LANSING, Michigan, July 13 -- The Environmental Law and Policy Center issued the following news release on July 12, 2023: Today, Michigan utility giant DTE Energy agreed to a landmark settlement in its Integrated Resource Plan (IRP). Signatories to the agreement include Vote Solar, Union of Concerned Scientists, and Ecology Center, all represented by the Environmental Law and Policy Center and known collectively as the Clean Energy Organizations. If approved by the Michigan Public Service Commi  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 12 (TNSres) -- 350.org, an organization that works to end the age of fossil fuels and build a community-led renewable energy, issued the following news release: On July 10th, 350.org Asia launched Connecting the Dots, a new investigative storytelling report that exposes the devastating impacts of fossil fuel finance in Asia. The digital book features accounts from communities in Indonesia, Bangladesh and the Philippines who have suffered at the hands of coal develope  more

ITHACA, New York, July 13 (TNSres) -- Cornell University issued the following news: By Blaine Friedlander Concrete creates resilient floors, highway bridges and city sidewalks, but its usefulness comes at a cost: Concrete production causes more than 8% of carbon emissions, nearly four times as much as the aviation industry. Greeshma Gadikota, the Croll Sesquicentennial Fellow and an associate professor of civil and environmental engineering in Cornell Engineering, will lead an effort to decar  more

DETROIT, Michigan, July 13 -- DTE Energy issued the following news release on July 12, 2023: * * * Transformational plan projects $2.5 billion in reduced future costs to customers/1 while building enough Michigan-made renewables to power ~4 million homes  * Achieves 85% CO2 emission reductions in nine years for DTE Electric with a goal of net zero carbon emissions by 2050/2. - Directs an additional $110 million to support the Company's most vulnerable customers through the clean energy tran  more

WASHINGTON, July 12 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Energy Information Administration issued the following news release: The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) forecasts record-high natural gas consumption in the United States for electricity generation in July and August as another hot summer increases demand for air conditioning. In its July Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), EIA expects about 4% more U.S. electricity generation from natural gas in July and August 2023 than in the  more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, July 13 (TNStalk) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis issued the following analysis on July 12, 2023, by William M. Rodgers, vice president and director of the Institute for Economic Equity, and Alice L. Kassens, research fellow in the Institute for Economic Equity: * * * KEY TAKEAWAYS * Tight labor markets have helped erode structural barriers to employment that vulnerable workers face, with the labor force participation rates of Black men and white men starting to   more

WASHINGTON, July 12 (TNSrpt) -- Greenpeace issued the following news release: Greenpeace USA's new report exposes the financial institutions driving Bitcoin's climate destruction. BlackRock, Fidelity, Vanguard, CitiGroup, JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, Visa, Mastercard, and American Express have collectively invested $1.5 billion in Bitcoin mining, along with providing numerous services and investments to their customers, the report finds. Investing in Bitcoin's Climate Pollution: Big Finance   more

WASHINGTON, July 13 -- Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Washington, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release on July 12, 2023: House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy Rodgers (R-WA) delivered the following opening remarks at today's Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials Subcommittee markup of three bills. Excerpts and highlights below: BIDEN IS CEDING OUR AUTO LEADERSHIP TO CHINA "At the Detroit Auto Show, President Biden said he   more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, July 13 -- Land Degradation and Development, a peer-reviewed journal that says it promotes the rehabilitation of degradation in terrestrial environments, published research articles, including the following topics, in its July 30, 2023 edition: REVIEW ARTICLE: * Cyanobacteria as a potential bioasset for restoring degraded land RESEARCH ARTICLES: * Spatio-temporal pattern and driving mechanisms of land use conflicts changes (2010-2018) in the Bohai Rim transition zone   more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, July 13 (TNSfund) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: A gift from retired Shell engineer and executive Tom Botts and his wife, Shelley, to the University of Wyoming supports the head of the Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering and Construction Management in the College of Engineering and Physical Sciences. This gift was matched by the UW Foundation. "Shelley and I are very proud of our Wyoming roots and what the University of Wyoming h  more

WASHINGTON, July 12 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on July 11, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) welcomed Helicon Chemical as the newest tenant of West Virginia Regional Technology Park in South Charleston. Helicon Chemical is developing innovative drop-in-ready, upgraded propellant binders that will improve the performance of missiles, rockets, aerospace propulsion systems and munitions for government and commercial customers. Helicon's paten  more

MERRILLVILLE, Indiana, July 13 -- Northern Indiana Public Service Co., a subsidiary of NiSource, issued the following news release: In the next step of its electric generation transition to a more balanced and reliable mix to serve customers, Northern Indiana Public Service Company LLC (NIPSCO), a subsidiary of NiSource Inc. (NYSE: NI), today announced that its first two Indiana-based solar projects - Indiana Crossroads and Dunns Bridge I Solar - are online and operating, producing more cost-ef  more

WASHINGTON, July 13 (TNSgov) -- The National Mining Association issued the following news release on July 12, 2023: The Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources today is holding an oversight hearing titled, "Examining the Biden Administration's Record on Federal Coal Leasing." In addition to providing affordable, reliable power to the grid, since its inception, the federal coal leasing program has been a source for jobs and economic development across the country, helping federal, state an  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, July 13 (TNSres) -- The Carter Center issued the following news release: The Carter Center is pleased to announce nine U.S. recipients of the 2023-2024 Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism. The group includes award-winning freelancers, staff reporters, a Georgia journalist, and the third annual awardee of the Benjamin von Sternenfels Rosenthal Grant for Mental Health Investigative Journalism, in partnership with Reveal from the Center for Investigative Rep  more

RIVERSIDE, California, July 13 (TNSres) -- The University of California Riverside campus issued the following news: As the computing demands for artificial intelligence, or AI, grow at a great pace, so do the inequitable environmental consequences. The rising computer processing demands from AI are increasing freshwater consumption to cool thousands of servers housed in warehouse-sized data centers and increasing unhealthful air pollution from coal power plants that provide much of the electri  more

SOUTHAMPTON, England, July 13 (TNSres) -- The University of Southampton issued the following news on July 12, 2023: An international team of researchers has chosen the location which best represents the beginnings of what could be a new geological epoch, the Anthropocene. The Anthropocene Working Group have put forward Crawford Lake, in Canada, as a Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) for the Anthropocene. A GSSP is an internationally agreed-upon reference point to show the sta  more

RESTON, Virginia, July 13 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey issued the following news release: The U.S. Geological Survey is currently soliciting project proposals for Fiscal Year 2024 grants for geologic data preservation and is authorized to award up to $6.2 million. This includes $5.6 million from the President's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Interested state geological surveys can apply online at GRANTS.GOV under funding Opportunity Number G24AS00014. Appli  more