ITHACA, New York, May 9 -- Cornell University issued the following news: On South Baltimore's Curtis Bay peninsula, not far from the Francis Scott Key Bridge, homes overlook a 14-million-ton capacity coal export terminal that is the nation's second largest. Residents say its giant, open-air coal piles disperse a fine dust that coats the neighborhood, even turns the lungs of area crabs black - and that those piles have grown since the bridge's collapse in March. Maryland native Chloe Ahmann, as  more

SACRAMENTO, California, May 10 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on May 9, 2024: California's infrastructure is getting a makeover. Not since the 1950s and 60s has the state undergone such a significant upgrade, and it's all thanks to record state and federal dollars. Governor Gavin Newsom recently visited the Golden Gate Bridge - one of the most iconic pieces of infrastructure in America - to highlight record tourism spending and his agenda to build more, f  more

SACRAMENTO, California, May 10 -- The California Public Interest Research Group issued the following statement on May 9, 2024: * * * By a unanimous 4:0 vote, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) finalized a plan Thursday to introduce fixed charges on utility bills. The charges will go into effect in late 2025 for customers of the state's investor-owned utility companies. The CPUC's decision introduces a flat $24.15 monthly fixed charge -- more than twice the national average acro  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, May 10 (TNSres) -- Constellation, a retail supplier of power, natural gas and energy products and services for homes and businesses, issued the following news release on May 9, 2024: * * * Earnings Release Highlights * GAAP Net Income of $2.78 per share and Adjusted (non-GAAP) Operating Earnings of $1.82 per share for the first quarter of 2024 * Affirming full-year 2024 Adjusted (non-GAAP) Operating Earnings guidance range of $7.23 - $8.03 per share * Delivering on ou  more

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news: In a continued effort to expedite the build out of a resilient and reliable electric grid, today the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) released a preliminary list of 10 potential National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors (NIETCs) to accelerate the development of transmission projects in areas that present an urgent need for expanded transmission. DOE also announced minimum eligibility criteria for direct loans   more

SACRAMENTO, California, May 10 -- Environment California issued the following statement on May 9, 2024: * * * By a unanimous 4:0 vote, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) finalized a plan Thursday to introduce fixed charges on utility bills. The charges will go into effect in late 2025 for customers of the state's investor-owned utility companies. The CPUC's decision introduces a flat $24.15 monthly fixed charge -- more than twice the national average across investor-owned utili  more

WASHINGTON, May 9 -- The Export-Import Bank of the United States Office of Inspector General issued the following news release: Dallas, Texas - Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) President and Chair Reta Jo Lewis today finalized three historic transactions for projects in Angola alongside President of Angola Joao Lourenco, Minister of Finance Vera Daves, and U.S. government representatives during the U.S.-Africa Business Summit in Dallas, Texas. The three transactions all advance th  more

DALLAS, Texas, May 10 -- The Export-Import Bank of the U.S. issued the following news release: Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) President and Chair Reta Jo Lewis today finalized three historic transactions for projects in Angola alongside President of Angola Joao Lourenco, Minister of Finance Vera Daves, and U.S. government representatives during the U.S.-Africa Business Summit in Dallas, Texas. The three transactions all advance the Biden-Harris Administration's Partnership for G  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, May 9 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: If you ask Howard Wilson what first led him to study fusion energy almost 40 years ago, it was the opportunity to realize an almost impossible dream for the good of society. "I think it's the audacious challenge that drew me, basically seeking to reproduce here on Earth the conditions that exist in the sun and in stars," he said. "It seems like an impossible ask, but   more

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- The Department of Housing and Urban Development issued the following news release on May 9, 2024: This week, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research Solomon Greene and Northwest Regional Administrator Andrew Lofton toured innovative affordable housing developments as part of HUD's national "Road to Innovation" Tour leading up to the 2024 Innovative Housing Showcase in Washington, DC  more

WASHINGTON, May 10 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Internal Revenue Service issued the following news release: The Internal Revenue Service reminds taxpayers that making certain energy efficient updates to their homes could qualify them for home energy credits. The credit amounts and types of qualifying expenses were expanded by the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. Taxpayers who make energy improvements to a residence may be eligible for home energy tax credits. What taxpaye  more

LONDON, England, May 10 -- The Journal of Materials Chemistry C, a peer-reviewed journal from the Royal Society of Chemistry that says it covers production of materials related to display technologies, optical materials, magnetics, electronics or information storage technology, published research articles on the following topics in its May 14, 2024, edition: * Recent advances in ionic molecules applied in perovskite solar cells * Investigation of potassium doping and defect healing mechanism i  more

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, a peer-reviewed journal from the American Chemical Society that reports new and original experimental and theoretical basic research of interest to physical chemists, biophysical chemists and chemical physicists, published research articles on the following topics in its May 9, 2024, edition (Vol. 128, Issue 18): ENERGY CONVERSION AND STORAGE: * Chemical Heat Storage Mechanism in Alkaline Earth Metal Oxide: Ab Initio Modeling of the In  more

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, a peer-reviewed journal from the American Chemical Society that says it advances in physical chemistry, chemical physics and materials science, published research articles on the following topics in its May 9, 2024, edition: PERSPECTIVES: * Size-Specific Infrared Spectroscopy of Neutral Hydrated Clusters Based on a Vacuum Ultraviolet Free Electron Laser PHYSICAL INSIGHTS INTO QUANTUM PHENOMENA AND FUNCTION: * Hot Carrier Contro  more

FRANKFORT, Kentucky, May 9 -- The Kentucky Public Service Commission issued the following order (Case No. 2023-00413) on May 8, 2024: * * * In the Matter of: Electronic Application Of Duke Energy Kentucky, Inc. For An Adjustment To Rider NM Rates And For Tariff Approval ORDER On May 1, 2024, Kentuckians for the Commonwealth and Kentucky Solar Energy Society (jointly, Joint Intervenors) filed a motion seeking to allow virtual participation of Joint Intervenors' witness, Dr. Richard McCann, at  more

ALBANY, New York, May 10 -- The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation issued the following news release on May 9, 2024: New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Interim Commissioner Sean Mahar today announced the finalization of a new DEC policy, Division of Environmental Permits Policy "Permitting and Disadvantaged Communities (DEP-24-1), to implement environmental justice provisions of the historic Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (Climate  more

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- Nanoscale, a peer-reviewed journal from the Royal Society of Chemistry that publishes experimental and theoretical work across the breadth of nanoscience and nanotechnology, published research articles on the following topics in its May 14, 2024, edition (Vol. 16, Issue 18): * Recent advances in targeted drug delivery for the treatment of glioblastoma * Cell membrane coated nanoparticles as a biomimetic drug delivery platform for enhancing cancer immunotherapy * Recent p  more

BRISBANE, Australia, May 10 (TNSres) -- The Queensland University of Technology issued the following news: Australia's hydrogen energy-related discussion on Twitter (now X), ranked seventh globally, according to an analysis of 30.7 million tweets conducted by QUT researchers. * Analysis of tweets on hydrogen energy-related topics between 2013 and 2022 * Australia's tweets came in seventh in a field of 35 countries * Japan had the highest number of tweets with 33 per cent - Japan produced the  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, May 10 -- Save the Sound issued the following news release: The 2024 state legislative session followed the pattern of recent years, with laudable passage of multiple policies to protect public health, clean water, and habitats contrasting with yet another year of failure to take serious action on climate change. Bills to advance environmental justice also died on the vine. The session's most important climate bill got through one chamber and not the other, a microcosm   more

WASHINGTON, May 9 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, released the following opening remarks from a hearing dated April 16, 2024, entitled "To examine the President's budget request for the U.S. Department of Energy for Fiscal Year 2025": * * * The committee will come to order. I'd like to start by welcoming my friend, Secretary Jennifer Granholm, who is here today to discuss the President's Fiscal Year 2025 budget request for t  more

WASHINGTON, May 9 - The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee released the following testimony by Energy Secretary Jennifer M. Granholm from a hearing dated April 16, 2024, entitled "To examine the President's budget request for the U.S. Department of Energy for Fiscal Year 2025": * * * Chairman Manchin, Ranking Member Barrasso, and Members of the Committee, it is an honor to appear before you today to discuss the President's Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Budget request for the Department of E  more

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee released the following testimony by Scott Faber, senior vice president for government affairs at the Environmental Working Group, from a hearing dated March 20, 2024, entitled "Examining PFAS as Hazardous Substances." PFAS stands for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances. * * * Thank you for the opportunity to testify. My name is Scott Faber, and I am testifying today on behalf of the Environmental Working Group, a national  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: "Economically, competitively...we need to be more realistic." ***Click here to download video. Click here for audio.*** Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) questioned U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan at a Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee hearing on Tuesday. He first questioned Administrator Regan on the EPA's emissions standards for coal-fired power pla  more

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, May 10 -- Environment America posted the following news release on May 9, 2024: Today, leading solar and environmental organizations celebrated Maryland Governor Wes Moore for signing the Brighter Tomorrow Act (SB 783), landmark legislation to expand solar energy access and adoption across the state. The bill, which was authored by Delegate David Fraser-Hidalgo and State Senator Sarah Elfreth, will increase solar adoption by automating the permitting process at building dep  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, May 10 -- Solar RRL, a peer-reviewed journal that says it covers solar energy conversion, published research articles on the following topics in its April 2024 edition (Vol. 8, Issue 7): Reviews: * Advances in Organic Photovoltaic Cells: Fine-Tuning of the Photovoltaic Processes * Recent Advancements in Enhancing Interfacial Charge Transport for Perovskite Solar Cells * Empowering Indoor Photovoltaics: Stable Lead-Free Perovskites and Beyond * Broadband Sensitized Near  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, May 10 -- Solar RRL, a peer-reviewed journal that says it covers solar energy conversion, published research articles on the following topics in its April 2024 edition (Vol. 8, Issue 8): Review: * Recent Advances in Photovoltaic and Photovoltaic Thermal Technologies of Integrated Phase-Change Materials: A Review Research Articles: * Augmenting Light-to-Heat Conversion Through 3D Scalable Palm Fiber for Energy Efficient Photothermal Solar Steam Generation * Fluorinatio  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, May 10 -- Solar RRL, a peer-reviewed journal that says it covers solar energy conversion, published research articles on the following topics in its March 2024 edition (Vol. 8, Issue 5): Reviews: * High-Performance Organic Photovoltaics Incorporating Bulk Heterojunction and p-i-n Active Layer Structures * Green Solvent Strategies toward Sustainable Perovskite Solar Cell Fabrication * Lead-Free All-Inorganic Cesium Bismuth Iodide-Based Perovskite Solar Cells: Recent Adva  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, May 10 -- Solar RRL, a peer-reviewed journal that says it covers solar energy conversion, published research articles on the following topics in its March 2024 edition (Vol. 8, Issue 6): Reviews: * Stability Challenges for a Highly Efficient Perovskite/Silicon Tandem Solar Cell: A Review * Application of Hole-Selective Self-Assembled Monolayers in Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells * Chronological Evolution of Stability in Hybrid Halide Perovskite Solar Cells * Applicatio  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, May 10 -- Solar RRL, a peer-reviewed journal that says it covers solar energy conversion, published research articles on the following topics in its May 2024 edition (Vol. 8, Issue 9): Reviews: * Poly[Bis(4-Phenyl)(2,4,6-Trimethylphenyl)Amine] in Perovskite Solar Cells: Advances via Molecular Engineering * Exploring Solar Energy Solutions for Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Degradation: Advancements and Future Directions in Photocatalytic Processes Research Articles  more

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, May 10 -- The Maryland Public Interest Research Group posted the following news release on May 9, 2024: Today, leading solar and environmental organizations celebrated Maryland Governor Wes Moore for signing the Brighter Tomorrow Act (SB 783), landmark legislation to expand solar energy access and adoption across the state. The bill, which was authored by Delegate David Fraser-Hidalgo and State Senator Sarah Elfreth, will increase solar adoption by automating the permitting  more

ALBANY, New York, May 10 (TNSres) -- The State University of New York issued the following news release: State University of New York Chancellor John B. King, Jr. today recognized 27 of SUNY's outstanding researchers for their contributions to enhancing lives and solving society's most pressing issues with the annual SUNY Graduate Research Empowering and Accelerating Talent (GREAT) awards. In addition to being selected for the 2024 GREAT award, each winner will receive $5,000 in flexible fundin  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, May 9 (TNSres) -- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news: By Grace Dalton Ian Burress is a man of many hats: engineering graduate student, research assistant, student organization president, former wrestler and now sustainability champion. The Texas A&M University Office of Sustainability awarded Burress the 2024 Sustainability Graduate Student Champion Award for his research on designing a mobile facility that removes per- and polyflu  more

SACRAMENTO, California, May 10 -- Advanced Energy United issued the following news release: The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has approved a monthly fixed fee that will be added to customers' monthly utility bills. This fee is a result of a 2022 bill, Assembly Bill 205, that directed the CPUC to add a fixed charge to utility bills based on household income in exchange for lowering volumetric rates. The approved plan will add a fixed charge of $24.15 to monthly utility bills (red  more

AUSTIN, Texas, May 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Texas issued the following news release: Freedom Solar LLC, a solar energy company that installs photovoltaic solar arrays for residential and commercial customers, has agreed to pay $425,710 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act in connection with a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan. The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act authorized forgivable PPP loans for s  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Sen. Tina Flint Smith, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: Senator Tina Smith (D-Minn.) announced a significant investment in the Bi-County Community Action Programs Inc. (BI-CAP) in Bemidji to empower young workers and strengthen the workforce in the region. Totaling $1,242,000 from the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), the grant will support training and employment services critical for preparing young people to secure well-paying jobs in high-demand industries.  more

RIVERSIDE, California, May 10 (TNSres) -- The University of California Riverside campus issued the following news: * * * Extreme conditions on rocky planet surprise scientists * * * UC Riverside astrophysicist Stephen Kane had to double check his calculations. He wasn't sure the planet he was studying could be as extreme as it seemed. Kane never expected to learn that a planet in this faraway star system is covered with so many active volcanoes that seen from a distance it would take on a f  more

SYDNEY, Australia, May 10 (TNSres) -- The University of New South Wales issued the following news: By Neil Martin Photovoltaic paint and printed film, solar windows and more efficient tandem cells will drive greener energy production in next quarter of a century says a UNSW expert. "The last 20 years in solar have been really exciting, and I think the next 20 years are going to surprise everybody." That's the view of UNSW Professor Renate Egan, Executive Director at the Australian Centre for  more

LOS ANGELES, California, May 10 -- The University of Southern California's Viterbi School of Engineering issued the following Q&A on May 8, 2024, with astronautical engineering student James Austin: * * * Graduating engineer James Austin went from small-town roots to becoming a startup founder developing a new space launch system. Growing up in the small town of Chilton, Wisconsin, James Austin gained early exposure to the world of aerospace at the nearby EAA AirVenture Oshkosh - one of the l  more

UTRECHT, Netherlands, May 10 (TNSres) -- Utrecht University issued the following news: Would it be possible to build a refinery that is completely fossil-free, and thereby significantly contributing to a carbon-neutral society by as early as 2050? According to two chemists from Utrecht University it is. In a highly visionary Nature article, they present a roadmap in which oil refineries could be reinvented to be completely fossil-free. Processes will be electrified if possible, and raw material  more