WASHINGTON, April 18 -- The Solar Energy Industries Association issued the following news release on April 17, 2024: Today nearly 200 solar and storage companies sent a letter to congressional leaders calling for legislation to improve permitting, project siting, transmission, and public lands access for solar and solar plus storage projects. Market forecasts show that a range of policy and economic outcomes will determine the volume of solar deployment over the next decade, including regulato  more

SINGAPORE, April 18 (TNSres) -- The Rockefeller Foundation issued the following news release on April 17, 2024: * * * New analysis led by RMI assesses the climate impact of closing a Philippines coal plant 10 years early and replacing it with renewable energy, via the Coal to Clean Crediting Initiative (CCCI) Elizabeth Yee, Executive Vice President of The Rockefeller Foundation, Eric Francia, President & CEO of ACEN Corporation, announce the CCCI update during Ecosperity Week * * * ACEN Cor  more

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- 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 April 17, 2024, edition (Vol. 16, Issue 15): Forum Articles: * Metal-Organic Framework-Mediated Delivery of Nucleic Acid across Intact Plant Cells Biological and Medical Applications of Materials and Interfaces: * Mitochondri  more

BIRMINGHAM, England, April 18 (TNSres) -- Aston University issued the following news: * * * * Aston University is to help increase crop production in Ghana * The University has entered a knowledge transfer partnership (KTP) with Tropical Growers, a Ghanaian fruit and vegetable producer * Currently the country imports around pound sterling1147m of fruit and vegetables annually. * * * Aston University researchers are to use AI to help increase the number and range of different crops grown in  more

LONDON, England, April 18 -- Chemical Science, a peer-reviewed journal from the Royal Society of Chemistry that says it features findings of exceptional significance from across the breadth of the chemical sciences, published research articles on the following topics in its April 21, 2024, edition (Vol. 15, Issue 15): * Shedding light on thermally-activated delayed fluorescence * The status and challenging perspectives of 3D-printed micro-batteries * Improving the efficiency of quantum dot-se  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, April 18 -- Constellation, a retail supplier of power, natural gas and energy products and services for homes and businesses, issued the following news release on April 17, 2024: Constellation, the nation's largest producer of reliable, carbon-free energy, has filed a subsequent license renewal application with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for its Dresden Clean Energy Center in Morris, Ill., another in a series of investments the company is making to add clean, f  more

SAN DIEGO, California, April 17 -- San Diego State University issued the following news: By Taylor Slane The federally funded San Diego State University Industrial Assessment Center (IAC) spearheaded by Asfaw Beyene, mechanical engineering professor in the College of Engineering, has been serving Southern California for the past thirty years. Since its inception, the IAC has evaluated over 650 manufacturing plants. It is the oldest of all IACs in the Golden State and one of the first five cen  more

POLK COUNTY, Texas, April 18 -- Entergy issued the following news release: Texas is the fastest growing state in the nation, and with rapid growth comes an increased demand for electricity. As the demand for power grows in Southeast Texas, many homeowners and businesses are requesting cleaner energy options to help support their climate and environmental goals. "Generating electricity from renewable resources plays an important role in building a cleaner energy future, and Entergy Texas is see  more

WASHINGTON, April 18 (TNSres) -- Environmental Entrepreneurs issued the following news release on April 17, 2024: * * * * New report models impact of 18 announced large-scale clean energy projects tracked by E2 in Mich. during the first year after the IRA was signed into law (Aug. 2022-Aug. 2023) * During construction, projects will generate 22K jobs, $7B in new wages, add $10B to Mich.'s GDP * During operation, projects will generate 6K jobs, $504M in wages, add $600M to Mich.'s GDP every y  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, April 17 -- Brown University issued the following news: While many people share an interest in making climate-conscious decisions in everyday life, getting useful, science-based answers about how to help the planet is not always easy. Luckily, there's a podcast taking on that challenge directly with the goal of making choices less overwhelming. "Possibly" is a 4-minute weekly podcast, typically put together by a team of student reporters from Brown University, that a  more

NEW YORK, April 16 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news: Last year was the hottest on record, with extreme weather events in many corners of the globe. It was also the year in which countries reached a landmark agreement at the UN Climate Conference (COP28) to begin "transitioning away from fossil fuels". If governments are to comply with this agreement and avert global climate collapse, there cannot be any new expansion of coal, oil and gas production. Thi  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, April 17 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following Q&A with Claire Walsh associate director of policy at J-PAL Global: * * * Since 2020, K-CAI has innovated and tested climate policies in more than 35 countries and supported scale-ups that have reached over 15 million people. * * * By Leda Zimmerman, School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences The King Climate Action Initiative (K-CAI) is the flagship climate change program of   more

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- Nano Letters, a journal from the American Chemical Society that says it features the theory and practice of nanoscience and nanotechnology, published research articles on the following topics in its April 17, 2024, edition (Vol. 24, Issue 15): Mini-Reviews: * Chiral Phonons: Prediction, Verification, and Application * CrSBr: An Air-Stable, Two-Dimensional Magnetic Semiconductor Letters: * Lipid Membrane Topographies Are Regulators for the Spatial Distribution of Li  more

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- NASA issued the following news release on April 17, 2024: NASA announced the winners on Wednesday of the third annual Power to Explore Challenge, a national writing competition designed to teach K-12 students about the power of radioisotopes for space exploration. The competition asked students to learn about NASA's Radioisotope Power Systems (RPS), "nuclear batteries" the agency uses to explore some of the most extreme destinations in the solar system and beyond. In 25  more

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following remarks on April 15, 2024, by Secretary Antony J. Blinken and Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Muhammad Ali Tamim, at a U.S.-Iraq Higher Coordinating Committee meeting: * * * MODERATOR: Hi. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to the 8th U.S.-Iraq Higher Coordinating Committee session. It's my honor to introduce Secretary of State Antony Blinken. SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you. Well, good morning, everyone, and so good to see you all   more

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Sen. Laphonza Butler, D-California, issued the following news release on April 16, 2024: Today, U.S. Senators Laphonza Butler and Alex Padilla (both D-Calif.) and Representative Raul Ruiz (D-Calif.-25) announced bicameral legislation to create the Chuckwalla National Monument and expand Joshua Tree National Park. The lawmakers also urged President Biden to use his authority under the Antiquities Act of 1906 to designate the monument. This bill would establish a new Chuc  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, April 18 -- The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers issued the following news release: ASHRAE has released a comprehensive technical program for its 2024 Conference for Integrated Design, Construction & Operations (CIDCO), taking place June 24-26, 2024 in Indianapolis, IN. Early bird registration is available through April 30. Rebranded from the former Building Performance Analysis Conference, CIDCO provides an in-depth look at existing t  more

FORT DAVIS, Texas, April 18 (TNSres) -- The University of Texas at Austin's McDonald Observatory issued the following news release: Using new observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have discovered methane emission on a brown dwarf, an unexpected finding for such a cold and isolated world. Published today in the journal Nature, the findings suggest that this brown dwarf might generate aurorae similar to those seen on our own planet as well as on Jupiter and Saturn.   more

RICHMOND, Virginia, April 17 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news: By Joan Tupponce On Friday, Virginia Commonwealth University's first-ever team in the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon Design Challenge will compete against teams from around the globe in the finals at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Colorado. "Our competition in the attached housing division ranges from Dartmouth College in New Hampshire to Myongji University in Seoul Korea," said  more