WASHINGTON, July 7 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on July 6, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the Economic Development Administration has awarded a $2 million grant to the Adams County Regional Water District in West Union for water infrastructure upgrades to serve the Winchester Industrial Park. "To grow Ohio's economy, we need to ensure that rural businesses and communities have the infrastructure they need," said Brown. "Investm  more

LONDON, England, July 8 -- Energy Science and Engineering, a peer-reviewed journal from the Society of Chemical Industry that says it features energy and supply and use, published research articles, including the following topics, in its July 2023 edition: ORIGINAL ARTICLES: * A fused CNN-LSTM model using FFT with application to real-time power quality disturbances recognition * Three-dimensional visualization experimental study on proppant transportation and placement in the Hi-way channel   more

WASHINGTON, July 8 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: National Grid has agreed to pay $5.38 million to federal and state natural resource trustees to resolve claims for natural resource damages from releases of hazardous chemicals connected to the former Gloucester Gas Light Company located in Gloucester, Massachusetts. Between 1854 and 1952, the former Gloucester Gas Light Company operated a manufactured gas plant along the Gloucester waterfront. The plant us  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, July 1 (TNSpp) -- The National Association of State Energy Officials posted the following news: On June 23, 2023, the Colorado Energy Office (CEO) launched the High Efficiency Electric Heating and Appliances (HEEHA) pilot grant program, which will scale-up heat pump and other electrification technology adoption efforts on the community level. The funding can be used by public, private, and non-profit entities to cover up to 50-85 percent of project costs, which may encomp  more

WASHINGTON, July 7 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following commentary to the Guardian on July 7, 2023: * * * This Year Is Set To Be The Hottest In History. Congress Must Act Now The last eight years have been the eight hottest on record. This year is on track to be the hottest year in recorded history, and this Fourth of July might have been the hottest day in the past 125,000 years. Climate change is ravaging the planet. We are now seeing floods, droughts, extreme weather di  more

WASHINGTON, July 7 -- The Senate Budget Committee issued the following testimony by Capital Research Center President Scott Walter involving a hearing on June 21, 2023, entitled "Dollars and Degrees: Investigating Fossil Fuel Dark Money's Systemic Threats to Climate and the Federal Budget": * * * Chairman Whitehouse, Ranking Member Grassley, distinguished members of the Committee, thank you for the honor of testifying. I'm president of the Capital Research Center, where we've studied political  more

WASHINGTON, July 7 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration issued the following news release on July 6, 2023: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the Department's Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $2 million grant to the Adams County Regional Water District in West Union, Ohio, for water infrastructure upgrades to serve the Winchester Industrial Park. This project will provide a 350,000-gallon water tank and water lin  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, July 8 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news on July 7, 2023, and a letter: Yesterday, Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes and 14 other state attorneys general questioned whether BlackRock should continue to serve as an investment adviser to the mutual funds it manages and its potential conflicts of interest. The attorneys general also raised concerns about the company's Environmental, Social, and Governance ("ESG") investments. "Six of the nin  more