WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 -- Associated Builders and Contractors issued the following news release: Associated Builders and Contractors submitted comments to the U.S. Treasury Department's Internal Revenue Service in response to a proposed rule implementing controversial labor policies through changes to the federal tax code by the ABC-opposed Inflation Reduction Act. ABC called on the IRS to provide further clarity and withdraw anti-competitive aspects of the proposal that would increase costs, reduc  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 -- The American Clean Power Association issued the following statement on Oct. 31, 2023: * * * The American Clean Power Association (ACP) issued the following statement today from JC Sandberg, Chief Advocacy Officer after the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) issued a final Record of Decision for Dominion Energy's Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project: "Offshore wind is a remarkable source of clean energy with immense potential that will enhance energy  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 (TNSres) -- The American Clean Power Association issued the following statement on Oct. 31, 2023: * * * The American Clean Power Association (ACP) released the following statement from ACP Vice President of Markets and Transmission Carrie Zalewski following the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) announcement of the first round of Transmission Facilitation Program capacity contract awards and its release of the final National Transmission Needs Study. "With these announcement  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- ACS Omega, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features findings in chemistry and interfacing areas of science from the American Chemical Society, published research articles on the following topics in its Oct. 31, 2023, edition (Vol. 8, Issue 43): Reviews: * Quality Standards and Pharmacological Interventions of Natural Oils: Current Scenario and Future Perspectives * Synthetic and Natural Bioactive Molecules in Balancing the Crosstalk among Common Signaling Pathways  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- The American Hotel and Lodging Association issued the following news release on Oct. 30, 2023: The American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA) and IncentiFind today announced a new partnership to help AHLA's more than 30,000 members identify sustainability-related cost savings. IncentiFind, a leading green building incentive database, offers more than a half million incentives, including tax credits, grants, fee waivers, rebates, and bill credits. These lucrative credits  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, led the introduction of judicial reform legislation. The Revising and Enhancing Project Authorizations Impacted by Review (REPAIR) Act will streamline the permitting process for U.S. energy, manufacturing, and critical infrastructure projects. "It's impossible to permit energy and manufacturing in the U.S.  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 -- The Department of Energy's Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability issued the following news: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is leading the charge in ensuring that all Americans benefit from a resilient, reliable, secure, and affordable energy system that also advances equity and justice for all. As DOE celebrates Justice Week 2023, this year's theme, Equity Empowered, focuses on advancing equity and environmental justice in the clean energy transition a  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 -- The Institute for Energy Research issued the following agency statement on Oct. 31, 2023: * * * * The International Energy Agency (IEA) has become an outlier, projecting a peaking of global fossil fuel demand by 2030, when all evidence and other modelers show the world's fossil fuel demand growing. * The IEA puts its faith in the ability of wind, solar and electric vehicles to replace fossil fuels, when in reality there are struggles in each sector. * Wind and solar pow  more

LONDON, England, Nov. 1 -- The Journal of Materials Chemistry A, a peer-reviewed journal from the Royal Society of Chemistry that says it covers production of materials related to energy storage and conversion, sustainability or living, published research articles on the following topics in its Nov. 14, 2023, edition (Vol. 11, Issue 42): * Uranium and lithium extraction from seawater: challenges and opportunities for a sustainable energy future * Emerging two-dimensional materials for the elec  more

FRANKFORT, Kentucky, Oct. 31 -- The Kentucky Public Service Commission issued the following order (Case No. 2022-00272) on Oct. 30, 2023: * * * In the Matter of: Electronic Application Of Hummingbird Energy, LLC For A Certificate Of Construction For An Approximately 200 Megawatt Merchant Electric Solar Generating Facility And Nonregulated Electric Transmission Line In Fleming County, Kentucky Pursuant To KRS 278.700 And 807 KAR 5:110 SITING BOARD STAFF'S POST-HEARING REQUEST FOR INFORMATION T  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority issued the following news release on Oct. 30, 2023: Today, Metro General Manager Randy Clarke joined by TotalEnergies, MN8 Energy and city officials "flipped the switch" on a new solar carport on the top of the Anacostia parking garage, providing clean energy for homes across the region and new parking and security improvements for customers. The Anacostia Station was the first to break ground, followed by the Southern A  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Nov. 1 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * A newly identified process could explain a variety of natural phenomena and enable new approaches to desalination. * * * Evaporation is happening all around us all the time, from the sweat cooling our bodies to the dew burning off in the morning sun. But science's understanding of this ubiquitous process may have been missing a piece all this time. In recent years, some re  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Nov. 1 -- The North Carolina Justice Center issued the following news release: On Oct. 17, the Carolina Industrial Group for Fair Utility Rates II (CIGFUR), which represents a group of large industrial customers and manufacturers filed a notice of appeal from the Duke Energy Progress (DEP) rate case, challenging the Customer Assistance Program (CAP) and the ability for the N.C. Utilities Commission (NCUC) to approve any future low-income payment assistance program. This  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Oct. 31 -- The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection issued the following news release on Oct. 30, 2023: Renewing its commitment to a fairer and greener New Jersey, Environmental Protection Commissioner Shawn M. LaTourette today announced the relaunch of the DEP's nationally recognized Brownfield Development Area Program, which aims to assist selected communities across the state in designing and implementing comprehensive remediation and redevelopment plans for  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Oct. 31 -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus issued the following news: Participants present their projects during the poster discussion session of the second annual Sustainability Symposium held in the Discovery Building on Oct. 25, 2023. Photo by: Bryce Richter Mo Abbasian (left), research associate in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, talks with attendees about hydro-climate extremes research during the poster discuss  more

MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, Nov. 1 -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: * * * Today, in its quarterly earnings report, WEC Energy Group announced that it plans to eliminate coal as an energy source by the end of 2032, three years earlier than their previous estimate. Their coal retirements planned are as follows: * Oak Creek units 5-6: May 2024 * Oak Creek units 7-8: late 2025 * Columbia units 1-2: June 2026 * Weston unit 3: end of 2031 In 2020, We Energies, a subsidiary of WEC  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 (TNSres) -- The Department of Energy's Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability issued the following news on Oct. 31, 2023: The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Electricity (OE) today launched the $1.85 million Digitizing Utilities Prize Round 2 (https://www.herox.com/DigitizingUtilitiesRound2). This competition aims to connect electric utilities with interdisciplinary teams of software developers and data experts to transform digital systems and data   more

BURLINGTON, Vermont, Oct. 31 (TNSres) -- The University of Vermont issued the following news: * * * UVM researchers and students to study the impacts of Vermont's conditions on solar power generation, with applications for other cold climates * * * The new UVM Solar Research and Training Facility at McNeil Generating Station was unveiled today, energizing the study of the performance and durability of solar panels under often-challenging Vermont conditions: freezing temperatures, heat and hu  more

MORGANTOWN, West Virginia, Nov. 1 (TNSres) -- West Virginia University issued the following news: One West Virginia University researcher is working to protect the communities and economies often affected when companies move in to harness a region's natural resources. Appalachia has a long history of dealing with negative consequences, and the Brazilian Amazon is at risk of experiencing the same which is where Caroline Arantes, assistant professor of wildlife and fisheries resources in the WVU  more