WASHINGTON, June 29 (TNStalk) -- The Alliance for American Manufacturing issued the following statement on June 28, 2023: * * * President Biden will outline how his policies are growing the economy from "the middle out and the bottom up" during a speech from Chicago on Wednesday. He is expected to highlight his administration's industrial policy efforts as the 2024 presidential campaign season kicks off. Over the course of Biden's presidency, the United States has added 800,000 manufacturing   more

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF10914) on Trinidad and Tobago on June 29, 2023, by Latin American affairs specialist Karla I. Rios. Here are excerpts: * * * Trinidad and Tobago Political and Economic Environment Trinidad and Tobago, the second-most-populous English-speaking Caribbean country after Jamaica, is located in the southeast Caribbean, just seven miles from Venezuela at its closest point. The country's popul  more

WASHINGTON, June 30 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news on June 28, 2023: * * * America's Energy Workforce Added Almost 300,000 Jobs in 2022 with an Increasing Percent in Clean Energy, Union Employers Invest More in Diversity and Inclusion Efforts, and Union Employers Report Less Difficulty Hiring Qualified Workers * * * The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today released the 2023 U.S. Energy and Employment Report (USEER), a comprehensive study designed to trac  more

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news on June 29, 2023: The Biden-Harris Administration, through the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), today announced the first round of selectees for the Renew America's Schools grant program, a competitive award that will support the implementation of energy improvements in K-12 schools across the country. There are 24 Local Education Agencies (LEAs) in 22 states that will share in approximately $178 million of funding,   more

WASHINGTON, June 29 (TNStalk) -- Earthjustice issued the following statement on June 28, 2023: * * * Today, The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the availability of the $7 billion in funding for the 'Solar for All' Program. The funds are the latest investments from the Inflation Reduction Act, and will be made available as grants to states, tribes, municipalities, and nonprofits across the country to fund solar projects in low-income communities. After the announcement, Earthjust  more

NEW YORK, June 30 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on June 29, 2023: Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) joined Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez and New York State leaders at a community workshop in Brooklyn, New York, to discuss the $7 billion grant competition through President Biden's Investing in America agenda to support millions of low-income households across the country in accessing affordable, resilient, and clean solar energy, and  more

WASHINGTON, June 29 (TNStalk) -- The Institute for Energy Research issued the following commentary on June 28, 023: * * * Fossil Fuels Remain Strong in 2022 Globally, Despite Increases in Renewable Energy In 2022, fossil fuels accounted for 82 percent of global energy consumption, up 1 percent from 2021, as record renewable energy growth did not shift the dominance of fossil fuels, according to the UK-based Energy Institute, who, with consultancies KPMG and Kearney, put together what was BP's  more

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, a journal from the American Chemical Society that reports new and original experimental and theoretical basic research of interest to physical chemists, biophysical chemists and chemical physicists, published research articles on the following topics in its June 29, 2023 edition: Perspectives: * Perovskite Nanostructure Films for Optoelectronics and Photovoltaics Energy Conversion and Storage: * First-Principles Study of Hydrogen   more

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory issued the following news release on June 28, 2023: The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory's Space Science Division along with a team of international scientists discovered groundbreaking evidence for gravitational waves that stretch and squeeze spacetime. The gravitational wave signal was observed in pulsar observations taken over the past 15 years by the North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves (NANOGrav), a collaborati  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, June 30 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: NETL is part of an international team at work in Ireland to develop a project to demonstrate the feasibility of district-level hydronic heating using subsurface geothermal energy. The project, based in Limerick, Ireland, seeks to demonstrate the effectiveness of using low-temperature geothermal heat sources on a district wide level. The effort is led by Ireland'  more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, June 30 (TNSres) -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news: Those fluffy, white clouds over the ocean don't just make for pretty pictures - they also play a big role in moderating global climate by controlling how much sunlight reaches the sea surface below them. While the shade offered by clouds on a hot sunny day can be obvious, quantifying the actual climate impact in terms of solar energy remains a challenging task. This is b  more

NEW YORK, June 30 -- President Biden issued the following remarks on June 29, 2023, at a campaign reception: * * * THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Thanks. Thank you very much. I'm not the essential man, but I represent the essential company -- country. You know, remember Madeleine Albright talked about America being the essential country, the -- America having to lead the world? I -- I spent a lot of my time in foreign policy as a senator and then as vice president. And she was more right than I th  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, June 29 -- President Biden issued the following remarks on June 28, 2023, at the Old Post Office about Bidenomics: * * * THE PRESIDENT: Hello, hello, hello. (Applause.) Thank you all very much. And, Bob, thank you for that introduction. Bob has been helping me for a long time. I guess he doesn't know any better. And speaking of help from a long time -- a brand-new guy in town, a guy who -- I told him that being mayor I think is the toughest job in America. They know wher  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, June 30 -- Progress in Photovoltaics, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features photovoltaics, solar cell, solar energy, silicon cell, renewable energy, rural electrification, grid-connected system, copper indium diselenide and cadmium telluride, published research articles on the following topics in its July 2023 edition: REVIEW: * Long-term performance and reliability of silicon heterojunction solar modules RESEARCH ARTICLES: * Estimation of the impact of natural  more

DENVER, Colorado, June 29 (TNSgov) -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release on June 28, 2023, and a letter: Today, 55 Colorado lawmakers delivered a letter to Xcel Energy encouraging the utility to reduce the need for methane gas-fired power plants in its upcoming Electric Resource Plan (ERP), which could be approved by the end of the year. The letter flags major concerns with air and climate pollution, environmental injustice and high costs for the volatile energy source. "This ER  more

OAKLAND, California, June 30 (TNSper)(TNSjou) -- The Breakthrough Institute, a research center that says it focuses on identifying and promoting technological solutions to environmental and human development challenges in energy, conservation and food and farming, issued the following news release: We are pleased to announce that Varun Sivaram has joined the Breakthrough Institute's Board of Directors. Varun is a physicist, policy advisor, and expert in innovation systems. He most recently hel  more