PERTH, Australia, Oct. 26 (TNSres) -- Curtin University issued the following news release: A Curtin University-led national research project to advance decarbonisation in Australia, Pathways to Net Zero Precincts has launched at the All Energy Conference in Melbourne today. The groundbreaking initiative, led by the Curtin University Sustainability Policy Institute, and delivered through the Cooperative Research Centre, RACE for 2030, is dedicated to decarbonising the built environment in partn  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 26 -- The Associated Press issued the following news release: Associated Press journalists and staffers from China, Ukraine, the U.S. and beyond are among the winners of the 2023 Oliver S. Gramling Awards, the highest internal honors of The Associated Press. Created in 1994 to recognize AP staffers for professional excellence, the Gramling Awards are decided each year by a panel of judges from across the news cooperative. The $10,000 awards come from a fund established by the e  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Washington, D.C.--U.S. Senators Mike Crapo and Jim Risch along with U.S. Representatives Mike Simpson and Russ Fulcher (all R-Idaho) introduced the Don't Develop Obstructive Infrastructure on our Terrain (Don't DO IT) Act. The Don't DO IT Act would require the Secretary of the Interior deny any wind or solar energy project proposed on public land that is disapproved of by the State legislature. Idaho's State le  more

DENVER, Colorado, Oct. 26 -- Denver Mayor Mike Johnston issued the following news on Oct. 25, 2023: Today, Mayor Mike Johnston officially hit 100 days as Mayor of the City and County of Denver. Since taking office on July 17, 2023, Mayor Johnston has made quick and significant progress on his top priorities, including: * Launching a new approach to homelessness by successfully moving unsheltered Denverites directly from encampments into transitional housing * Making historic investments in pu  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy issued the following news release on Oct. 25, 2023: * * * Utilities, Clean Energy Developers, Public Invited to Provide Input on Proposed Solutions * * * The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) released a draft roadmap to address interconnection challenges on the transmission grid and seeks feedback from the public before releasing a final version. DOE convened a broad group of clean energy s  more

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho, Oct. 26 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Idaho National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * Ninety-seven percent of U.S. dams don't make electricity. A new tool could help tap that resource. * * * The era of building big dams may be over in the United States, but hydroelectricity still has a significant and untapped role to play in the nation's energy future. Only 3% of the nation's approximately 80,000 dams are equipped to generate power. Most  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, Oct. 26 -- Earthjustice issued the following news release on Oct. 25, 2023: Yesterday, the Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC) issued an order approving a settlement changing rules for customers of Evergy Kansas Central, Inc., Evergy Kansas South, Inc., and Evergy Metro, Inc. (collectively Evergy), a monopoly electric utility in Kansas and Missouri that provides energy to 1.7 million residential, commercial, and industrial customers. Vote Solar and the Sierra Club, represented b  more

FRANKFORT, Kentucky, Oct. 19 -- The Kentucky Public Service Commission issued the following order (Case No. 2023-00246): * * * In the Matter of: Electronic Application Of Dogwood Corners LLC For Certificate Of Construction For An Approximately 125 Megawatt Merchant Electric Solar Generating Facility In Christian County, Kentucky Pursuant To KRS 278.700 And 807 KAR 5:110 SITING BOARD STAFF'S FIRST REQUEST FOR INFORMATION TO DOGWOOD CORNERS LLC Dogwood Corners LLC (Dogwood Corners), pursuant t  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 -- Afterschool Alliance issued the following news release: From building solar bugs to creating and racing straw rockets to getting up close to a kangaroo, python, Eurasian eagle owl, and Siberian lynx, students around the country are engaging in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) activities for Lights On Afterschool this month. Now in its 24th year, Lights On Afterschool is the nation's only rally for afterschool programs, which keep kids safe, inspire them to  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Oct. 26 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Using multiple observatories, astronomers directly detect tellurium in two merging neutron stars. * * * By Jennifer Chu An extraordinary burst of high-energy light in the sky has pointed astronomers to a pair of metal-forging neutron stars 900 million light years from Earth. In a study appearing today in Nature, an international team of astronomers, including scientists   more

MELBOURNE, Australia, Oct. 26 (TNSres) -- Monash University issued the following news: With cost-of-living soaring alongside rising energy prices, a new report from Monash University's Climate Change Communication Research Hub has found electrifying Australian homes could save households $4.9 billion annually, approximately $450 per household. The cost of gas is rising twice as fast as electricity, with low income households who can least afford it facing energy poverty as well as poorer healt  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 (TNSres) -- The American Clean Power Association issued the following news release: A new report commissioned by the American Clean Power Association (ACP) confirms what other scientific bodies have underscored: Climate change is having a far greater impact on the ocean and whale habitats than development of energy projects. According to the study, Oceanographic Effects of Offshore Wind Structures and Their Potential Impacts on the North Atlantic Right Whale and Their Prey,  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology issued the following news: * * * Having more pixels could advance everything from biomedical imaging to astronomical observations. * * * Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and their colleagues have built a superconducting camera containing 400,000 pixels - 400 times more than any other device of its type. Superconducting cameras allow scienti  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 -- Rep. Mike Simpson, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson introduced the Don't Develop Obstructive Infrastructure on our Terrain (Don't DO IT) Act. This legislation would prevent the Secretary of Interior from approving a wind or solar project on public lands if the Legislature in the respective state has passed a resolution of disapproval. This legislation comes as the proposal to build a 400-turbine wind-generating facility in the Mag  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch with Senator Mike Crapo, Congressman Mike Simpson, and Congressman Russ Fulcher (all R-Idaho) today introduced the Don't Develop Obstructive Infrastructure on our Terrain (Don't DO IT) Act. The Don't DO IT Act would require the Secretary of the Interior deny any wind or solar energy project proposed on public land that is disapproved of by the State legislature. Idaho's Stat  more

GUILFORD, England, Oct. 26 (TNSres) -- The University of Surrey issued the following news release: It's viable to produce low-cost, lightweight solar panels that can generate energy in space, according to new research from the Universities of Surrey and Swansea. The first study of its kind followed a satellite over six years, observing how the panels generated power and weathered solar radiation over 30,000 orbits. The findings could pave the way for commercially viable solar farms in space.   more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Oct. 25 (TNSres) -- The Union of Concerned Scientists issued the following statement on Oct. 24, 2023, by Rachel Cleetus, policy director with the Climate and Energy Program: * * * The International Energy Agency (IEA) released its annual World Energy Outlook report today, which analyzes the global energy supply and demand under different scenarios and consequences for the economy and climate. The latest report also calls attention to five key actions that nations mus  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Oct. 25 -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus issued the following news: Karen Oberhauser, director of the Arboretum at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has announced that she will retire at the end of November 2023. Oberhauser, an internationally renowned conservation biologist and expert on monarch butterflies, was chosen as the Arboretum director in 2017 after a national search. As director, she supported the center's core mission areas of land care, research   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) announced $93,123,844 in federal funding to help low-income individuals and families in Virginia pay for home heating costs, cover utility bills, and help weatherize homes to lower their energy bills as winter approaches. The funding is awarded through the Administration for Children and Families' Low Income Home Energy Assistance  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Warren and Markey Joined By Massachusetts Governor Healey, Local Union and Education Leaders, and Officials from Federal Departments of Energy and Transportation  Video of Hearing Boston, MA - In case you missed it, on Friday, October 20, 2023, chairing a hearing of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Policy, held at UMass Lowell, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren  more