WASHINGTON, March 28 -- ACS Applied Electronic Materials, a peer-reviewed journal from the American Chemical Society, published research articles on the following topics in its March 26, 2024, edition (Vol. 6, Issue 3): Spotlights on Applications: * Spotlight: Visualization of Moire Quantum Phenomena in Transition Metal Dichalcogenide with Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Reviews: * Persistent Photoconductivity of Metal Oxide Semiconductors * Bibliometric and Visualized Analysis of Piezoelec  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Mine Safety and Health Administration issued the following news release on March 25, 2024: * * * Inspections identified 58 significant, substantial violations, 2 unwarrantable failures * * * The U.S. Department of Labor announced today that its Mine Safety and Health Administration completed impact inspections at 13 mines in nine states in February 2024, identifying 207 violations. The agency began conducting impact inspections after an  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news on March 25, 2024: As part of President Biden's Investing in America agenda (https://www.whitehouse.gov/invest/?utm_source=invest.gov), the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced up to $6 billion for 33 projects across more than 20 states to decarbonize energy-intensive industries, reduce industrial greenhouse gas emissions, support good-paying union jobs, revitalize industrial communities, and strengthen t  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 28 -- Environment America Research and Policy Center issued the following statement on March 27, 2024: * * * Today, Granite Shore Power, the operator of New England's last coal-fired power plant, announced that it plans to cease operations at Merrimack Station, the last operating coal-fired power plant in New England, by 2028. The company also announced plans to stop operating Schiller Station in Portsmouth, NH. Merrimack began operation in the 1960s and Schiller i  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- The House Oversight and Accountability Subcommittee on National Security, the Border and Foreign Affairs issued the following testimony by Max Primorac, a senior research fellow at the Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom at the Heritage Foundation, involving a hearing on March 21, 2024, entitled "Accountable Assistance: Reviewing Controls to Prevent Mismanagement of Foreign Aid": * * * My name is Max Primorac. I am a Senior Research Fellow at the Margaret Thatcher Cent  more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 28 (TNSres) -- The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis issued the following news release: Key Takeaways: Investors and shareholders in Australian coalmining could feel the pinch as water-related risks increase amid worsening climate change impacts, tighter regulations and growing community opposition. * * * Australian coalminers lost approximately AU$5 billion in potential coal sales across the 2022 calendar and financial years, largely due to floodin  more

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Charleston, WV -- Today, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, joined West Virginia community and business leaders and federal officials at the University of Charleston for a workshop on the Inflation Reduction Act's 48C Qualifying Advanced Energy Project Credit program. Hosted by the White House's Interagency Working Group (IWG) on Coal and Pow  more

EUGENE, Oregon, March 28 -- The Western Environmental Law Center issued the following news release on March 27, 2024, with four organizations: In response to the Biden administration releasing its final U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) methane waste rule, the Western Environmental Law Center, Environmental Defense Fund, The Wilderness Society, Earthjustice, and Western Organization of Resource Councils released the following statements today. The final rules released today take steps to re  more

NEW YORK, March 28 -- The Environmental Defense Fund issued the following news release on March 27, 2024: In response to the Biden administration releasing its final U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) methane waste rule, Environmental Defense Fund, The Wilderness Society, Earthjustice, Western Environmental Law Center, and Western Organization of Resource Councils released the following statements today. The final rules released today take steps to reduce waste from routine venting and flari  more

BOW, New Hampshire, March 28 -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release on March 27, 2024: Today, following negotiations with Sierra Club, The Conservation Law Foundation, and EPA, Granite Shore Power has committed to ending the era of coal in New England by retiring the coal-burning units at Merrimack and Schiller Stations in New Hampshire, by 2028 and 2025 respectively. In total, 560 megawatts of dirty power are set to go offline. After tireless advocacy work from local Sierra Club   more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release on March 25, 2024: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) unveiled today the selected projects for its Industrial Demonstrations Program, a $6 billion initiative funded by the Inflation Reduction Act and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to spur the deployment of game-changing decarbonization technologies in the industrial sector. DOE's Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED) made the announcement, which highlighted the se  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, March 28 -- The Southern Environmental Law Center issued the following news release on March 27, 2024: Today the Georgia Public Service Commission's Public Interest Advocacy Staff filed settlement terms with Georgia Power on the company's off-cycle Integrated Resource Plan (IRP). The terms of this settlement must be approved by Georgia's Public Service Commission. This settlement was made public minutes before the last round of IRP public hearings. The settlement terms expand   more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury issued the following news release: The Republic of Korea and the United States Issue Joint Sanctions Against DPRK Financial Facilitators Today, in coordination with the Republic of Korea (ROK), the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned six individuals and two entities based in Russia, China, and the United Arab Emirates, that generate revenue and facilitate financial transactions for the  more

BUFFALO, New York, March 28 (TNSres) -- The University at Buffalo (State University of New York) issued the following news release: A University at Buffalo-led research team is developing new catalysts that aim to turn climate-warming methane emissions into useful commercial products. The work, described last month in Nature Communications, could impact numerous industries - including natural gas and crude oil production, livestock farming, landfilling and coal mining - where methane is a bypr  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- The White House issued the following transcript of a news briefing on March 27, 2024, by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg and Deputy Commandant for Operations for the U.S. Coast Guard Vice Adm. Peter Gautier: * * * MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Good afternoon, everyone. Q: Good afternoon. MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Thank you for joining us. Thank you for joining us. Okay. I have a couple things at the top. And as you can see, we have guests wit  more

SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina, March 27 -- The World Bank issued the following news release: Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) has made significant development progress over the past two decades, particularly in transitioning to an upper-middle income status and becoming a candidate for the European Union (EU). To continue on this path of growth, the country needs structural economic and energy reforms, as well as improved coordination between all levels of governments in BiH, according to the la  more