WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 -- The American Action Forum issued the following commentary on Jan. 9, 2024: * * * CRA Tracker: Congressional Review Act in Recent Years By Dan Bosch and Dan Goldbeck EXECUTIVE SUMMARY * The Congressional Review Act (CRA) allows Congress to effectively void rules promulgated by federal agencies. * Due to the CRA's structure, however, it has been seldom used as to be successful, and it typically must be used when a new president from a different party than the predecess  more

SEATTLE, Washington, Jan. 11 -- Audubon Washington issued the following news: Audubon is working with our partners to protect key climate policies, reduce pollution, and make important investments in conservation and clean energy. In the 60-day 2024 legislative session, Audubon seeks to protect key climate investments, address the scourge of plastic pollution, and promote habitat connectivity and low-income community solar. We also support investments in voluntary stewardship in Washington's s  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: LAS VEGAS - The Bureau of Land Management Las Vegas Field Office is announcing an upcoming public comment period on an environmental assessment and regional mitigation strategy for the proposed Dry Lake East Energy Center Solar Project. The 30-day public comment period will open January 19 and close February 19, 2024 and a virtual public meeting will be held on January 24 from  more

LEEDS, England, Jan. 10 -- Circuit World, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features electronics circuit, including design, application, manufacturing, assembly, safety and special sections on technology trends and application, published research articles on the following topics in its Vol. 50, Issue 1 edition: * Novel center potential based analytical sub-threshold model for dual metal broken gate TFET * Novel center potential based analytical sub-threshold model for dual metal broken gate  more

ARGONNE, Illinois, Jan. 10 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * Energy could be stored in hydrogen carrier molecules to be used as fuel * * * In an AI-based exploration of 160 billion organic molecules, Argonne scientists identified about 40 liquid hydrogen carriers that could one day fuel cars, trucks, buses, trains and ships and generate energy for consumers. In a computational study leveraging artificial intellig  more

SAN DIEGO, California, Jan. 11 -- EDF Renewables, a renewable energy developer, issued the following news release: EDF Renewables North America and Enbridge Inc. (TSX: ENB) (NYSE: ENB) today announced that Phase 1 of Fox Squirrel Solar, the largest solar complex in Ohio, is fully operational and delivering decarbonized electricity to the PJM grid. Fox Squirrel Solar, a ground-mounted solar facility with total capacity of 749 MWdc/577 MWac, is being constructed in three phases in Madison County,  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Jan. 11 -- The Indiana Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission issued the following weekly hearing schedule: * * * Monday, January 15, 2024 State Holiday = Martin Luther King, Jr. Day * * * Tuesday, January 16, 2024 CAUSE NO.: 38706-FAC141; ALJ: KRESGE; TIME: 9:30 A.M.; COMMISSIONER: ZIEGNER; ROOM: PNC, Room 222 VERIFIED PETITION OF NORTHERN INDIANA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY, LLC FOR APPROVAL OF (1) A FUEL COST ADJUSTMENT TO BE APPLICABLE DURING THE BILLING CYCLES OF FEB  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 -- The Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments issued the following news release on Jan. 10, 2024: The Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG) Board of Directors today elected District of Columbia Councilmember Charles Allen as its Chair for 2024. Allen will lead the regional planning body as it continues convening leaders to develop solutions to Metro's looming budget deficit and ensure the system's long-term fiscal health. "COG is the one place that br  more

LANSING, Michigan, Jan. 11 (TNSres) -- The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy issued the following news release on Jan. 10, 2024: Michigan leads the nation in federal climate investments, strategic initiatives, and groundbreaking legislative victories that put our great state on track to achieve 100% clean energy by 2040 while creating thousands of jobs. Michigan's commitment is exemplified by the MI Healthy Climate Plan 2023 Report, an annual report developed by the Mic  more

ITHACA, New York, Jan. 10 -- Cornell University issued the following news: More than 80% of global land area needed to maintain human well-being and meet biodiversity targets is at risk of conflict with human development, according to a new study led by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. The study, published Jan. 10 in Nature Communications, found that roughly half of global land, excluding Antarctica, provides nearly all current levels of nature's services to people while also conserving biodive  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 -- Nano Letters, a journal from the American Chemical Society that says it features the theory and practice of nanoscience and nanotechnology, published research articles on the following topics in its Jan. 10, 2024 edition (Vol. 24, Issue 1): Mini-Reviews: * Extracellular Vesicle and Lipoprotein Interactions Letters: * Universality and Multiplication of Gigahertz-Operated Silicon Pumps with Parts Per Million-Level Uncertainty * Preanchoring Enabled Directional Modificat  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury issued the following news release: As Prepared for Delivery Good afternoon. Thank you, President Jenkins-Scott, for the introduction. I'm very glad to be here in Boston with Governor Healey and Mayor Wu to tour Roxbury Community College and see its groundbreaking energy projects and student training programs. I learned while touring that RCC has a "tri-level renewable solution." It uses geothermal wells to circulate fluid deep below t  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Jan. 11 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: MIT.nano has announced that Shell, a global group of energy and petrochemical companies, has joined the MIT.nano Consortium. "With an international perspective on the world's energy challenges, Shell is an exciting addition to the MIT.nano Consortium," says Vladimir Bulovic, the founding faculty director of MIT.nano and the Fariborz Maseeh (1990) Professor of Emerging Technologies  more

LANSING, Michigan, Jan. 11 -- The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy issued the following news release: Meknology, a minority-owned technology startup company based in Melvindale, is implementing innovative ways to make the distillation process faster and more energy efficient, thanks to a grant from the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE). Daniel Hodges, founder and CEO of the company, says the company's focus has been the creation and pa  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 -- Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Alabama, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON - Yesterday, U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) delivered remarks on the Senate floor about the need for more nuclear energy. Read excerpts from the speech below or watch here. "I come to the floor today to talk about the need for more American energy. We are now in the coldest time of the year. The demand for energy is going up as people try to keep warm. This is placing a strain on our p  more

COIMBRA, Portugal, Jan. 11 (TNSres) -- The University of Coimbra issued the following news: A research team from the Faculty of Sciences and Technology of the University of Coimbra is resorting to machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) to forecast solar flares - sudden (and so far, unpredictable) intense bursts of energy and radiation from the sun's surface. This international research is being carried out in the framework of the project SWATNet - Space Weather Awareness Training Ne  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 11 -- White and Case, a law firm, issued the following news release: Global law firm White & Case LLP has represented the lenders, LC providers and hedge banks in connection with the limited-recourse financing for the Willka, Dona Antonia, Tocopilla and Tamarico utility-scale solar projects, located in Chile and which are being developed by Mytilineos, as sponsor. The portfolio is expected to have an installed capacity of 588 MWp, making it one of the largest financing transactio  more