WASHINGTON, June 6 (TNSrpt) -- The American Farmland Trust issued the following news release on June 5, 2023: American Farmland Trust today released two new white papers that further illustrate its priorities to increase adoption of conservation practices in the next Farm Bill. These priorities include the creation of a federal match to help states and Tribes build up their soil health programs, and increased support for farmer-to-farmer education to accelerate adoption of conservation practice  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, June 6 (TNSres) -- Stevens Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Researchers discuss hurricanes, floods, storm surges, climate change, emergency preparedness * * * In late September of 2022, partway through the annual summer hurricane season, Hurricane Ian rocked the Caribbean and then moved into Florida, strengthening into one of the most powerful hurricanes ever to make landfall in the U.S. More than 160 people died, and estimated damages from the sy  more

MIAMI, Florida, June 6 (TNSper) -- Holland and Knight, a law firm, issued the following news release: Ken Cestari, the former deputy chief counsel of the Loan Programs Office (LPO) of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), has joined Holland & Knight's Public Policy & Regulation Group as a partner. Mr. Cestari helped lead the legal department of the LPO from 2015 to 2022 and worked as an attorney in the department beginning in 2009. Mr. Cestari has deep knowledge of the credit programs administe  more

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- The Joint Economic Committee issued the following written testimony by Indivar Dutta-Gupta, president and executive director of the Center for Law and Social Policy, involving a hearing on May 17, 2023, entitled "Counting the Costs: How a U.S. Default Crisis Harms American Families and Businesses": * * * I. Introduction Thank you, Chairman Heinrich, Vice Chairman Schweikert, and members of the committee. My name is Indivar Dutta-Gupta, and I am the President and Executiv  more

BRISTOL, England, June 5 -- The Journal of Physics D-Applied Physics, a journal that says it features applied physics, physics of renewable energy, sustainability and the biomedical and life sciences, published research articles on the following topics in its Vol. 56, No. 35 edition: Papers: * Dynamics of interacting skyrmions in magnetic nano-track * Enhanced breakdown voltage and dynamic performance of GaN HEMTs with AlN/GaN superlattice buffer * Compact lensless convolution processor for  more

HOUGHTON, Michigan, June 6 (TNSres) -- Michigan Technological University issued the following news release on June 5, 2023: Yun Hang Hu's pioneering contributions to advanced materials and clean energy have earned him recognition as a Canadian Academy of Engineering (CAE) Fellow. Hu, the Charles and Carroll McArthur Professor in Materials Science and Engineering at Michigan Technological University, is one of 46 new fellows, along with eight new international fellows and one honorary fellow, w  more

ASHLAND, Oregon, June 6 (TNSfund) -- Southern Oregon University issued the following news release: Southern Oregon University continues to leverage state and federal support for renewable energy projects, with the Oregon Department of Energy announcing last week that the university will be awarded a $1 million grant for the second straight year to build solar arrays on campus. SOU also received a $2 million congressional appropriation in December to help pay for its bid to become the nation's f  more

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Rep. Nydia M. Velazquez, D-New York, issued the following news release on June 5, 2023 and a letter: Today, Reps. Nydia M. Velazquez (D-NY) and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) sent a bicameral letter signed by Senators Bernie Sanders (D-VT) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) calling on the agency to redirect disaster recovery funds to invest in renewable energy technologies in Puerto Rico. In recent years, hurricanes like Maria a  more