ITHACA, New York, March 26 -- Cornell University issued the following news: A client on Staten Island is asking for the design of a net-zero carbon, all-electric, 2,000-square foot home that fits their budget. You have one semester to complete the job. That's the hypothetical scenario faced by students who take the course Climate Change and You, the Engineer, which not only prepares Cornell students for the challenge of designing a sustainable house, but is now providing the same opportunity t  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- 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 March 27, 2024, edition (Vol. 16, Issue 12). Here are excerpts: Biological and Medical Applications of Materials and Interfaces: * A Comparative Analysis of the Antibacterial Spectrum of Ultrasmall Manganese Ferrite Nanozymes w  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, March 27 -- Des Moines Public Schools issued the following news release: Des Moines Public Schools is proud to announce that it has received the 2024 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year - Sustained Excellence Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy. This marks the 13th year in a row DMPS has earned national recognition from the ENERGY STAR program for its work to reduce energy use, save public funds, and improve the environment. "This  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- 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 March 26, 2024, edition (Vol. 58, Issue 12): Policy Analyses: * Subsidizing Grid-Based Electrolytic Hydrogen Will Increase Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Coal Dominated Power Systems * Promoting Sustainable Development Goals by Optimizing   more

FRESNO, California, March 27 -- California State University's Fresno Campus issued the following news release: Fresno State earned a silver STARS rating for sustainability from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education. STARS -- the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment and Rating System -- measures and encourages sustainability in all aspects of higher education. The program, with 900 participants in 40 countries, is the most widely recognized framework in the wo  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, March 27 -- Husch Blackwell, a law firm, issued the following news release: Husch Blackwell's renewable energy team assisted Swift Current in bringing a 260 MW solar project located in Southeast Texas online. The Tres Bahias Solar project, which is equipped with solar panels from American-based First Solar, is generating energy to power City of Houston facilities through a power purchase agreement with an affiliate of NRG Energy, Inc. Tres Bahias is the largest operating  more

LONDON, England, March 27 -- 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 April 7, 2024, edition (Vol. 12, Issue 13): * Scope, evaluation and current perspectives of MXene synthesis strategies for state of the art applications * Interfacial interaction-induced super-wettabi  more

ALBANY, New York, March 27 -- Gov. Kathy Hochul, D-New York, issued the following news release on March 26, 2024: * * * Western New York Firms Supported With Niagara Hydropower to Create More Than 100 Jobs NYPA Board Approves $1 Million Funding Award to Restore Cultural Center in Niagara County * * * Governor Hochul today announced low-cost power awards to 11 firms that will spur more than $5.2 billion in capital investments. The awards, approved by the New York Power Authority Board of Tru  more

ALBANY, New York, March 26 -- The New York Department of Public Service issued the following letter on March 25, 2024: * * * To: Sion Muradov, 970 42nd Street 1A, Brooklyn, NY 11219 RE: 2023 Annual Compliance - Solar Glory NY Inc. Dear Sion Muradov: Thank you for your recent submittal pursuant to Section 3F of the New York State DPS's Uniform Business Practices for Distributed Energy Resource Suppliers (UBP-DERS). This letter is to inform you that the documentation submitted has been review  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- The American Farmland Trust issued the following news release on March 26, 2024: In a significant move to help advance the integration of solar energy and agriculture, Sol Systems -- a leader in renewable energy financing and development -- today announced a series of sponsorship and research agreements with the American Farmland Trust (AFT) to promote solar development alongside ecosystem-focused land use practices. Under the terms of a newly signed 3-year Sponsorship   more

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Rep. Brittany Pettersen, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: President Joe Biden signed the second of two bipartisan government funding packages into law, including the last of Representative Brittany Pettersen's (CO-07) 15 community projects which will bring $13,985,515 in federal funding to the area and impact communities across Colorado's 7th Congressional District. Pettersen's projects include efforts to protect communities from flooding, expand access to   more

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Rep. Mike Levin, D-California, issued the following news release: Today, Rep. Mike Levin (CA-49) and Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-04) led a letter signed by 16 members of the California Congressional delegation to California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) President Alice Busching Reynolds expressing their concerns over high fixed charge proposals under consideration in the CPUC's Income Graduated Fixed Charge (IGFC) proceedings. As utility bills continue to rise in Califor  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai issued the following statement on March 26, 2024, on China's request for the World Trade Organization consultations regarding the Inflation Reduction Act: * * * Today, the United States Mission to the World Trade Organization (WTO) received a consultation request from the People's Republic of China (PRC) regarding parts of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 and its implementing measures. Statement from Ambassador Tai: The Infl  more

WOODS HOLE, Massachusetts, March 27 (TNSres) -- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution issued the following news release: * * * Working together, a deep-sea robot and human occupied submarine led the discovery * * * The pace of discovery in the oceans leaped forward thanks to teamwork between a deep-sea robot and a human occupied submarine leading to the discovery of five new hydrothermal vents in the eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean. Late last week, ocean scientists aboard the research vessel   more