WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news on Dec. 5, 2023: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced the findings of a report highlighting ways to achieve the Department's goal of making hydrogen an affordable, abundant source of clean energy and examining different pathways to get there through thermal conversion. The report is the first of three assessments of clean-hydrogen production pathways for the Department's Hydrogen Shot (https://www.energ  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 (TNSres) -- The Department of Housing and Urban Development issued the following fact sheet on Dec. 4, 2023: * * * U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Update on Climate Action Plan Two years ago, at COP 26, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced the release of its Climate Action Plan. The Climate Action Plan was developed in response to President Biden's Executive Order on Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad and is a co  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 (TNSres) -- The Department of Housing and Urban Development issued the following fact sheet on Dec. 4, 2023: * * * U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Works to "Future-Proof Housing" Through Inflation Reduction Act and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Investments and Other Actions As the federal agency dedicated to creating strong, sustainable, inclusive communities and quality affordable homes, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is o  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on Dec. 4, 2023: United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, joined Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL), along with eight other Senate Republican colleagues, in sending a letter to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin demanding the U.S. Department of Defense immediately reverse the decision to install CATL batteries at Camp Lejeune. The letter also calls for a full asse  more

FRANKFORT, Kentucky, Dec. 5 -- The Kentucky Public Service Commission issued the following order (Case No. 2023-00256) on Dec. 4, 2023: * * * In the Matter of: Electronic Application Of Song Sparrow Solar LLC For Certificate Of Construction For An Approximately 104 Megawatt Merchant Electric Solar Generating Facility In Ballard County, Kentucky Pursuant To KRS 278.700 And 807 KAR 5:110 ORDER On October 20, 2023, Song Sparrow Solar LLC (Song Sparrow Solar) filed a petition for confidential tr  more

PASADENA, California, Dec. 4 -- The California Institute of Technology issued the following news: For around 20 years, Caltech Professor of Applied Physics Paul Bellan and his group have been creating magnetically accelerated jets of plasma, an electrically conducting gas composed of ions and electrons, in a vacuum chamber big enough to hold a person. (Neon signs and lightning are everyday examples of plasma). In that vacuum chamber, wisps of gas are ionized by several thousand volts. One hund  more

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Dec. 2 -- Vice President Kamala Harris issued the following remarks delivering the U.S. statement at COP28: * * * THE VICE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon. It is my honor to be with the distinguished leaders who are here today. Two years ago, President Joe Biden stood onstage at COP26 and made a declaration of ambition: The United States of America will once again be a global leader in the fight against the climate crisis. Since then, the United States has turned ambit  more

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Dec. 2 -- Vice President Kamala Harris issued the following remarks at the COP28 leaders' session entitled "Fast-Tracking the Just, Equitable, and Orderly Energy Transition": * * * THE VICE PRESIDENT: Thank you, and good afternoon to everyone. It is good to be here with the leaders who are present from government, from civil society, and philanthropy. And I want to start by thanking you all for your partnership in taking on, of course, one of the most urgent issu  more