DETROIT, Michigan, Aug. 9 -- DTE Energy issued the following news release on Aug. 7, 2023: DTE Energy (DTE) and the city of Southfield (Southfield) today announced Southfield's enrollment in MIGreenPower, DTE's voluntary renewable energy program. Southfield is the first municipality in Oakland Country to enroll in MIGreenPower, which enables any DTE Electric customer to attribute an even greater percentage of their electricity use to Michigan-made wind and solar projects beyond the 15% DTE alre  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 -- The Edison Electric Institute issued the following news release on Aug. 8, 2023: The Edison Electric Institute (EEI) today filed comments in response to the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) proposed rules to regulate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from new natural gas power plants and from existing coal- and natural gas-based power plants. EEI President and CEO Tom Kuhn issued the following statement: "While some have been chasing headlines over the past week, EE  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 9 (TNSres) -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Aug. 8, 2023: Today, EPA New England announced the release and availability of a report that maps "blue carbon" along the northeastern coast. Blue carbon is the term used to describe carbon stored in coastal and marine salt marshes, seagrass, and mangroves. These aquatic habitats are much more efficient at accumulating/sequestering carbon than terrestrial habitats. An acre of fore  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Indo-Pacific issued the following testimony by Defense Forum Foundation President Suzanne K. Scholte involving a hearing on July 27, 2023, entitled "Illicit IT: Bankrolling Kim Jong Un": * * * Thank you to Congressman Michael McCaul, Greogory Meeks, Young Kim, Ami Bera and Members of this Committee for organizing this hearing and inviting me to testify. It is my honor. This hearing comes at a most urgent time for the people of  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- The House Science, Space and Technology Subcommittee on Energy issued the following testimony by Alexandra Hakala, a senior research physical scientist and acting senior fellow for geologic and environmental systems of the National Energy Technology Laboratory at the U.S. Department of Energy, involving a hearing on July 26, 2023, entitled "Unearthing Innovation: The Future of Subsurface Science and Technology in the United States": * * * Chairman Williams, Ranking Member  more

RAPID CITY, South Dakota, Aug. 9 (TNSres) -- The South Dakota School of Mines and Technology issued the following news release on Aug. 8, 2023: A Wyoming coal mine might be the last place you'd think to be investing in research on next-generation renewable energy strategy, but that's exactly what Amy McBrayer, Ph.D., has undertaken during doctoral studies at South Dakota Mines. Her work focuses on building mathematical models to help surface mining companies strategize and plan mining operatio  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 -- Sen. Tom Carper, D-Delaware, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release and letter on Aug. 8, 2023: U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today led 29 other senators, including Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), in a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael S. Regan urging EPA to finalize strong and broadly applicable foss  more

SELINSGROVE, Pennsylvania, Aug. 8 (TNSres) -- Susquehanna University issued the following news: No matter the passage of time, man's imprint on the environment is difficult to erase, whether it occurred decades, centuries or millennia ago. If you were to get a bird's eye view of the Susquehanna River, you might see something known as a fish weir. The long V-shaped walls were built of stacked rocks by Native Americans and early European settlers to trap fish. Jennifer Elick, associate professor  more

MENOMONIE, Wisconsin, Aug. 8 -- The University of Wisconsin's Stout Campus issued the following news: UW-Stout's largest solar photovoltaic array to date has been installed at Jarvis Hall Technology Wing, part of a multibuilding solar and energy efficiency upgrades project. Contracted under Trane Inc., Eagle Point Solar of Dubuque, Iowa, recently installed 560 VSUN solar panels mounted on individually ballasted racking on the roof of the Technology Wing, which has a 24,160-square-foot high roo  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release and letter on Aug. 8, 2023: U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.) alongside their Senate colleagues, including Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) in sending a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael S. Regan urging EPA to finalize strong and broadly applicable fossil fuel-fired power plant standards that maximize carbon pollution reducti  more