more than $7 million in grants to fourteen projects across the state through the second round of the Workforce Development Capital and Pay for Performance Grant Programs. These grants will support the training of more than 3,700 workers through collaboration between training   more

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: A federal court in Miami, Florida, has entered permanent injunctions against Rudy Aly, Rhonda Hudge, Cindy Odige, and TUPS Tax, LLC, barring them from preparing federal tax returns for others and owning or operating a tax preparation business. Aly was enjoined after failing to respond to the United States' complaint. Hudge, Odige, and TUPS Tax consented to their injunctions. The court also ordered that Aly  more

WASHINGTON, March 4 (TNSgov) -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: The Federal Regulatory Energy Commission (FERC) granted a request for a rehearing and set aside its order approving Southwest Power Pool's (SPP) discriminatory capacity accreditation approach for wind and solar. The decision is in response to a lawsuit filed by a coalition of clean energy advocates. The FERC decision means that SPP cannot apply these rules unless it refiles its capacity accreditation rules for w  more

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey issued the following news release on March 2, 2023: The U.S. Geological Survey will provide more than $6.6 million to map critical mineral resources in Utah, in partnership with the Utah Geological Survey. The grants come from a Bipartisan Infrastructure Law investment in the USGS Mineral Resources Program's Earth Mapping Resources Initiative (Earth MRI), which supports $74 million in new mapping each year to m  more

BIRMINGHAM, England, March 4 (TNSres) -- The University of Birmingham issued the following news: * * * People across the UK have been mesmerised by the Northern Lights, but majestic as they are, the Lights remind us of our vulnerability to 'space weather'. * * * Skies across the UK have been lit up this week by the spectacular Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights). The Lights are a beautiful sight, and photos of them have appeared throughout the media - there was even a live 'Can you spot the No  more