WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, chairwoman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release: The Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS) fiscal year 2024 appropriations bill provides a total of $71.734 billion in discretionary funding. The bill invests in a wide range of critical programs that affect the lives of all Americans. The bill provides $37.956 billion for the Department of Justice (DOJ) to keep Americans safe in their co  more

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Rep. Pete Stauber, R-Minnesota, chairman of the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, issued the following news release: The Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources held a hearing on the Biden administration's record on federal coal leasing, which threatens the long-term viability of production on federal lands. Subcommittee Chairman Pete Stauber (R-Minn.) issued the following statement in response: "Coal is a necessary component of   more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, July 14 -- The California Public Utilities Commission issued the following news release: The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), in ongoing efforts to include the needs and voices of underserved and underrepresented communities in its decisionmaking processes, today created a $30 million Equity and Access Grant Program to provide technical assistance and capacity building for California Native American Tribes and community-based organizations (CBOs). Three  more

WASHINGTON, July 14 (TNStalk) -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on July 13, 2023: * * * France and India: Two Nuances of 'Strategic Autonomy' By Mathieu Droin, Rajesh Basrur, Nicolas Blarel and Jyotsna Mehra "We know India will be a very difficult superpower--like a big France." This comment by a former deputy national security advisor of Japanese prime minister Abe Shinzo echoes a widely shared sentiment across G7 capitals. This is also c  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, July 14 (TNSjou) -- Drexel University issued the following news release: Clean energy plans, including the U.S. Infrastructure Investment Act's "Clean Hydrogen Road Map," are counting on hydrogen as a fuel of the future. But current hydrogen separation technology is still falling short of efficiency and sustainability goals. As part of ongoing efforts to develop materials that could enable alternative energy sources, researchers in Drexel University's College of Engi  more

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) launched two Notices of Funding Opportunity (NOFOs) for $20 billion across two grant competitions under the historic $27 billion Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, an Inflation Reduction Act program central to President Biden's Investing in America Agenda and environmental justice goals. Together, these competitive grant opportunities will mobilize priv  more

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- 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 July 13, 2023 edition: Reviews: * Pt Alloy Nanocrystal Catalysts: Diminishing Sizes and Improving Stability Perspectives: * Toward Molecular Level Understandings of Hydrogen Ev  more

ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Florida, July 14 -- Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, a journal that says it provided a forum for the scholarly exchange of ideas in the intersection of human behavior and the natural environment, published research articles on the following topics in its July 2023 edition: Articles: * The Ambiguity of Fishing for Fun * Can Pigou at the Polls Stop Us Melting the Poles? * Compliance and Truthfulness: Leveraging Peer Information with Compe  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, July 14 -- The Maine Public Utilities Commission issued the following order dismissing petition (No. 2023-00034) on July 13, 2023: * * * DISTRIBUTED SOLAR OPERATIONS, LLC, Request for Approval of Certification For RPS Eligibility (Rumford, ME Facility) ORDER DISMISSING PETITION BARTLETT, Chairman; SCULLY and GILBERT, Commissioners I. SUMMARY In a petition filed on February 10, 2023, Distributed Solar Operations, LLC (Distributed Solar) requested certification of a 3,984.00   more

LANSING, Michigan, July 14 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: DTE Energy filed a settlement agreement in the Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) case currently pending before the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) which includes many of the improvements Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has called for to improve service reliability, affordability and accountability for Michigan ratepayers. "This tentative settlement is a win for Michigan ratepayer  more

ALBANY, New York, July 13 -- The New York Department of Public Service issued the text of the following letter on July 12, 2023: * * * To: Lee Smith, American Solar Partners, LLC, 78 Berg Street, Mount Vernon, NY, 10552, lee@americansolarpartners.com RE: American Solar Partners, LLC - 2022 DER Annual Compliance Dear Lee Smith: Thank you for your recent submittal pursuant to Section 3F of the New York State DPS's Uniform Business Practices for Distributed Energy Resource Suppliers (UBP-DERS)  more

ALBANY, New York, July 13 -- The New York Department of Public Service issued the text of the following letter on July 12, 2023: * * * To: Kedin Kilgore, FAC Solar LLC, 621 DeGraw St, Brooklyn, NY 11217, kkilgore@fifthave.org NOTICE OF APPARENT VIOLATION Dear Kedin Kilgore, The New York Public Service Commission's Uniform Business Practices for Distributed Energy Resource Suppliers (UBP-DERS), Section 3.A.D, requires each Distributed Energy Resource (DER) Provider to submit annually, by Mar  more

ALBANY, New York, July 13 -- The New York Department of Public Service issued the text of the following letter on July 12, 2023: * * * To: Moheshwar Chandarpal, Go Solar/Green NY LLC, 195-45 Jamaica Ave, Hollis, NY 11423, mark@gosolargreenny.com NOTICE OF APPARENT VIOLATION Dear Moheshwar Chandarpal, The New York Public Service Commission's Uniform Business Practices for Distributed Energy Resource Suppliers (UBP-DERS), Section 3.A.D, requires each Distributed Energy Resource (DER) Provider  more

ALBANY, New York, July 13 -- The New York Department of Public Service issued the text of the following letter on July 12, 2023: * * * To: Doug Jarvis, Green Visions Solar LLC, 8533 E Seneca Tpke, Manilus, NY 13104, gvsdoug@gmail.com NOTICE OF APPARENT VIOLATION Dear Doug Jarvis, The New York Public Service Commission's Uniform Business Practices for Distributed Energy Resource Suppliers (UBP-DERS), Section 3.A.D, requires each Distributed Energy Resource (DER) Provider to submit annually,   more

ALBANY, New York, July 13 -- The New York Department of Public Service issued the text of the following letter on July 12, 2023: * * * To: Lorne Brousseau, Horizon Solar LLC, 1087 Fort Salonga Road, Northport, NY 11768, lorne@horizon-solar.com NOTICE OF APPARENT VIOLATION Dear Lorne Brousseau, The New York Public Service Commission's Uniform Business Practices for Distributed Energy Resource Suppliers (UBP-DERS), Section 3.A.D, requires each Distributed Energy Resource (DER) Provider to sub  more

ALBANY, New York, July 13 -- The New York Department of Public Service issued the text of the following letter on July 12, 2023: * * * To: JonPaul Vanier, Max Solar Inc., PO Box 149, Carthage, NY 13619, admin@maxsolarinc.com NOTICE OF APPARENT VIOLATION Dear JonPaul Vanier, The New York Public Service Commission's Uniform Business Practices for Distributed Energy Resource Suppliers (UBP-DERS), Section 3.A.D, requires each Distributed Energy Resource (DER) Provider to submit annually, by Mar  more

ALBANY, New York, July 13 -- The New York Department of Public Service issued the text of the following letter on July 12, 2023: * * * To: Samuel Dorbor Jr., NY Solar Doctors, LLC., 295 Convent Ave. 32, New York, NY 10031, sam@nysolardoctors.com NOTICE OF APPARENT VIOLATION Dear Samuel Dorbor Jr., The New York Public Service Commission's Uniform Business Practices for Distributed Energy Resource Suppliers (UBP-DERS), Section 3.A.D, requires each Distributed Energy Resource (DER) Provider to  more

ALBANY, New York, July 13 -- The New York Department of Public Service issued the text of the following letter on July 12, 2023: * * * To: Chris Hoffman, Premier Solar Solutions LLC, 23 Grand Ave, STE 4, Farmingdale, NY 11735, choffmann@premiersolarny.com NOTICE OF APPARENT VIOLATION Dear Chris Hoffman, The New York Public Service Commission's Uniform Business Practices for Distributed Energy Resource Suppliers (UBP-DERS), Section 3.A.D, requires each Distributed Energy Resource (DER) Provi  more

ALBANY, New York, July 13 -- The New York Department of Public Service issued the text of the following letter on July 12, 2023: * * * To: Emily Liu, Summit Solar Company, LLC, 2553 US Highway 130 Suite 2, Cranbury, NJ, 08512, ELiu@summitsolarcorp.com NOTICE OF APPARENT VIOLATION Dear Emily Liu, The New York Public Service Commission's Uniform Business Practices for Distributed Energy Resource Suppliers (UBP-DERS), Section 3.A.D, requires each Distributed Energy Resource (DER) Provider to s  more

WASHINGTON, July 13 -- The White House issued the text of following remarks on July 12, 2023, by National Economic Council Director Lael Brainard at an event at the Economic Club of New York: * * * The Outlook It is good to be back at the Economic Club of New York to reflect on the U.S. outlook. Recent data suggest the current outlook for the U.S. economy is upbeat. From the data alone, it would be hard to find clues that the U.S. economy was in the midst of a protracted global pandemic just   more

AUGUSTA, Maine, July 14 (TNSgov) -- The Natural Resources Council of Maine issued the following news release: Legislators, the Mills Administration, organized labor, a key fisheries group, and environmental organizations have agreed on consensus language that will advance a major omnibus offshore wind bill in the Maine Legislature. The bill will responsibly develop offshore wind in the Gulf of Maine and encourage new deepwater port construction while maintaining strong standards to ensure goo  more

WILLIAMSPORT, Pennsylvania, July 14 (TNSfund) -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news on July 12, 2023: Pennsylvania College of Technology is the recipient of a $2 million federal grant to enhance infrastructure-related academic and workforce development programs. Awarded by the U.S. Commerce Department's Economic Development Administration, the grant aims to attract and upskill the current and future workforce to meet the increasing demand for clean energy, architecture, co  more

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative August Pfluger (TX-11) introduced the Limiting Incredulous Zealots Against Restricting Drilling (LIZARD) Act to strike the Biden Administration's recent rule designating the Dunes Sagebrush Lizard as endangered under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Listing the sagebrush lizard under the ESA is an incredible threat to the production of oil, natural gas, wind, and solar energy developed i  more

WASHINGTON, July 14 (Rep.) -- House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news releaseon July 13, 2023: Today, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) appeared on Fox Business Network's Kudlow to discuss the destructive Green New Deal policies pushed by the Biden Administration, even as President Biden's climate czar John Kerry regularly flies across the globe on private jets. Leader Scalise pointed out the hypocrisy of the Biden Administration shutting down Ameri  more

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Rep. Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release on July 13, 2023: Today, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) appeared on Fox Business Network's Kudlow to discuss the destructive Green New Deal policies pushed by the Biden Administration, even as President Biden's climate czar John Kerry regularly flies across the globe on private jets. Leader Scalise pointed out the hypocrisy of the Biden Administration shutting down American energy projects, wh  more

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, issued the following news release on July 13, 2023: Yesterday, during a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining hearing, Arizona Senator Mark Kelly championed two bills to support community projects in Gila and La Paz Counties. The first bill, introduced by Kelly, would transfer an underutilized Forest Service ranger station near Young, Arizona and the accompanying 232 acres to Gila County to be us  more

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, issued the following news release on July 13, 2023: Today, the Senate Appropriations Committee met and approved the fiscal year 2024 Legislative Branch; Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies; and Financial Services and General Government appropriations bills. "We have a job to do. So here in the Senate, we are moving ahead," said U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee. "We are making clea  more

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, chairwoman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release: The Senate Appropriations Committee met and approved the fiscal year 2024 Legislative Branch; Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies; and Financial Services and General Government appropriations bills. "We have a job to do. So here in the Senate, we are moving ahead," said U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Appropriations Com  more

NEW YORK, July 14 (TNSrpt) -- The Conference Board issued the following news release on July 13, 2023: Today, the Committee for Economic Development, the public policy center of The Conference Board (CED), issued a new Solutions Brief, An Energy Transition Road Map to Net Zero 2050. The report provides a realistic pathway for the US to attain its goal of reaching net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050. As CED emphasizes, the principal task for policymakers and business leaders to achi  more