WASHINGTON, May 28 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release: At a Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee hearing on how the United States should modernize our customs policies, witnesses testified that our customs law should hold China accountable for unfair trade practices, root out forced labor in our supply chain, and equip Customs and Border Protection to combat illicit goods shipped through American ports while facilitati  more

WASHINGTON, May 31 -- ACS Omega, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features findings in chemistry and interfacing areas of science from the American Chemical Society, published research articles on the following topics in its May 30, 2023 edition: Reviews: * Evolving Trends in Nanofibers for Topical Delivery of Therapeutics in Skin Disorders * Strategies To Improve the Performance of Hydrogen Storage Systems by Liquefaction Methods: A Comprehensive Review * Review of Molybdenum Disulfide  more

WASHINGTON, May 31 (TNSgov)(TNScapv) -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release and letter on May 30, 2023: Environmental justice and environmental groups urged Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and members of Congress today to vote on a clean debt ceiling bill without the poison pills that harm disadvantaged communities and the climate. President Biden released details of the debt ceiling deal with House Republicans on Su  more

WASHINGTON, May 31 (TNSgov) -- Friends of the Earth issued the following news release on May 30, 2023: FOIA documents uncovered by Friends of the Earth confirm that an incinerator industry campaign, led by waste management giant Covanta, is attempting to potentially co-opt billions of dollars in climate funding under the Renewable Fuel Standard. Incineration industry giants tout waste incineration energy as "sustainable" when in reality its production is dirtier than coal. The RFS is a federal  more

WASHINGTON, May 31 (TNSres) -- The International Finance Corp., a member of the World Bank Group, issued the following news release on May 30, 2023: IFC today announced an equity investment of $20 million in Boston Metal to support commercialization of the startup's breakthrough technology aimed at eliminating carbon dioxide emissions from steel production. IFC's investment will also help fund the application of the company's technology, molten oxide electrolysis (MOE), in extracting high valu  more

MILTON, England, May 31 -- The International Journal of Sustainable Energy, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features science and engineering of sustainable energy systems, published research articles on the following topics in its Vol. 42, No. 1 edition: Research Articles: * BMOTSM: design of a hybrid bioinspired model to determine optimal turbine sizing for capacity maximisation in environment-and-economy aware deployments * Microbial desulphurisation of coal: a review * Elucidating t  more

WASHINGTON, May 31 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on May 30, 2023: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $22,007,997 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to strengthen healthcare services across West Virginia. The funding will specifically be used to prevent and control the spread of cancer and infectious diseases, strengthen Black Lung clinic programs, expand access to pediatric   more

BOULDER, Colorado, May 31 (TNSres) -- The National Center for Atmospheric Research issued the following news release on May 30, 2023: The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) has successfully developed an advanced solar energy forecasting system for New York that offers the potential to help the state achieve its renewable energy goals while saving millions of dollars for ratepayers. The open-source system, called NYSolarCast, draws on weather forecasts, observations of atmosphere c  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, May 31 (TNSrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: To address the data needs of energy system designers and to serve as a baseline for research and development, NETL has carried out a study to characterize the flexibility attributes - both performance and cost - of nine common commercial natural gas-fueled electricity generating units. The intermittent output of low-carbon, renewable power generation sou  more