WASHINGTON, April 23 -- The Design-Build Institute of America issued the following news: DBIA's 2024 Specialty Conferences closed out Friday at the Duke Energy Convention Center in Cincinnati, Ohio, with more than 1,200 attendees at the Design-Build for Transportation/Aviation Conference. The event explored design-build across the transportation and aviation landscape, including air, highway/street, rail and marine transportation issues. Navigating the Growth of Design-Build: Owner Viewpoints,  more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, April 23 -- Duke Energy issued the following news release: This Earth Day, the Duke Energy Foundation awarded $500,000 in grants to local nonprofits in North Carolina focused on environmental justice and climate resiliency. "North Carolina is at the forefront of the energy transition, with local communities experiencing unprecedented growth and opportunity," said Kendal Bowman, Duke Energy's North Carolina president. "We remain committed to investing in our resilient  more

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, North Carolina, April 23 -- The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command issued the following news release: The Office of the Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) recently recognized Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE) for its continued commitment to environmental stewardship, awarding the command the 2024 Secretary of the Navy Environmental Award for Sustainability in the Industrial Installation category. SECNAV Environmental Awards recognize installations, teams and ind  more

SALISBURY, Maryland, April 23 -- Perdue Farms issued the following news release: The Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay (Alliance) and Perdue Farms (Perdue) celebrated the 54th Earth Day and their strong partnership by planting more than 300 trees on a family poultry farm in Quarryville, PA. This partnership, announced in October 2023 with funding from the National Fish & Wildlife Foundation (NFWF), has already made substantial strides to positively impact the environment on farms in the Chesapeak  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, April 23 -- Macalester College issued the following college news: Macalester College has been awarded a $1.77 million grant from the Department of Energy through its Battery Recycling, Reprocessing, and Battery Collection Funding Opportunity. Macalester has the distinction of being the only higher education institution among the 17 awardees of the $125 million funding program, which is designed to increase consumer participation in battery recycling programs, improve the ec  more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, April 23 -- Duke Energy issued the following news release: This Earth Day, the Duke Energy Foundation awarded $500,000 in grants to local nonprofits in North Carolina focused on environmental justice and climate resiliency. "North Carolina is at the forefront of the energy transition, with local communities experiencing unprecedented growth and opportunity," said Kendal Bowman, Duke Energy's North Carolina president. "We remain committed to investing in our resilient  more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release on April 22, 2024: Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that The South Carolina Office of Resilience (SCOR) was awarded $124,440,000 in funding through the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund's Solar For All program. The Sierra Club South Carolina Chapter worked to ensure individuals, groups, and communities had the information needed to support the SCOR notice of intent to participate in the program   more

ELON, North Carolina, April 23 -- Elon University issued the following news release: Elon University and eight other colleges and universities in North Carolina and Pennsylvania are joining forces to bring an innovative, large-scale solar facility online in western Kentucky. By collaborating on this Power Purchase Agreement (PPA), Davidson College, Dickinson College, Elon University, Haverford College, Lafayette College, Lehigh University, Muhlenberg College, Swarthmore College and Wake Forest   more

HOUSTON, Texas, April 23 -- Houston Advanced Research Center issued the following news release: On Earth Day, HARC is pleased to announce that the Texas Solar for All Coalition (Coalition) was awarded a $249.7 million grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund. By receiving this historic grant, the Coalition will help accelerate investments in low-income solar and storage, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, close the solar equity gap for energy-burde  more

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis issued a 47-page report in April 2024 entitled "Carbon Capture for Steel?" The report was written by Simon Nicholas and Soroush Basirat. Here are excerpts: * * * Executive Summary Carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS) looks unlikely to play a major role in decarbonising the global steel sector, despite support for the technology at the 2023 COP28 climate conference. It is increasingly obvious to many,   more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, April 23 (TNSres) -- The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis issued the following news release: * * * Leveraging the National Energy Performance Strategy to unlock the transition to efficient electric homes * * * Key Takeaways: The continued installation of gas and resistive electric appliances is locking Australian consumers into $3.4 billion in unnecessary costs each year. * * * Improving minimum energy performance standards for space heating, hot wate  more

AMES, Iowa, April 23 (TNSres) -- Iowa State University issued the following news release: Bringing renewable energy to the power grid raises all kinds of "internet-of-things" issues, said Iowa State University's Manimaran Govindarasu. That's because "everything is connected," said the Anson Marston Distinguished Professor in Engineering. Solar inverters are connected to the internet. Wind farm controllers are connected to the internet. And with each internet connection, energy resources distr  more

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- The U.S. Department of Justice has released the following public communication dated April 19, 2024: * * * Business Roundtable 1000 Maine Avenue, SW, STE 500 Washington, DC 20024 202.872.1260 brt.org * * * To: U.S. Department of Justice National Security Division, Foreign Investment Review Section 175 N Street, NE, 12th Floor Washington, DC 20002 RE: Comments on 89 Fed. Reg. 15780 (March 5, 2024); RIN 1105-AB72; Docket No. NSD 104 The Business Roundtable (BR  more

PEARL RIVER, New York, April 23 -- Orange and Rockland Utilities issued the following news release: Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc. (O&R) customers in 2023 made the company's New York-New Jersey service area a cleaner, healthier place to live and work. Approximately 30 megawatts of customer solar power were added to O&R's electric system in 2023 through the first quarter of 2024. O&R customers now have completed nearly 14,000 installations with the capacity to produce almost 250 megawatts   more

SWARTHMORE, Pennsylvania, April 23 -- Swarthmore College issued the following news: Swarthmore is joining forces with eight other colleges and universities in North Carolina and Pennsylvania to bring a large-scale solar facility online in western Kentucky, called Sebree Solar II. By collaborating on this Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Davidson College, Dickinson College, Elon University, Haverford College, Lafayette College, Lehigh University, Muhlenberg College, and Wake Forest University  more

MUNICH, Germany, April 23 (TNSres) -- The Technical University of Munich issued the following news: * * * Whether sedimentary rocks store fossil hydrocarbons or act as impermeable layers to prevent the rise of oil, natural gas or stored carbon dioxide - all depends on their porosity. The size, shape, organization, and connectivity of the pore spaces are decisive. At the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Research Neutron Source (FRM II) at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), the networks of micropores  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, April 23 (TNSres) -- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news: By Raven Wuebker Amid the growing demand for renewable energy storage solutions, there is a pressing need to enhance the performance of electrochemical devices such as batteries. These devices are often slow to charge and may pose environmental and safety concerns. Dr. Abdoulaye Djire, a chemical engineering professor at Texas A&M University, alongside chemical engineering un  more

LA JOLLA, California, April 22 -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following news: By Jeanna Vazquez When visiting a UC San Diego Health hospital cafeteria, one wouldn't be able to miss the rainbow of beautiful food dazzling the counters. From fresh salads and ripe fruit to hearty meals and sweet (healthy) treats, the delectable food offered in the hospital is there to provide nutritious meals for patients, visitors and staff that can aid in the healing process. "I tr  more

TUCSON, Arizona, April 23 (TNSres) -- The University of Arizona issued the following news release: Earth Day was first celebrated in 1970 to call attention to air and water pollution. Over 50 years later, Earth Day is a reminder of the importance of environmental conservation and sustainability and encourages collective action for a healthier planet. The University of Arizona's Biosphere 2 is the world's largest indoor controlled environment dedicated to understanding the effects of climate ch  more

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, April 23 -- Wake Forest University issued the following news: By Cheryl Walker Wake Forest University and eight other colleges and universities in North Carolina and Pennsylvania are joining forces to bring an innovative, large-scale solar facility online in western Kentucky. By collaborating on this Power Purchase Agreement (PPA), Davidson College, Dickinson College, Elon University, Haverford College, Lafayette College, Lehigh University, Muhlenberg College, Sw  more

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- The Wilderness Society issued a 20-page report in April 2024 entitled "Building a Legacy The Biden Administration's Climate Action on Public Lands." Here are excerpts: * * * Executive Summary The Biden administration has prioritized tackling climate change with historic measures to reduce United States (US) consumption of fossil fuels through actions such as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) and the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). These two pieces of le  more