WASHINGTON, July 12 -- ACS Environmental Science and Technology Letters, a peer reviewed journal from the American Chemical Society, published research articles on the following topics in its July 11, 2023 edition: Energy and Climate: * Geochemical Integrity of Wellbore Cements during Geological Hydrogen Storage Data Science: * Machine Learning Based Prediction of Enzymatic Degradation of Plastics Using Encoded Protein Sequence and Effective Feature Representation Occurrence, Fate, and Tr  more

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- 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, including the following topics, in its July 11, 2023 edition: Reviews: * Ordered Mesoporous Electrodes for Sensing Applications Articles: * Raman, WAXS, and Solid-State NMR Characterizations of Regenerated Silk Fibroin Using Lanthanide Ions as Chaotropic Agents * Studies on Evaluation of the   more

FRAMINGHAM, Massachusetts, July 11 -- Ameresco, a cleantech integrator specializing in energy efficiency and renewable energy, issued the following news release: Ameresco, Inc., (NYSE: AMRC), a leading cleantech integrator specializing in energy efficiency and renewable energy, has announced the signing of a contract for a significant battery energy storage asset in partnership with United Power, an electric cooperative serving Colorado's northern Front Range. The groundbreaking asset installa  more

WASHINGTON, July 11 (TNSgov) -- Appalachian Voices issued the following news release and letter: The White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council submitted a letter to the Biden administration highlighting the disproportionate impact of fine particulate matter and ozone pollution on low-income communities and communities of color and requesting the administration adopt a more stringent update to the National Ambient Air Quality Standards than currently proposed for fine particulate matter  more

ITHACA, New York, July 11 (TNSjou) -- Cornell University issued the following news: Unused solar, wind, and hydroelectric power in the U.S. could support the exponential growth of transactions involving non-fungible tokens (NFTs), Cornell Engineering researchers have found. Fengqi You, the Roxanne E. and Michael J. Zak Professor in Energy Systems Engineering in Cornell Engineering, is corresponding author of "Climate Concerns and the Future of Non-Fungible Tokens: Leveraging Environmental Bene  more

WASHINGTON, July 12 (TNStalk) -- The Institute for Energy Research issued the following commentary on July 11, 2023: * * * China Imposes Export Restrictions on Two Mineral Products Beginning August 1, China will impose export restrictions on some gallium and germanium products-metals used in computer chips and other products-to protect national security interests. Industrial experts say the move--viewed as retaliation against U.S. export restrictions aimed at curbing China's high-technology i  more

WASHINGTON, July 12 (TNSpp) -- Oil Change International issued the following news release: Italy's export credit agency SACE has approved a $500 million guarantee in loans for the Talara oil refinery in Peru, once again breaking their commitment to end their international public finance for fossil fuels by the end of 2022. SACE is the biggest public financier of fossil fuels in Europe. Between 2016 and 2021, SACE supported EUR 13.7 billion in fossil fuels. A study by Oil Change International l  more

WASHINGTON, July 7 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following opening remarks by Secretary Antony J. Blinken at a virtual ministerial meeting to launch the Global Coalition to Address Synthetic Drugs: * * * SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you very much. Colleagues, on behalf of President Biden, welcome. Welcome to the launch of the Global Coalition to Address Synthetic Drug Threats. We are grateful to the senior government officials from more than 80 countries, as well as leaders from over a d  more

FOREST KNOLLS, California, July 12 (TNSgov) -- The Turtle Island Restoration Network issued the following news release: Sierra Club, on behalf of itself and Center for Biological Diversity, Healthy Gulf, Louisiana Bucket Brigade, and Turtle Island Restoration Network, filed a lawsuit against the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for approving another methane gas export facility - Commonwealth LNG - in Southwest Louisiana. The groups argue that FERC violated the National Environmental   more