UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Feb. 28 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: Scientists working with data from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have obtained the first full spectra of some of the earliest starlight in the universe. The images provide the clearest picture yet of very low-mass, newborn galaxies, created less than a billion years after the Big Bang, and suggest the tiny galaxies are central to the cosmic origin story. The international team of resea  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 -- The American Council on Renewable Energy issued the following news release on Feb. 28, 2024: The American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE), a national nonprofit organization that unites finance, policy, and technology to accelerate the clean energy transition, has named U.S. Reps. Sean Casten (D-IL) and Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA) as the recipients of its 2024 Renewable Energy Champion Awards. The awards will be presented this evening at ACORE's annual Awards Gala   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- The American Council on Renewable Energy issued the following news release on Feb. 27, 2024: The American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) announced today that 10 companies have been selected to participate in the fourth cohort of the ACORE Accelerate Membership Program. "ACORE's Accelerate Membership Program is the premier initiative in the United States aimed at creating opportunities for women- and minority-owned firms in the clean energy sector," said Neelam Sakar  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, a journal from the American Chemical Society that says it serves the interdisciplinary community of chemists, engineers, physicists and biologists, published research articles on the following topics in its Feb. 28, 2024, edition (Vol. 16, Issue 8): Comments: * Comment on "Bipolar Resistive Switching in Lanthanum Titanium Oxide and an Increased On/Off Ratio Using an Oxygen-Deficient ZnO Interlayer" Reviews: * Advancements and Pro  more

FRAMINGHAM, Massachusetts, Feb. 29 (TNSres) -- Ameresco, a cleantech integrator specializing in energy efficiency and renewable energy, issued the following news release on Feb. 28, 2024: * * * Full Year and Fourth Quarter 2023 Financial Highlights: * Revenues of $1,374.6 million and $441.4 million * Net income attributable to common shareholders of $62.5 million and $33.7 million * GAAP EPS of $1.17 and $0.64 * Non-GAAP EPS of $1.26 and $0.69 * Adjusted EBITDA of $163.0 million and $54.9  more

RESTON, Virginia, Feb. 29 -- The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics issued the following news release: The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) congratulates Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) as the winner of the 2024 Jay Hollingsworth Speas Airport Award for the creation of its cost-saving and emissions-reducing airport microgrid project. The Jay Hollingsworth Speas Airport Award honors an individual or individuals judged to have contributed most sign  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 29 (TNSres) -- Boston Mayor Michelle Wu issued the following news on Feb. 28, 2024: Mayor Michelle Wu and the Streets Cabinet today announced a historic investment to redesign Blue Hill Avenue to better serve bus riders, create safer conditions for pedestrians and drivers, increase the tree canopy, and install new amenities for a more vibrant small business corridor. Due to decades of disinvestment, Blue Hill Ave. riders experience poor road conditions and infrastruc  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 (TNSres) -- The Center for Progressive Reform issued the following news release: Restrictive local ordinances on wind, solar, and battery storage construction could keep hundreds of U.S. counties from participating in the renewable energy transition, according to a new report and interactive map by the Center for Progressive Reform. With roughly a third of these counties already facing high energy burdens and high socioeconomic risk, such as high unemployment and low incomes  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Feb. 29 -- Clean Wisconsin issued the following news release: Clean Wisconsin has intervened to defend the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in two national lawsuits aimed at dismantling the authority of the agency to administer and enforce critical environmental protections. The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments last week in the first case which centers on the EPA's Good Neighbor Plan, a federal rule designed to address air pollution that crosses state lines. Wisconsi  more

ALBANY, Georgia, Feb. 29 -- Rep. Sanford D. Bishop Jr., D-Georgia, issued the following news release: Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) announced that Albany State University has been awarded a $100,000 Clean Energy Education Prize grant which will support partnerships between HBCUs and other universities, government agencies, and industry leaders to build new programs and provide professional opportunities to succeed in the clean energy industry. "I am proud to announce that Albany S  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news today: As part of President Biden's Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced its fourth round of award recipients through the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) Program. The EECBG Program will distribute $17.28 million to four states, 23 local governments, 2 Tribes, and the territory of Guam to improve energy efficiency, reduce carbon emissions, and lower ov  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Feb. 29 -- The Illinois Commerce Commission issued the following news release on Feb. 28, 2024: The Illinois Commerce Commission approved the Illinois Power Agency's (IPA) 2024 Long-Term Renewable Resources Procurement Plan (LTRRPP) last week, authorizing over $1.1 billion to procure new renewable generation in Illinois over the next two years. The procurement encourages investment in both utility-scale and community solar, utility-scale wind, hydropower, and other clean ener  more

LONDON, England, Feb. 28 -- Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, a peer-reviewed journal from the Royal Society of Chemistry that says it covers all areas of inorganic chemistry, published research articles on the following topics in its March 7, 2024, edition (Vol. 11, Issue 5): * Magneto-chiral dichroism of chiral lanthanide complexes * Covalent organic framework based photocatalysts for efficient visible-light driven hydrogen peroxide production * Advancing biomedical applications of polyoxometa  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 -- Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-N.M.), Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), and Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) and U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Chair of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) are welcoming over $35 million in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Agricu  more

ALBANY, New York, Feb. 29 -- The New York State Public Service Commission issued the following news release on Feb. 28, 2024: The New York State Public Service Commission (Commission) will hold a virtual public statement hearing on Wednesday, March 6, 2024, regarding Horseshoe Solar Energy, LLC's (Horseshoe Solar), plans to construct a solar farm in the Town of Rush, Monroe County, and the Town of Caledonia, Livingston County. On October 27, 2023, Horseshoe Solar filed a petition, pursuant to   more

NEW YORK, Feb. 29 -- The New York City Economic Development Corp. issued the following news release on Feb. 28, 2024: New York City Mayor Eric Adams, New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) President and CEO Andrew Kimball, and Mayor's Office of Talent and Workforce Development (NYCTalent) Executive Director Abby Jo Sigal today announced the release of the Green Economy Action Plan--a first-of-its-kind plan that lays out a roadmap to growing the city's green economy. The plan in  more

NEW YORK, Feb. 29 (TNSres) -- New York City Mayor Eric Adams issued the following news on Feb. 28, 2024: New York City Mayor Eric Adams, New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) President and CEO Andrew Kimball, and Mayor's Office of Talent and Workforce Development (NYCTalent) Executive Director Abby Jo Sigal today announced the release of the Green Economy Action Plan -- a first-of-its-kind plan that lays out a roadmap to growing the city's green economy. The plan invests in jo  more

CEREDIGION, Wales, Feb. 29 (TNSres) -- Aberystwyth University issued the following news: Aberystwyth University academics are visiting Svalbard in the Arctic to investigate the night life of microbes. Led by Aberystwyth University, three experts will visit Arctic glaciers to study microbial life during the area's 'light winter' - when it starts to emerge from its period of permanent darkness during polar night. Until recently, scientists had assumed ecosystems on glaciers are only active when  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 28, 2024: Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), delivered remarks at a full committee hearing to examine the opportunities and challenges associated with developing geologic hydrogen in the United States. The hearing featured testimony from the Honora  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: Today, Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) announced that the state of Wisconsin will receive more than $24 million in funding to help tribal and rural communities lower energy costs, boost resilience to extreme weather, and ensure residents get reliable energy. The Baldwin-backed Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding was awarded to the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians and the Wisconsin   more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Feb. 28 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news: EXPERTS ADVISORY The recent spike of activity from the sun occurred during what NASA has dubbed the Heliophysics Big Year--a celebration of solar science centered on the April 8 total eclipse, the last that will be visible from the continental U.S. for 20 years. University of Michigan experts on space weather and solar physics are available to discuss how well the impacts of such flares on Earth can be predi  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan and Lisa Murkowski (both R-Alaska) today welcomed the Department of Energy's (DOE) announcement of up to $125.1 million for five energy development projects in Alaska. DOE awarded the funds under its Energy Improvement in Rural or Remote Areas (ERA) program, which Murkowski helped author as part of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021 (P.L. 117-58).  "Alaska is an al  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Feb. 28 (TNSres) -- Southwest Research Institute issued the following news release: Southwest Research Institute is leading two "Precursor Science Investigations for Europa" (PSIE) teams to understand critical topics in advance of NASA's Europa Clipper mission to the Jupiter moon. Both projects are investigating the connection between Europa's icy surface and its subsurface, which is thought to contain a potentially habitable ocean. The PSIE program funded five out of 28 pro  more

DURHAM, New Hampshire, Feb. 29 (TNSres) -- The University of New Hampshire issued the following news release: Grab some eclipse glasses and pick a place on the map to experience a unique opportunity to view a total solar eclipse of the sun that will pass across the United States, from coast to coast, on Monday, April 8, 2024. Solar eclipses often happen over oceans or hard to access areas but this one will offer a number of chances to catch a glimpse, including in several New England states lik  more

OLYMPIA, Washington, Feb. 28 -- The Washington State Department of Natural Resources issued the following news: Workers on projects funded by the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) are gaining experience and working under increased protections thanks to an order issued by Commissioner of Public Lands Hilary Franz. Commissioner Franz last year issued an official order protecting workers that required large projects on state lands have in place project labor agreements and ap  more