WASHINGTON, April 16 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on April 15, 2024: * * * A 'New Trilateral Chapter' for the United States, Japan, and the Philippines By Erin L. Murphy and Gregory B. Poling President Joe Biden and his counterparts, Kishida Fumio and Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., held the first-ever U.S.-Japan-Philippines trilateral summit on April 11. It was a manifestation of the importance of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Strategy, whic  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, April 16 -- Commonwealth Edison, a subsidiary of Exelon, issued the following news release on April 15, 2024: Illinois Governor JB Pritzker today joined ComEd to present G&W Electric of Bolingbrook, Ill., with a record high Distributed Generation (DG) Rebate of $2.6 million for the construction of a massive solar-plus-storage project at its global headquarters and manufacturing center southwest of Chicago. Created by the Future Energy Jobs Act in 2017 and expanded by the Illi  more

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: CHIPS Communities United (CCU) is urging Samsung, as a selected recipient of $6.4 billion in public funding from the U.S. Department of Commerce, to follow through on their pledged commitment for responsible labor, environmental, and community practices. CCU, a coalition of labor unions, environmental organizations, and community groups, advocates a fair, equitable, and sustainable implementation of the CHIPS and Science  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, April 12 (TNSres) -- Florida State University issued the following news: By Bill Wellock Researchers from around the country came to Florida State University this week to discuss the cutting edge of quantum science and engineering. The Dirac Quantum Discussions, hosted from April 11-13 at the FSU-headquartered National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (NHMFL), brought together more than 70 faculty, students and postdoctoral researchers for the latest event in the FSU Quant  more

HOUSTON, Texas, April 15 -- Rice University issued the following news release: Rice University will launch a Master of Energy Transition and Sustainability (METS) program this fall designed to equip students with the tools needed to thrive in the evolving energy industry landscape. A joint initiative of the George R. Brown School of Engineering and the Wiess School of Natural Sciences, METS is an opportunity for both recent college graduates with a science or engineering background and energy  more

WASHINGTON, April 16 (TNSres) -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: Sierra Club, along with labor unions, environmental organizations, and community groups organizing under the CHIPS Communities United coalition, is urging Samsung, a designated recipient of $6.4 billion in public funding from the U.S. Department of Commerce, to legally commit to labor, environmental sustainability, and community welfare promises. Samsung must be held accountable to its stated principles to ensur  more

FREDONIA, New York, April 16 (TNSres) -- The State University of New York Fredonia campus issued the following news: Hayden Backus, a senior Geology major from Westfield, NY, has been awarded a prestigious Mickey Leland Energy Fellowship (MLEF) by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). This summer, Mr. Backus will be a research associate at the National Energy Technology Laboratory in Morgantown, WV, a U.S. national laboratory under the DOE. "I will be constructing a detailed description of wel  more