WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- ACS Environmental Science and Technology Letters, a peer reviewed journal from the American Chemical Society, published research articles on the following topics in its Nov. 14, 2023, edition (Vol. 10, Issue 11): Data Science for Advancing Environmental Science, Engineering, and Technology Editorial: * Accelerating Environmental Research to Achieve Sustainable Development Goals * Data Science for Advancing Environmental Science, Engineering, and Technology Anthropogen  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- Rep. Pete Stauber, Minnesota, chairman of the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, issued the following statement on Nov. 14, 2023: * * * The Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources held an oversight hearing on the Biden administration's management of the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement's abandoned and mine lands (AML) and active mining programs. Subcommittee Chairman Pete Stauber (R-Minn.) issued the following s  more

KIRKLAND, Washington, Nov. 15 -- Breakthrough Energy, an organization that concerns about the impacts of accelerating climate change, issued the following letter on Nov. 13, 2023: * * * A letter from Bill Gates about the state of the clean energy transition in 2023 and why he's optimistic about the road ahead. * * * View the full 2023 State of the Transition here (https://transition.breakthroughenergy.org/). For me, 2023 was a year of climate dissonance. On one hand, every week seemed to b  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Nov. 15 (TNSres) -- Ceres, a non-profit organization that is mobilizing many of the world's largest companies and investors to take stronger action on climate change, water scarcity and other global sustainability challenges, issued the following news release: Due to a drop in coal generation, the U.S. power sector saw a marginal reduction of less than 1% in carbon emissions in 2022, according to the latest analysis of air emissions for the country's top 100 power produce  more

BERLIN, Germany, Nov. 15 (TNSres) -- Climate Action Tracker issued the following news release: Global efforts to limit warming to 1.5 C are failing across the board, with recent progress made on every indicator -- except electric passenger car sales -- lagging significantly behind the pace and scale that is necessary to address the climate crisis, according to the State of Climate Action 2023 report. Published under Systems Change Lab, the report is a joint effort of the Bezos Earth Fund, Clim  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Washington, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release on Nov. 14, 2023: House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Morgan Griffith (R-VA), and Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials Subcommittee Chair Bill Johnson (R-OH) today sent a letter to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Rega  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Nov. 15 -- Greenberg Traurig, a law firm, issued the following news release: David C. Fixler, of counsel in Greenberg Traurig LLP's Energy & Natural Resources Practice in Boston, co-chaired the 2023 Northeast Energy and Commerce Association (NECA)'s Power Markets Conference Nov. 13 in Waltham, Massachusetts. The event focused on design options for New England's energy, ancillary services, and capacity markets, and discussed the advantages and disadvantages of different op  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Washington, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release on Nov. 14, 2023: House Energy and Commerce Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered the following opening remarks at today's Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials Subcommittee hearing titled "Clean Power Plan 2.0: EPA's Effort to Jeopardize Reliable and Affordable Energy for States." AMERICAN ENERGY LEADERSHIP "Energy is foun  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- Rep. Bill Johnson, R-Ohio, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials, issued the following news release on Nov. 14, 2023: House Energy and Commerce Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials Subcommittee Chair Bill Johnson (R-OH) delivered the following opening remarks at today's hearing titled "Clean Power Plan 2.0: EPA's Effort to Jeopardize Reliable and Affordable Energy for States." DANGERS OF TH  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 -- Rep. Jared Huffman, D-California, issued the following news release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Representative Jared Huffman (D-CA-02) and U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), along with Representatives Nanette Barragan (D-CA-44) and Jennifer McClellan (D-VA-04), sent a bicameral letter along with over 60 of their colleagues to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) urging the agency to update how it determines if new licenses for liquified natural gas (LNG) exports to non-  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, along with Representatives Jared Huffman (D-CA-02), Nanette Barragan (D-CA-44), and Jennifer McClellan (D-VA-04), sent a bicameral letter along with over 60 of their colleagues to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) urging the agency to update how it determines if new licenses for liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports to non-free, U.S. trade countries are in the public intere  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Nov. 15 -- The Union of Concerned Scientists issued the following news release on Nov. 14, 2023: More than 650 scientists signed a letter sent to President Biden today calling on him to commit to more ambitious U.S. climate actions in the lead-up to the annual U.N. climate talks--also called COP28--in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Nearing the end of a year in which the world witnessed devastating climate-fueled disasters, record-breaking global average temperatures, and  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Nov. 15 (TNSres) -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: By Travis Williams Roop Mahajan joined Virginia Tech's "Curious Conversations" to chat about the value of international collaborations to research and innovation as well as how they've contributed to his work advancing the "wonder material" graphene. About Mahajan Mahajan is the Lewis A. Hester Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and director of strategic research and innovation for Virginia   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 (TNSres) -- The World Resources Institute issued the following news release on Nov. 14, 2023: Global efforts to limit warming to 1.5 C are failing across the board, with recent progress made on every indicator -- except electric passenger car sales -- lagging significantly behind the pace and scale that is necessary to address the climate crisis, according to the State of Climate Action 2023 report (https://www.wri.org/webform/download_publication?source_entity_type=node&sou  more