ATLANTA, Georgia, March 9 (TNSpp) -- The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers issued the following news release: ASHRAE will award a total of $163,000 for 2023-24 academic year to fund 34 projects through ASHRAE Undergraduate Program Equipment Grants. The ASHRAE Undergraduate Program Equipment Grants provides grants to engineering, technical and architectural schools worldwide. Its goal is to increase student knowledge, learning and awareness of the HVAC&R   more

UPTON, New York, March 8 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory issued the following news release: Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory are leading a new effort to land a radio telescope on the moon. If successful, the project will mark the first step towards exploring the Dark Ages of the universe. The Dark Ages are an early era of cosmological history starting about 380,000 years after the Big Bang. There were no stars   more

WASHINGTON, March 3 (TNSrep) -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following report entitled "Powering Recovery - Reform, Reconstruction, and Renewables in Conflict-Affected States in the Arab World." The report was written by Will Todman, Jon B. Alterman and Lubna Yousef. Here are excerpts: * * * CONTENTS FOREWORD ... viiiii EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ... X INTRODUCTION: THE NEED FOR A NEW APPROACH ... 1 Aims and Methodology ... 2 The Traditional Approach ... 4 CONFL  more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, March 9 -- Duke Energy issued the following news release: Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions (DESS), a nonregulated commercial brand of Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK), is now operating its largest solar power plant ever - the 250-megawatt (MW) Pisgah Ridge Solar project in Navarro County, Texas. "We're excited to continue to grow our Texas solar portfolio," said Chris Fallon, president of Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions. "This project demonstrates how we can continue to ex  more

DENVER, Colorado, March 9 -- Gov. Jared Polis, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: Governor Polis, Rep. Cathy Kipp, Rep. Ruby Dickson, Rep. Mike Weissman, Senator Chris Hansen, state lawmakers, and community members discussed a historic bill package that will save people money, cut red tape to accelerate the clean energy transition, and advance Colorado's position as a leader in clean energy nationwide. The legislative package will help achieve 100% renewable energy in Colorado by 20  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, issued the following news release: The House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs held a hearing titled "Burning the Midnight Oil: Why Depleting the Strategic Petroleum Reserve is Not a Solution to America's Energy Problem, Part 1." At the hearing, subcommittee members asked expert witnesses about how the B  more

BEIRUT, Lebanon, March 9 (TNSrpt) -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news release: Lebanese authorities have failed to uphold the right to electricity by mismanaging the sector for decades, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The 127-page report, "'Cut Off from Life Itself': Lebanon's Failure on the Right to Electricity," argues that electricity is fundamental to nearly every aspect of living and participating in present- day societies, and as such, the internationally   more

LAKEWOOD, Ohio, March 9 (TNSrep) -- The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis issued the following report entitled "Fossil Fuels Fail Reliability Test." The report was written by Dennis Wamsted. Here are excerpts: * * * Contents Key Findings ... 3 Executive Summary ... 4 The Cold Moves Into MISO ... 7 ERCOT Encounters More Coal, Gas Plant Outages ... 10 'Unacceptable' Fossil Fuel Outages at PJM ... 13 Trouble at TVA ... 15 Duke Forced Into Rolling Blackouts ... 18 Nat  more

LIVERMORE, California, March 8 (TNSjou) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news release: A series of experiments conducted at the Omega Laser, part of the University of Rochester's Laboratory for Laser Energetics, provide new insights into magnetic reconnection, a process that could help explain stellar flares and other astrophysical phenomena. The research confirmed that unstable ion-acoustic waves (IAWs) could be important to further  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 (TNSgov) -- The League of Conservation Voters issued the following news release on March 8, 2023: In case you missed it, earlier today Senator Tina Smith (MN), Representative Andy Kim (NJ-03), Executive Director of Conservation Minnesota Paul Austin, Executive Director of New Jersey LCV Ed Potosnak, and LCV Senior Vice President of Government Affairs Tiernan Sittenfeld hosted a roundtable discussion on implementation of the historic Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) at the state  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following statement on March 8, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, released the following statement on the Department of the Interior's (DOI) unprecedented delay in releasing a five-year leasing plan. "Monday night, the Department of the Interior made it painfully clear - again - that they are putting their radical climate agenda ahead of our nation's e  more

SINGAPORE, March 8 -- Modern Physics Letters A, a peer-reviewed journal that says it covers gravitation, cosmology, astrophysics, nuclear physics, accelerator physics and quantum information, published research articles on the following topics in its Nov. 30, 2022 edition: Research Papers: * Information theoretic inequalities as bounds in superconformal field theory * KM3NeT upper bounds of detection rates of solar neutrinos from annihilations of dark matter at the solar core * Zero energy   more

MELBOURNE, Australia, March 9 (TNSjou) -- Monash University issued the following news: Australian scientists have discovered an enzyme that converts air into energy. The finding, published in the top journal Nature, reveals that this enzyme uses the low amounts of the hydrogen in the atmosphere to create an electrical current. This finding opens the way to create devices that literally make energy from thin air. The research team, led by Dr Rhys Grinter, PhD student Ashleigh Kropp, and Profess  more

BOZEMAN, Montana, March 9 (TNSjou) -- Montana State University issued the following news release: Montana State University astrophysicist Amy Reines has won a major award that will further research on black holes to answer important questions in astrophysics. Reines, an assistant professor MSU's Department of Physics in the College of Letters and Science, said she was "honored and thrilled" to learn that she had been awarded a prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER grant, which will pr  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, March 9 (TNSpar) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: The Eagleton Science and Politics Fellowship at Rutgers University-New Brunswick is partnering with the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) to create a Climate Action Track for Eagleton Science Fellows. Rutgers Eagleton Science Fellows Program places PhD-level scientists, engineers and health care professionals as in-house science aides in state government offices to help develop and implement  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following statement on March 8, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, released the following statement on the Department of the Interior's (DOI) unprecedented delay in releasing a five-year leasing plan. "Monday night, the Department of the Interior made it painfully clear - again - that they   more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, March 4 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, joined BHE Renewables, Precision Castparts Corp. (PCC), Our Next Energy, Inc. (ONE), and state leaders to break ground on a $500,000,000 manufacturing site to be built on more than 2,000 acres of land in Jackson County, West Virgini  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- The Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate and Nuclear Safety issued the following statement by Courtney Dentlinger, vice president of customer service and external affairs and chief customer officer for Nebraska Public Power District, involving a hearing on March 7, 2023, on the Crypto-Asset Environmental Transparency Act: * * * My name is Courtney Dentlinger. I am the Vice President of Customer Service and External Affairs & Chief Custom  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- The Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate and Nuclear Safety issued the following testimony by Robert Altenburg, senior director for energy and climate for Citizens for Pennsylvania's Future, involving a hearing on March 7, 2023, on the Crypto-Asset Environmental Transparency Act: * * * My name is Robert Altenburg, and I am the Senior Director for Energy and Climate at Citizens for Pennsylvania's Future (PennFuture). We are a nonprofit en  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 (TNSrpt) -- The Solar Energy Industries Association issued the following news release on March 8, 2023: * * * Manufacturing whitepaper and interactive map spell out opportunity to reshore the solar supply chain * * * The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) issued a whitepaper that outlines steps to secure a stronger domestic solar supply chain in the United States and reduce reliance on global imports, particularly from China. The paper, American Solar and Storage  more

EL PASO, Texas, March 9 (TNSres) -- The Sunrise Movement issued the following news release: Sunrise Movement announced it will be throwing its full campaign support behind Sunrise Movement El Paso, who is waging what could be the most significant climate fight of 2023. Their hub is on the verge of passing a momentous piece of municipal policy called the El Paso Climate Charter, which would be a massive blow to the fossil fuel industry and a big step forward in the fight for the Green New Deal.   more

ALBANY, New York, March 9 (TNSres) -- The State University of New York issued the following news release on March 8, 2023: State University of New York students are conducting innovative research tackling some of society's most pressing issues, and today Chancellor John B. King, Jr. recognized 33 of SUNY's most outstanding student researchers. In addition to being selected for the 2023 SUNY Graduate Research Empowering and Accelerating Talent (GREAT) award, each winner will receive $5,000 in fl  more

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, March 9 (TNSpp) -- The University of Virginia issued the following news release: Two years ago, the Patrick County Board of Supervisors wanted a local government "checkup" of sorts. How can the infrastructure be improved? What about economic redevelopment and broadband? How can the county better promote tourism? Enter the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service at the University of Virginia. Experts at the Cooper Center's Virginia Institute of Government helped Patr  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 (TNSres) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on March 8, 2023: * * * Biden-Harris Administration Advances Cleaner Industrial Sector to Boost American Manufacturing and Cut Emissions The Biden-Harris Administration announced new actions to grow American competitiveness, expand manufacturing jobs, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the industrial sector, which includes production of steel, aluminum, chemicals, and concrete, and currently contributes nea  more