LANSING, Michigan, July 1 -- Advanced Energy United issued the following news release: Advanced Energy United commends Michigan legislators for passing a strong budget that will advance transportation electrification, renewable energy, energy efficiency, and resiliency. Work remains--the legislature must take bold action on clean energy after summer recess. Last night, the Michigan legislature passed a fiscal year 2024 budget which received bipartisan support and will go into effect immediatel  more

BOONE, North Carolina, July 1 -- Appalachian State University issued the following news: Appalachian State University Chancellor Sheri Everts announced June 7 that the University of North Carolina System and its partners have collectively avoided $1.75 billion in energy costs since the 2002-03 academic year. The announcement came on the opening day of the Appalachian Energy Summit, which App State has hosted annually since 2012. The three-day event gathers faculty, staff and students from coll  more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Sen. Robert Casey Jr., D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release on June 30, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA), alongside union workers and business leaders in Pittsburgh, delivered his vision for the United States to take control of its future by investing in American workers and communities, revitalizing domestic manufacturing and industry, and combatting the growing threat posed by the Chinese Communist Party's economic aggression. In his remarks, Sena  more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Sen. Robert Casey Jr., D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release on June 30, 2023: Today, U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA) and John Fetterman (D-PA) and U.S. Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA-5) announced that the William Penn School District in Yeadon is receiving $7,205,005 from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for a high-efficiency upgrade of the Penn Wood High School - Cypress Street Campus. This funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA  more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release on June 30, 2023: Department of Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm traveled to Riverview Elementary School earlier today to announce that it and its Middle School have been selected as one of 24 schools across the country to have major energy-savings renovations made under the Department's Renew America's Schools Program. While an exact grant amount has not yet been awarded, Memphis-Shelby County Schools has   more

WASHINGTON, July 1 (TNSres) -- The U.S. International Development Finance Corp. issued the following news release: In the third quarter of Fiscal Year 2023, the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) approved 28 new projects at the Board and Corporation levels totaling more than $3 billion. The investments will support projects in key sectors including critical infrastructure, health, food security, energy, and small business support. In the third quarter, DFC's Board of Dire  more

DURHAM, North Carolina, July 1 (TNSper) -- Duke University's Nicholas School of the Environment issued the following news: Nishad Jayasundara has been named the Juli Plant Grainger Assistant Professor of Global Environmental Health, effective July 1. A faculty member at Duke University's Nicholas School of the Environment with secondary appointments at the Duke Global Health Institute (DGHI) and School of Medicine, Jayasundara's research focuses on shedding new light on the adverse ecological   more

DURHAM, North Carolina, July 1 (TNSper) -- Duke University's Nicholas School of the Environment issued the following news: Avner Vengosh has been named Nicholas Chair of Environmental Quality, effective July 1. Vengosh, a faculty member at Duke University's Nicholas School of the Environment since 2005, is internationally recognized for his research on water and soil contamination linked to coal ash, fracking wastewater, hexavalent chromium, uranium, lithium and other harmful anthropogenic or   more

HONOLULU, Hawaii, July 1 -- Gov. Josh Green, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release on June 30, 2023: Governor Josh Green, M.D., today signed legislation to provide sweeping income support to Hawai'i's working families, and to fund state operations for the coming fiscal biennium. HB954 (Act 163) gives $104 million of income support to local taxpayers, many of whom will receive tax refunds worth thousands of dollars that will flow back into their household budgets to help make ends meet. T  more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on June 30, 2023: Last week, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen, a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, participated in a full committee markup of key government funding legislation for fiscal year (FY) 2024. The two bills - the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2024 and the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Adminis  more

LONDON, England, July 1 -- Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, a peer-reviewed journal from the Royal Society of Chemistry that says it covers all areas of inorganic chemistry, published research articles on the following topics in its July 7, 2023 edition: Review Article: * Actinide-based single-molecule magnets: alone or in a group? * Halide perovskite photovoltaic-electrocatalysis for solar fuel generation Research Articles: * Highly effective and energy-saving removal of NO through an adso  more

LONDON, England, July 1 -- The Journal of Materials Chemistry A, a peer-reviewed journal from the Royal Society of Chemistry that says it covers production of materials related to energy storage and conversion, sustainability or living, published research articles, including the following topics, in its July 7, 2023 edition: Review Articles: * Photoelectroactive metal-organic frameworks * Self-supporting metal-organic framework-based hydrogen and oxygen electrocatalysts * Recent advances in  more

LANSING, Michigan, July 1 (TNSrpt) -- The Michigan Public Service Commission issued the following news release on June 30, 2023: The Michigan Public Service Commission today submitted a study on power grid integration in Michigan to the state Legislature, outlining impacts and recommendations for addressing growth in demand for electricity posed by increased adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) and other moves toward electrification and next steps for integration of distributed energy resources   more

BETHLEHEM, Pennsylvania, July 1 (TNSfund) -- Northampton Community College issued the following news: This June, Northampton Community College (NCC) received a $100,000 grant from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to serve agricultural producers and rural small businesses throughout Pennsylvania by providing on-site renewable energy assessments through the Emerging Technology Applications Center (ETAC) at the college. The ETAC team at NCC will travel across Pennsylvania aiming   more

ALBANY, New York, July 1 -- The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation issued the following news release on June 29, 2023: The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (State Parks) today announced that a newly installed solar array now provides carbon-free, sustainable power at Hither Hills State Park in Montauk. This shift to power Hither Hills with solar builds on New York's nation-leading climate goals and Governor Kathy Hochul's eff  more

YEADON, Pennsylvania, July 1 -- Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release on June 30, 2023: Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05) today joined Senators Bob Casey (D-PA) and John Fetterman (D-PA) in announcing that the William Penn School District is receiving $7,205,005 from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for a high-efficiency upgrade of the Penn Wood High School - Cypress Street Campus. This funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will help the schoo  more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) applauded the clean energy jobs growth reported in the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)'s 2023 U.S. Energy and Employment Report (USEER), a comprehensive study designed to track and understand employment trends across the energy sector. The 2023 USEER, which Shaheen helped establish, shows that the energy workforce added almost 300,000 jobs (+3.8% growth) in 2022. The  more

ORLEANS, Louisiana, July 1 (TNStalk) -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury issued the following remarks on June 30, 2023, by Secretary Janet L. Yellen at PosiGen: * * * Good morning, everyone. Thank you for the kind introduction. I'm grateful to be here in Louisiana. There is no better place to speak about the economic future we are building than in the New Orleans area - known for its energy and dynamism. I am thankful for the warm welcome from Ben, Tom, and the PosiGen team. I'm here to s  more

OLYMPIA, Washington, July 1 -- The Washington State Utilities and Transportation Commission issued the following order (No. UE-230214) on June 29, 2023: * * * In the Matter of the Petition of AVISTA CORPORATION'S d/b/a AVISTA UTILITIES Energy Recovery Mechanism Annual Filing to Review Deferrals for Calendar Year 2022 ORDER 01 AUTHORIZING ENERGY RECOVERY MECHANISM DEFERRALS FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2022 BACKGROUND 1 On June 18, 2002, the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission (Commissio  more