KANAGAWA, Japan, March 8 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Japan District issued the following news story: By Charles Maib, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Japan Engineer District It's not uncommon to find members of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) interacting with students in a school setting. This is part of the USACE science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) initiative, worldwide. Overseas in Japan, one would think you could find America's Engineers working together with   more

WASHINGTON, March 8 -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued the following remarks on March 7, 2023, by Commissioner Christy Goldsmith Romero at the International Swaps and Derivatives Association's environmental, social, and governance forum: * * * I want to talk about my priority to promote market resilience to climate risk. I will take you through the path that led me to make that a priority. I will share my thoughts on how best to promote climate risk resilience, including the ac  more

WASHINGTON, March 8 (TNStalk) -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on March 7, 2023: * * * Getting Real on the Inflation Reduction Act By Charles Wessner and Srishti Khemka The Biden administration's industrial policy action is built around four major legislative initiatives: the American Rescue Plan Act, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), and the CHIPS and Science Act. Among these, a key measure is   more

NEW YORK, March 8 (TNStalk) -- The Environmental Defense Fund issued the following agency statement on March 7, 2023: * * * "The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act are already creating jobs, reviving American manufacturing and giving millions of Americans access to affordable clean energy. To continue this momentum, we need to ensure an efficient supply chain that supports US industry and workers. "These historic clean energy investments have only just begun to boost th  more

LOUGHBOROUGH, England, March 8 (TNSres) -- Loughborough University issued the following news release: * * * Loughborough University has been awarded pound sterling2.6m to open a new national facility that will increase our understanding of how solar cells and other electronic devices that interact with light work. * * * Funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, the National Facility for High Resolution Cathodoluminescence (CL) Analysis will be the first of its kind gl  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, March 7 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: NETL researchers who asked the question -- "How can we use coal without burning it and generating greenhouse gas?" -- have been awarded a U.S. patent for an invention that transforms coal into a game-changing material to manufacture valuable products and generate jobs in coal communities as the nation transitions to clean energy. The recently patented NETL inven  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, March 8 (TNSpp) -- Princeton University issued the following news: * * * Top officials of the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Science visited the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) recently to discuss the Lab's primary mission to develop fusion energy as a clean, green and carbonless energy source. Officials also learned about PPPL's expanded research focuses in microelectronics, quantum information science, and sustainability. * * * The Feb. 10 vis  more

WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana, March 8 (TNSres) -- Purdue University issued the following news release on March 7, 2023: The Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer dipped 5 points to a reading of 125 in February. Farmers' perspectives regarding both current conditions on their farms and expectations for the future also weakened. The Index of Current Conditions fell 2 points to 134 and the Index of Future Expectations declined 6 points to 121. The Ag Economy Barometer is calculated each mont  more

WASHINGTON, March 8 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), during a Banking Committee hearing on the Federal Reserve's Semiannual Report to Congress, discussed the consequences of conducting climate stress tests and discouraged Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell from wading into fiscal policy matters. Excerpts and full video are below. Senator Cramer first responded to Chairman Sherrod Brown's (D-OH) opening statement, which   more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, March 8 (TNSgov) -- Southwest Research Institute issued the following news release: The Supercritical Transformational Electric Power (STEP) Demo pilot plant, a $155 million, 10-megawatt supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO2) test facility at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) in San Antonio, developed in partnership with GTI Energy and GE Research and sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), has successfully achieved its first operation with CO2 at supercritical flui  more

WASHINGTON, March 8 -- Rep. Mike Thompson, D-California, issued the following news release on March 7, 2023: Last week, Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-04) received the American Public Power Association's Public Service Award at APPA's Legislative Rally in Washington, D.C. Rep. Thompson was honored by APPA for exceptional leadership on numerous issues of importance to public power -- particularly his vital role on the House Ways and Means Committee helping public power utilities obtain direct pay credi  more