WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), as well as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and National Science Foundation (NSF), to support public health, environmental cleanup, infrastructure, research, and education pr  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 -- Environmental Science & Technology, a peer-reviewed journal from the American Chemical Society that says it promotes interdisciplinary understanding in the environmental field, published research articles on the following topics in its Jan. 23, 2024, edition (Vol. 58, Issue 3): Reviews: * Recent Advancements in Pyrolysis of Halogen-Containing Plastics for Resource Recovery and Halogen Upcycling: A State-of-the-Art Review Ecotoxicology and Public Health: * Effect of C  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Jan. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: As part of the NETL Energy Markets Analysis Team, Amanda J. Harker Steele helps ensure America's historic power-producing communities aren't left behind as the nation transitions to a decarbonized energy sector and economy. Growing up in Fairmont, West Virginia, Harker Steele, a first-generation college student, attended West Virginia University (WVU), majoring   more

WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana, Jan. 24 -- Purdue University issued the following news release: Many essential products, from smartphones and magnets to electric vehicles, semiconductors and wind turbines, need rare earth metals to perform. The rapidly growing demand for these critical products has led to increased need for domestic production of rare earth elements (REEs). However, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, the nation is still lagging globally behind countries such as China, with just  more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Jan. 24 (TNSjou) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories issued the following news release on Jan. 23, 2024: * * * Sandia leads development of algorithms for resilient microgrids * * * Self-healing electrical grids: It may sound like a concept from science fiction, with tiny robots or some sentient tech crawling around fixing power lines, but in a reality not far from fiction a team of researchers is bringing this idea to life. What's not har  more

OAKLAND, California, Jan. 24 -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release on Jan. 23, 2024: Alameda County Superior Court Judge Noel Wise issued a final judgment today granting the Oakland Bulk and Oversized Terminal (OBOT) permission to resume efforts to build a massive terminal for exporting coal near the Port of Oakland. Environmental organizations, community groups and council members have been working in partnership for years to prevent coal from coming into Oakland. The proposed   more

TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 24 (TNSres) -- Tokyo Institute of Technology issued the following news release: * * * Antineutrinos generated in nuclear fission can be measured to remotely monitor the operation of nuclear reactors and verify that they are not being used to produce nuclear weapons, report Tokyo Tech scientists. Thanks to a newly developed method, it is now possible to estimate a reactor's operation status, fuel burnup, and fuel composition based entirely on its antineutrino emissions. This   more

CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, Jan. 19 (TNSres) -- The University of North Carolina's Gillings School of Global Public Health issued the following news: A newly published study in Energy Policy, led by doctoral student Rui Shan and Noah Kittner, PhD, assistant professor of environmental sciences and engineering at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, examined the environmental and economic tradeoffs for energy storage projects, considering the implications of the Inflation Reduction A  more

WEST LIBERTY, West Virginia, Jan. 24 -- West Liberty University issued the following news: On Thursday, April 4, 2024, West Liberty University will welcome Silas House for the annual Hughes Lecture Series. The lecture is set to start at 4 p.m. in the Boyle Conference Room on the campus of West Liberty University and is free and open to the public. House, traveling from Lexington, Kentucky, is the author of seven novels --"Clays Quilt," "A Parchment of Leaves," "The Coal Tattoo," "Eli the Good,  more

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, Jan. 24 (TNSres) -- Wake Forest University issued the following news wrap up entitled "WFU in the News": * * * Selected news clips courtesy of the Wake Forest News & Communications team * * * FEATURED NEWS Could lab-grown rhino horns actually stop poaching? We may never know (https://www.npr.org/2024/01/17/1224271419/endangered-rhino-horn-conservation-poaching) By Juliana Kim | NPR Despite all the years of debate, there is still little research on the effect  more

SKOPJE, Macedonia, Jan. 24 -- The World Bank issued the following news release on Jan. 23, 2024: Building on a successful 30-year partnership, the World Bank Group and North Macedonia will cooperate to enhance the country's competitiveness, develop human capital, and strengthen climate resilience, according to a new strategy for the years 2024-2028 discussed by the World Bank Group's Board of Executive Directors today. The strategy emphasizes the need for North Macedonia to boost growth to cre  more