WASHINGTON, July 19 -- Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Washington, issued the following news release on July 18, 2023: The Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) recently announced it is moving forward with over $2 billion in electricity grid improvement projects that will significantly increase the capacity and reliability of the Pacific Northwest grid and its ability to integrate new energy sources. Washington state will see $1.35 billion in investments focused on increasing the amount of power that ca  more

WASHINGTON, July 18 (TNSgov) -- Earthjustice issued the following news release on July 17, 2023: Last week, the D.C. Circuit agreed with a coalition of environmental organizations, clean energy advocates, consumer advocates, and clean energy trade groups by ruling that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) had unlawfully approved the Southeast Energy Exchange Market (SEEM). The proposal to create SEEM came from some of the largest monopoly utilities in the country, including Southern   more

WASHINGTON, July 18 (TNStalk) -- The Institute for Energy Research issued the following commentary on July 17, 2023: * * * "NIMBY" May Hurt Biden's Green Transition "Not in my back yard" (NIMBY) is having an effect on President Biden's "green transition," where many property owners do not want high-powered transmission lines, wind turbines, or solar panels in their back yard. Now, it appears that battery factories are also in that category. Ford is planning to build an EV battery factory in M  more

STARKVILLE, Mississippi, July 19 (TNSres) -- The Mississippi State University issued the following news: While many Mississippians may be surprised to know the commercial fishing industry has an almost $100 million economic impact in the Magnolia State, they may be even more startled to know that, nationwide, the lucrative but dangerous business accounts for approximately 43 deaths per year. Mississippi State University experts are delving into one of the leading causes of these commercial fis  more

DURHAM, North Carolina, July 18 (TNSgov) -- The North Carolina Waste Awareness and Reduction Network issued the following news release: NC WARN says Duke Energy has been hiding aggressive plans to waste billions on new and expanded, high-voltage transmission corridors that would target vulnerable communities while limiting large and local solar power projects for years. If successful, Duke's scheme will further thwart state carbon reduction efforts by locking in a huge increase in the use of cl  more

CHARLESTON, South Carolina, July 18 -- The Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International posted the following news release from its member company Saildrone: Saildrone, the world's leading provider of ocean data using uncrewed surface vehicles (USVs), announced today the redeployment of their famous Saildrone Explorer SD 1045 for the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season, in partnership with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). This remarkable USV made global headlines   more

WASHINGTON, July 19 -- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, issued the following news release on July 17, 2023: Yesterday, Arizona Senator Mark Kelly joined CNN's Jake Tapper on 'State of the Union' to discuss Arizona's position at the frontlines of both the challenges and the solutions to climate change, as well as the importance of continued U.S. support for Ukraine. During the interview, Kelly highlighted how Arizonans are suffering under more frequent periods of extreme heat, as a result of climate  more

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining issued the following testimony by Thomas Heinlein, assistant director for the National Conservation Lands and Community Partnerships, involving a hearing on July 12, 2023, on 12 bills. The legislation includes Dolores River National Conservation Area & Special Management Area Act (S. 636); North Dakota Trust Lands Completion Act (S. 1088); Utah School & Institutional Trust Lands Admi  more

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining issued the following testimony by Thomas Heinlein, assistant director for the National Conservation Lands and Community Partnerships, involving a hearing on July 12, 2023, on 12 bills. The legislation includes Dolores River National Conservation Area & Special Management Area Act (S. 636); North Dakota Trust Lands Completion Act (S. 1088); Utah School & Institutional Trust Lands Admi  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, July 19 -- Small Science, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features nanoscience and nanotechnology, published research articles on the following topics in its July 2023 edition: Reviews: * Recent Progress in Large-Area Organic Solar Cells * Recent Progress on Poly(3,4-Ethylenedioxythiophene):Poly(Styrenesulfonate) Bioelectrodes * Origins, Impacts, and Mitigation Strategies of Strain in Efficient and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells * 2D-Nanofiller-Based Polymer Nanoco  more

WASHINGTON, July 18 (TNSgov) -- The Southern Environmental Law Center issued the following news release on July 17, 2023: Last week, the D.C. Circuit agreed with a coalition of environmental organizations, clean energy advocates, consumer advocates, and clean energy trade groups by ruling that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) had unlawfully approved the Southeast Energy Exchange Market (SEEM). The proposal to create SEEM came from some of the largest monopoly utilities in the cou  more

STANFORD, California, July 18 (TNSjou) -- Stanford University issued the following news release: * * * Switching from hydropower to fossil fuels during droughts has led to higher carbon emissions and cost 11 Western states tens of billions of dollars over the past two decades, Stanford research finds. * * * When drought-stricken rivers and reservoirs run low across the American West, hydropower dries up and utilities fire up hundreds of power plants that burn coal, oil, or natural gas to kee  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, July 18 (TNSres) -- Southwest Research Institute issued the following news release: A team led by Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) and The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) has found that NASA's Juno spacecraft orbiting Jupiter frequently encounters giant swirling waves at the boundary between the solar wind and Jupiter's magnetosphere. The waves are an important process for transferring energy and mass from the solar wind, a stream of charged particles emitted by  more