NEW YORK, Aug. 15 (TNSres) -- The City University of New York's Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy issued the following news release: A new paper in Landscape and Urban Planning examines policies to advance urban agriculture that address the food-energy-water (FEW) nexus, the complex relationships among the flows of food, energy and water in cities. As urban agriculture becomes more prevalent, policies have been established to regulate and support the practice. In this study, a  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

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, chairman of the Joint Economic Committee, issued the following news release: Senator Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Chairman of the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee (JEC) and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) released new data ahead of the one-year anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act being signed into law. As we approach the one-year anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act, the law is already lowering costs for fami  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Aug. 15 -- Polsinelli, a law firm, issued the following news release: Am Law 100 firm Polsinelli is pleased to announce that Orintha (Rin) E. Karns, Of Counsel in the firm's Commercial Litigation Practice Group, was recently appointed co-chair of the Oil and Gas Committee for the American Bar Association (ABA) Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources (SEER). Karns is set to co-chair the committee with existing co-chair and Polsinelli Shareholder Ghislaine G. Torres B  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Aug. 15 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: Space weather predictions are neither accurate nor timely, and that leaves astronauts--as well as space probe and satellite operators--without enough time to react to dangerous particles flung out by the sun, which can arrive in as little as 30 minutes. Now, NASA is providing $9.7 million to establish a Space Weather Center of Excellence at the University of Michigan, tasked with developing better for  more

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, Aug. 16 (TNSres) -- Wake Forest University issued the following news: * * * Research looks at what the move to clean energy may mean for labor markets * * * New research by Wake Forest Associate Professor of Economics Mark Curtis looks at the implications for U.S. workers in the transition to a low-carbon economy. The paper, "Workers and the Green-Energy Transition," looks at carbon-intensive industry workers and the transition to green jobs. Curtis and co-aut  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 (TNSres) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet: * * * One Year In, President Biden's Inflation Reduction Act is Driving Historic Climate Action and Investing in America to Create Good Paying Jobs and Reduce Costs One year ago, on August 16, 2022, President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law - the largest investment in clean energy and climate action ever. The Inflation Reduction Act is a transformative law that is helping the United States meet   more