CLEMSON, South Carolina, Aug. 15 (TNSres) -- Clemson University issued the following news: Clemson University researchers have devised a novel way of 3D-printing protonic ceramic fuel cells, a renewable energy device that shows promise for generating electricity more sustainably than burning fossil fuels. Instead of using coal or petroleum, protonic ceramic fuel cells run on renewable fuels, such as hydrogen, ammonia, hydrocarbons and alcohols. The challenge has been to move them from the lab   more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Aug. 15 -- Earthjustice issued the following news release on Aug. 14, 2023: Today the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals denied a petition for review that would bring some of Utah's worst polluting coal plants into compliance with the Clean Air Act's visibility-protection provisions, instead enabling the Hunter and Huntington plants to continue polluting at the same damaging levels they have for more than a decade. The decision allows polluters to continue threatening air qual  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 -- The Institute for Energy Research issued the following agency statement on Aug. 14, 2023: * * * Europe's plan to slash carbon emissions and reach net zero carbon by 2050 is seeing a backlash as the spiraling cost -- both political and economic -- needed for the transition is becoming clearer to Europeans. Wind and solar projects are now getting more scrutiny with Siemens indicating huge costs to fix operational problems. A new offshore wind project in the North Sea was c  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Aug. 15 -- The National Parks Conservation Association issued the following news release on Aug. 14, 2023: Today the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals denied a petition for review that would bring some of Utah's worst polluting coal plants into compliance with the Clean Air Act's visibility-protection provisions, instead enabling the Hunter and Huntington plants to continue polluting at the same damaging levels they have for more than a decade. The decision allows polluters t  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Aug. 15 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release: Attorney General Drummond 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 those plants under the Clean Air Act by imposing more stringent emissions standards. The would-be rule ignores last year's rebuke from the U.S. Supreme   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release on Aug. 14, 2023: Today the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals denied a petition for review that would bring some of Utah's worst polluting coal plants into compliance with the Clean Air Act's visibility-protection provisions, instead enabling the Hunter and Huntington plants to continue polluting at the same damaging levels they have for more than a decade. The decision allows polluters to continue threatening air quality for  more

HELENA, Montana, Aug. 15 -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release on Aug. 14, 2023: A judge ruled in favor of Montana youth climate plaintiffs today, declaring the state is violating its own constitution by not protecting the right to a clean environment. Held v. Montana was the first-ever youth climate case to go to trial in the U.S. and now is the first victory, setting a precedent for further lawsuits. "The Held case is a historic victory in the fight to ensure a livable future   more