CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, Oct. 12 (TNSres) -- The University of Virginia issued the following research news: Women in a flood-prone region of India are the key to protecting drinking-water wells for their families and neighbors, but they need stronger voices - literally, figuratively and politically - to bring solutions to their communities, according to University of Virginia climate researchers. With a $1.5 million grant, UVA's Environmental Institute is studying how to empower women alread  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 -- Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, R-Oregon, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05) urged the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to act on a natural gas expansion project, GTN XPress, which has been stalled at the commission after receiving its Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) almost 11 months ago. The project would increase capacity for the Gas Transmission Northwest (GTN) system - bolstering supply to improve re  more

CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom, Oct. 12 -- Continuity and Change, a peer-reviewed journal that says it aims to define a field of sociology concerned with continuities and discontinuities in the structures of past societies, published research articles on the following topics in its August 2023 edition (Vol. 38, Issue 2): Research Article: * Poor Relief as 'Improvement': Moral and Spatial Economies of Care in Scotland, c.1720s-1790s * The regulation of the rural market in waged labour in fourteent  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Energy Information Administration issued the following news release on Oct. 11, 2023: The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) expects U.S. households that heat with natural gas or are in the West will spend less on heating costs this winter than last winter. In its 2023 Winter Fuels Outlook, EIA forecasts residential natural gas prices this winter will be about 21% lower than last winter. Natural gas is the most common source of he  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Energy Information Administration issued the following news release on Oct. 11, 2023: The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) projects that global energy consumption and associated CO2 emissions will increase through 2050 (assuming the global energy system remains on its current trajectory and absent new policy). Global population growth, increased regional manufacturing, and higher living standards push growth in energy consumptio  more

WEINHEIM, Germany, Oct. 12 -- Global Challenges, a peer-reviewed open access journal that provides practical solutions to a spectrum of global challenges, published research articles on the following topics in its October 2023 edition (Vol. 7, Issue 10): Reviews: * Microbial Desalination Cell for Sustainable Water Treatment: A Critical Review Research Articles: * Adapting Neutralizing Antibodies to Viral Variants by Structure-Guided Affinity Maturation Using Phage Display Technology * Inv  more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Oct. 12 -- Gov. JB Pritzker, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Entering Year Five of Rebuild Illinois, the Illinois Department of Transportation announced that multiple projects in the Will County area are planned or underway, highlighting an ongoing commitment made possible by Gov. JB Pritzker's historic, bipartisan capital program. Five major projects represent a total investment of more than $45 million, improving safety, mobility and quality of life while  more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Oct. 12 (TNSres) -- The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis issued the following news release: The first phase of the Adaro Group's planned aluminum smelter and coal power plant in Indonesia will take years to recoup its US$2 billion investment under a best-case scenario that assumes sustained high prices for the metal, the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) says. From the environmental angle, the coal-fired first phase might give o  more

PARIS, France, Oct. 12 (TNSres) -- The International Energy Agency issued the following news release on Oct. 11, 2023: Decisive, far-reaching efforts to cut methane emissions from fossil fuel production and use must go hand-in-hand with decarbonisation of our energy systems to limit global warming to 1.5 degree C, according to a new report by the International Energy Agency (IEA) in partnership with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the UNEP-convened Climate and Clean Air Coal  more

LIVERMORE, California, Oct. 12 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news release: In 2022, Americans used more renewables to generate electricity than in previous years, according to the most recent energy flowcharts and carbon flowcharts released by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). The nation used 3% more energy, emitted an additional 96 million tons of CO2, but decreased the carbon intensity of U.S. electricity   more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Oct. 12 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Oct. 11, 2023: Today, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, announced that two hydropower facilities located in St Mary's, West Virginia, and Montgomery, West Virginia, will receive a total of $2,565,041 through the Hydroelectric Incentives Program in Chairman Manchin's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The Program provides funding   more

ORLANDO, Florida, Oct. 12 -- The Orlando Utilities Commission issued the following news on Oct. 11, 2023: OUC--The Reliable One is installing a 4-megawatt (MW)/8-megawatt-hour (MWh) battery energy storage system in St. Cloud. The project will increase grid resiliency and help achieve the utility's 2050 Net Zero CO2 emissions goals. Supplied by renewable energy company Ameresco, the Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) stores excess energy from solar and other generation to provide power during  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 -- Rep. Mike Simpson, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: This week, Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson signed a bicameral letter urging the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to act on a natural gas expansion project, GTN XPress, which has been stalled at the commission after receiving its Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) almost 11 months ago. The project would increase capacity for the Gas Transmission Northwest (GTN) system - bolstering supply to i  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 12 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release: Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, announced that two hydropower facilities located in St Mary's, West Virginia, and Montgomery, West Virginia, will receive a total of $2,565,041 through the Hydroelectric Incentives Program in Chairman Manchin's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The P  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Oct. 12 (TNSres) -- The Sierra Club issued the following statement on Oct. 11, 2023: * * * After three years, Ameren Missouri and Evergy have regressed in their plans to move from coal and gas to clean energy, while Associated Electric Cooperatives Incorporated (AECI) maintained the worst possible score. This assessment comes from the Sierra Club's updated The Dirty Truth About Utility Climate Pledges report. According to the updated report, Evergy's score went from 18   more

LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 12 (TNSres) -- The Sierra Club issued the following statement on Oct. 11, 2023: * * * The Dirty Truth is that Michigan's largest utilities are not transitioning to clean energy fast enough to limit the worst impacts of our changing climate, according to a new report from the Sierra Club. The Sierra Club's third installment of its Dirty Truth About Utility Climate Pledges report is released as lawmakers in Lansing work through a variety of clean energy bills, and after u  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Oct. 12 -- The Southern Environmental Law Center issued the following statement on Oct. 11, 2023, with two organizations: * * * Today, the Tennessee Valley Authority announced a proposal to build another 200 MW of dirty gas at the site of the retired Allen coal plant in Memphis. This is the federal utility's latest move in its multi-billion-dollar gas spending spree, which is the largest fossil fuel buildout in the country. TVA's reckless gas plans will lead to higher mont  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Oct. 12 (TNSres) -- Yale School of Environment issued the following news: Indonesia is among the world's top 10 greenhouse gas emitters, with most of those emissions stemming from land use, mainly deforestation and the clearance of carbon-rich peatlands for agriculture, often for palm oil plantations. However, 76% of Indonesians surveyed by the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication (YPCCC) say they know "a little" about global warming (55%) while 20% "have never h  more