WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 -- Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colorado, issued the following news release: The city of Glenwood Springs, Colorado, has received a $49.68 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) for construction of the South Bridge project. The new bridge will be built across the Roaring Fork River, connecting Highway 82 and neighborhoods west of the river near the airport. The project aims to create a second evacuation route for the city's southern corridor residents, ensu  more

MOFFAT, Colorado, Dec. 20 -- The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment issued the following news release on Dec. 19, 2023: Today, Governor Polis, the Office of Just Transition (OJT) within the Colorado Department of Labor & Employment, and the Office of Economic Development & International Trade (OEDIT) announced two new Coal Transition Community grants to fund projects that will diversify local economies and create new jobs in Moffat County and Oak Creek through the development of hydrop  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 (TNSres) -- The Electric Power Supply Association issued the following news release on Dec. 20, 2023: Today, the Electric Power Supply Association (EPSA) released a new analysis evaluating the real-life impacts of different energy resource options on the reliability of the electric grid. The analysis is an effort to better capture the "full-cycle" levelized cost of electricity (LCOE), including the impact of regional costs, interconnection costs, curtailment costs, and the c  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 (TNSres)-- The Food and Water Watch issued the following news release on Dec. 19, 2023: Just days after the close of the COP28 climate summit, 170 scientists sent a letter to the Biden administration today urging it to reject the proposed Calcasieu Pass 2 (CP2) liquified natural gas (LNG) export facility in Louisiana. The letter (https://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/scientists-cp2-letter-final/) cited the enormous impact the proposal would have on global climate pollution -   more

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, Dec. 21 -- The Global Reporting Initiative issued the following letter on Dec. 19, 2023, by Carol Adams, chair of the Global Sustainability Standards Board: * * * New year - new standards With 2023 drawing to a close, I'm pleased to share some important decisions that were reached during the GSSB meeting last week. Two new GRI Standards received GSSB approval and will now progress to the Due Process Oversight Committee for a final assessment. That means you can exp  more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Dec. 21 (TNSres) -- The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis issued the following news release: * * * Key Takeaways: * The U.S. Department of Energy is negotiating with several selected companies to establish regional hydrogen hubs that derive hydrogen from methane. They will be costly, and DOE must ask hard questions before it commits the funding. * DOE is under pressure to put the cart before the horse--to build hydrogen projects based on unproven technolo  more

FRANKFORT, Kentucky, Dec. 15 -- The Kentucky Public Service Commission issued the following order (Case No. 2023-00010): * * * In the Matter of: An Electronic Examination Of The Application Of The Fuel Adjustment Clause Of Kentucky Utilities Company From November 1, 2020 Through October 31, 2022 ORDER On September 22, 2023, Kentucky Utilities Company (KU) filed a petition, pursuant to 807 KAR 5:001, Section 13, and KRS 61.878, requesting that the Commission grant confidential treatment for f  more

FRANKFORT, Kentucky, Dec. 21 -- The Kentucky Public Service Commission issued the following order (Case No. 2023-00011) on Dec. 20, 2023: * * * In the Matter of: An Electronic Examination Of The Application Of The Fuel Adjustment Clause Of Louisville Gas & Electric Company From November 1, 2020 Through October 31, 2022 ORDER On September 22, 2023, Louisville Gas and Electric Company (LG&E) filed a petition, pursuant to 807 KAR 5:001, Section 13, and KRS 61.878, requesting that the Commission  more

DENVER, Colorado, Dec. 20 -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release on Dec. 19, 2023: Today a group of lawmakers sent a letter (https://www.sierraclub.org/sites/default/files/2023-12/PRPA%20Lawmaker%20Letter%20-%20Dec%2019%202023.pdf) to Platte River Power Authority (PRPA) leadership, urging the utility to comply with 2023's Clean Energy Plans law as it considers building a controversial new gas power plant. Senate Bill 23-198, signed by Gov. Polis specifically requires PRPA, which   more

MILTON, England, Dec. 21 -- Local Environment, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features sustainability planning, policy and politics in relation to equity, justice and the local environment, published research articles on the following topics in its Vol. 29, Issue 1 edition: Research Articles: * How does community food growing build community bonds? Insights from grassroots visual storytelling * Unravelling the relationship between spatial and social inclusion: evidence from Korean citi  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Dec. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: The modern economy is increasingly data-driven and dependent on advanced computing at a time when the traditional semiconductor materials used for computers are reaching their absolute performance limits. This gap in materials performance is pushing researchers to develop new materials for computing microelectronics with better performance characteristics and hig  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Dec. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and NETL are developing the next generation of advanced carbon dioxide (CO2) capture concepts to support the United States in achieving ambitious goals for a greenhouse gas (GHG)-neutral economy by 2050, a carbon-free power sector by 2035 and a 50% reduction from 2005 levels in economy-wide net GHG pollution by 2030. Research   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement issued the following news release on Dec. 19, 2023: The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement today announced an $8 million investment through President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for states and Tribes to update their abandoned mine land inventories, to support future remediation efforts. The enhanced Abandoned Mine Land Inventory System, commonly known as   more

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Dec. 20 -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: As a teenager, Kiersten Sundell was inspired by environmental activist Greta Thunberg. They were the same age, both of Swedish descent and both interested in raising awareness about climate change. "Since I first learned about climate change as a 14-year-old in public school, I saw Greta on TV. She was probably 15, yelling at some of the world's most prominent politicians," says Sundell, a University o  more