WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF12217) on the legal framework for federal methane regulation on Aug. 7, 2023, by legislative attorney Benjamin M. Barczewski: * * * The Legal Framework for Federal Methane Regulation Methane is a greenhouse gas with 25 times the warming capacity of carbon dioxide. Methane makes up about 11% of all greenhouse gas emissions in the United States. Primary sources of methane include oil and   more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Aug. 12 -- Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr issued the following news release: Attorney General Chris Carr has joined a coalition of 21 states opposing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) proposed new rule on existing coal-, natural gas- and oil-fired power plants. The proposal attempts to regulate into closure those plants under the Clean Air Act by imposing more stringent emissions standards. It ignores last year's rebuke from the U.S. Supreme Court in West V  more

LONDON, England, Aug. 12 -- The Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, a peer-reviewed journal from the Royal Society of Chemistry that says it features fundamental theory and application of spectrometric techniques, published research articles, including the following topics, in its August 2023 edition: Tutorial Review: * Prospects for the use of laser spectroscopy to characterize dye degradation photocatalyst nanoparticles: a review Technical Note: * Detection of lead chrome green in  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Aug. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: Representatives of energy institutions throughout the country got a first-hand look at the technologies and talent at the NETL campuses across Appalachia as the Lab hosted the National Association of State Energy Officials (NASEO). With tours at NETL Morgantown, West Virginia and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania sites on Aug. 8-9, respectively, the NASEO visitors repres  more

GRANVILLE, Ohio, Aug. 12 -- Denison University issued the following news release: Denison University is taking another step toward meeting its net-zero carbon goal with the help of a grant from Ohio EPA that provides funding for two new sustainability initiatives: an innovative system that converts food waste into fertilizer and a high-capacity cardboard baler that will increase campus recycling. The grant awards $89,447, and the college will provide 25% matching funds towards the purchases.   more