MONTEREY, California, March 22 -- The Naval Postgraduate School's Center for Homeland Defense and Security issued the following story: From balancing homeland security concerns involving emerging artificial intelligence capabilities with avoiding government overreach, and dire warnings about the potential for energy needs to challenge modern civilization's survival, to presentations on a range of topics including American patriotism, cybersecurity, leadership and collaboration, lessons learned   more

SEARCHLIGHT, Nevada, March 22 (TNSgov) -- The Western Watersheds Project issued the following news release on March 21, 2023: Western Watersheds Project and Basin and Range Watch hailed the formation of a new national monument today, as President Biden signed the proclamation under his power using the Antiquities Act, designating Avi Kwa Ame National Monument. The new park unit protects a diversity of Mojave Desert lands in the southern tip of Nevada, including Joshua tree woodlands, unique de  more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on March 21, 2023: Congressman Chuck Fleischmann (TN-03), Co-Chairman of the Advanced Nuclear Caucus and Fusion Energy Caucus, helped introduce a bipartisan resolution expressing Congress' commitment to embracing and accepting nuclear power as a clean baseload energy source to achieve a reliable, secure, and green electric grid. "Nuclear power is essential to reach our clean energy goals and secure e  more

MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, March 22 (TNSper) -- Foley and Lardner, a law firm, issued the following news on March 21, 2023: Foley & Lardner LLP has further enhanced its capabilities in the Energy Sector with the addition of Morten Lund, whose arrival has generated widespread media coverage, including a Legal Desire article titled, "Morten Lund joins Foley & Lardner's San Diego Office." Lund joined the firm's Finance Practice Group as Of Counsel in the firm's San Diego office. For more than 25 years  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, March 22 -- The Indiana Senate Republicans issued the following news release on March 21, 2023: A bill authored by State Sen. Mark Messmer (R-Jasper) that would encourage consistent standards for solar and wind energy throughout Indiana unanimously passed the House Committee on Utilities, Energy and Telecommunications today. Senate Bill 390 would provide incentives for counties to adopt standards in order to be designated a solar or wind ready community. The bill is a f  more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release on March 21, 2023: Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland today applauded President Biden's designation of Avi Kwa Ame National Monument in southern Nevada. Located at the confluence of the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts, the national monument will protect innumerable objects of historic and scientific interest, including its namesake Avi Kwa Ame - or Spirit Mountain - and the surrounding arid valleys and m  more

ALBANY, New York, March 22 -- The New York Department of Public Service issued the text of the following letter on March 21, 2023: * * * To: Mr. William Boer, Senior Environmental Services Project Manager NextEra Energy Resources, LLC, 700 Universe Blvd., Juno Beach, Florida 33048, William.Boer@nexteraenergy.com Re: Application of East Point Energy Center, LLC, for a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need Pursuant to Article 10 of the Public Service Law for Construction of  more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on March 21, 2023: Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Senate sponsor of the Green New Deal and author of several climate and environmental justice provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act, today unveiled his progressive clean energy deployment and permitting priorities at a Roosevelt Institute convening on "Building the Green Transition." In his remarks, Senator Markey outlined a proactive, affir  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, March 21 (TNSjou) -- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news: Texas A&M University researchers have developed a computational model to study how to optimally integrate and operate batteries to store excess energy from renewable sources at individual power plants. The findings of this study were published in the Energy and Environmental Science journal. Energy sources such as solar and wind are not always available, but with the integrati  more

TOKYO, Japan, March 21 (TNSjou) -- Tokyo Institute of Technology issued the following news release: * * * Tuning the reaction conditions such as degree of filling and gas composition can have a major impact on the products obtained by hydrothermal synthesis obtained. This was clearly represented in the new Tokyo Tech study where they synthesized an unreported orthorhombic polymorph of Sn3O4 instead of conventional monoclinic phase by optimizing the conditions inside the hydrothermal reactor. T  more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- The White House issued the following news release: The extreme MAGA Republican House Freedom Caucus has made their priorities clear: imposing devastating cuts to public safety and increasing costs for working- and middle-class families, all to protect and extend tax breaks skewed to the wealthy and big corporations. In fact, their tax cuts would be so expensive that their deep and harmful cuts would not reduce the deficit. That's in sharp contrast with the President's B  more

WASHINGTON, March 22 (TNSgov) -- The Wilderness Society issued the following news release and letter on March 21, 2023: Following the Biden administration's approval of the controversial ConocoPhillips Willow project on March 13, The Wilderness Society today issued a letter to President Biden urging him to develop a comprehensive climate plan for public lands that leads to a rapid phaseout of fossil fuel drilling. "We celebrate the president's commitment to conservation and demand-side climate  more