WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- 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 Dec. 12, 2023, edition (Vol. 8, Issue 49): Reviews: * Recent Advances in the Extraction of Pectin from Various Sources and Industrial Applications * Nanotechnology Impact on Chemical-Enhanced Oil Recovery: A Review and Bibliometric Analysis of Recent Developments *  more

MCLEAN, Virginia, Dec. 13 (TNSres) -- AMT - The Association for Manufacturing Technology issued the following news release: * * * Despite a more optimistic outlook, orders for manufacturing technology, measured by the USMTO report, continued to fall relative to 2022. Through October 2023, orders totaled $4.05 billion, 13.5% behind the total for the first 10 months of 2022. * * * As the summer of 2023 ended, the number of economists predicting a recession dwindled nearly as fast as the amount  more

LONDON, England, Dec. 13 -- Christian Aid issued the following news release: Reacting to the final outcome at COP28, Joab Okanda, Christian Aid's Senior Climate Advisor, said: "It is clear that the era of fossil fuels is coming to a close. We may not have driven the nail into the coffin here at COP28 but the end is coming for dirty energy. But there is a gaping hole on finance to actually fund the transition from dirty to clean energy in developing countries. Without that, we risk the global s  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Energy Information Administration issued the following news release on Dec. 12, 2023: The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) expects, for the first year on record, combined electricity generation from wind and solar to surpass generation from coal in 2024. EIA expects solar generation in 2024 to increase 39% (228 kilowatthours) from 2023, driven by continued increases in solar capacity. "Renewables, particularly solar photovoltai  more

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Dec. 12 -- Greenpeace International, a coordinating organization of Greenpeace, issued the following news release: In response to the latest text of the Global Stocktake Kaisa Kosonen, Head of the Greenpeace COP28 delegation said: "It's a dog's dinner! If this is all we get from COP28, then this conference was a failure. Acting in line with science doesn't mean you can do whatever you want. Phasing out fossil fuels is not a choice anymore! The text has a menu o  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 (TNSres) -- The Institute for Energy Research issued the following agency statement on Dec. 12, 2023: * * * Key Takeaways 1 Despite the Biden Administration arguing that electric vehicles are more reliable, Consumer Reports analyzed consumer data showing EVs trail conventional vehicles significantly. 2 EV owners suffer from 79 percent more reliability issues than gasoline or diesel vehicles. 3 Plug-in hybrids are even worse, with 146 percent more reliability issues, alth  more

LONDON, England, Dec. 12 -- 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 Dec. 28, 2023, edition (Vol. 11, Issue 48): * Expanding the horizons of covalent organic frameworks: sub-stoichiometric synthesis as an emerging toolkit for functional COFs * A review on photochemical   more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Dec. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Wire arc additive manufacturing allowed this robot arm at ORNL to transform metal wire into a complete steam turbine blade like those used in power plants. Credit: Carlos Jones/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy Chris Masuo, left, and Luke Meyer monitor the heat signatures of a steam turbine blade that was additively manufactured in a wire arc 3D printer at DOE's Manufactur  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -- Oil Change International issued the following statement: * * * In response to the final agreement at the COP28 UN climate talks in Dubai, Romain Ioualalen, Global Policy Manager at Oil Change International, said: "People power put a full, fast, fair, and funded fossil fuel phaseout at the top of the UN agenda. While we didn't get there, we secured the first UN climate agreement that calls on all countries to 'transition away from fossil fuels,' sending an unprecedented  more