WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following report (No. USDL-23-1892) on Aug. 31, 2023, entitled "Total Factor Productivity For Detailed Industries - 2021": * * * Total factor productivity-defined as output per unit of combined inputs-rose in 78 of the 86 4-digit NAICS manufacturing industries in 2021, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. This represents an increase from 2020, when total factor productivity incre  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Sept. 2 -- The California Public Utilities Commission issued the following decision approving energy cost adjustment clause rates (Case No. 23-08-030) on Sept. 1, 2023: * * * BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA In the Matter of the Application of PacifiCorp (U901E) for Approval of its 2023 Energy Cost Adjustment Clause and Greenhouse Gas-Related Forecast and Reconciliation of Costs and Revenue. DECISION APPROVING PACIFICORP'S 2023 ENE  more

MUNICH, Germany, Aug. 28 -- Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, a peer-reviewed journal from the European Geosciences Union that says it advances the understanding of hydrological systems, their role in providing water for ecosystems and society and the role of the water cycle in the functioning of the Earth system, published research articles on the following topics in its Vol. 27, Issue 14 edition: * Physics-informed machine learning for understanding rock moisture dynamics in a sandstone ca  more

NORFOLK, Virginia, Sept. 2 (TNSres) -- Old Dominion University issued the following news: Iron is all around us. It was critical for the biological processes that created a habitable Earth, and it fills every oxygen-transporting red blood cell in our bodies. As essential on land as it is in the water, iron is a vital marine nutrient for tiny organisms called phytoplankton, which - through photosynthesis - are the foundation of the marine ecosystem and provide a key link between the ocean and a  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 (Sen.) -- Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * SCHUMER VISITS LJUNGSTROM'S WELLSVILLE PLANT AFTER DELIVERING KEY FED $$$ TO POWER COMPANY'S TRANSITION FROM COAL TO CLEAN ENERGY, ANNOUNCES COMPANY ADDING 50+ NEW GOOD-PAYING JOBS IN NEXT YEAR; FOLLOWING ANNIVERSARY OF THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT, SENATOR DETAILS HOW FED INVESTMENTS HE SECURED CAN REVITALIZE UPSTATE NY MANUFACTURING AND STRENGTHEN AMERICA'S CLEAN-ENERG  more

BASEL, Switzerland, Sept. 2 -- Sustainability Science, a peer-reviewed journal that says it creates a transdisciplinary academic structure and discovery process that fuses the natural sciences, social sciences and humanities, published research articles on the following topics in its September 2023 special issue entitled Just and Sustainable Transitions in Net-Zero Asia (Vol. 18, Issue 5): Announcement: * Natural capital accounting for sustainable cities Special Feature: - Editorial * Net-  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Sept. 2 -- Gov. Jim Justice, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Sept. 1, 2023: Gov. Jim Justice announced today that West Virginia's General Revenue collections for August 2023, the second month of Fiscal Year 2024, came in at $410.8 million, which is $22.8 million above estimate. The surplus was led by strong consumer sales tax. Year-to-date revenue collections of $745.8 million stand at $30.5 million above estimate. "Once again, our surplus this   more