WASHINGTON, May 18 (TNSrep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R48064) on May 10, 2024, entitled "Considerations for Federal Leasing of Onshore Energy: Oil and Gas and Geothermal Power." The report is written by energy policy analysts Morgan Smith and Lexie Ryan and environmental policy analyst Omar M. Hammad. Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY Both oil and gas (O&G) and geothermal power are longstanding energy sectors for the United States. The two sectors  more

WASHINGTON, May 18 (TNSrep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R48064) on May 10, 2024, entitled "Considerations for Federal Leasing of Onshore Energy - Oil and Gas and Geothermal Power:" (Continued from Part 1 of 2) * * * NEPA Environmental Review Process BLM has generally considered its decisions for the preparation and implementation of RMPs, including BLM permitting and leasing decisions for geothermal, O&G, and other resources, to be major federal act  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, May 18 -- The Southern Environmental Law Center issued the following news release on May 17, 2024: Today, multiple groups reached a settlement with Duke Energy in its request to the Public Service Commission to raise rates about 20%, reducing the increase to around 13%. The typical customer using 1073 kilowatt hours will see a $13.44 increase on their monthly bill starting in August, with an additional $6.89 increase in August 2026. Originally, Duke sought to raise rat  more

BLOOMINGTON, Illinois, May 18 (TNSres) -- Illinois Wesleyan University issued the following news release: A group of Illinois Wesleyan University students traveled to the University of California-Riverside in April for the National Science to Policy Symposium, where two of the Titans were the only undergraduate students selected to present research. Victoria Ballesteros-Gonzales '25, Joelle McMillan '25 and Valeria Suarez '26 attended the conference hosted by the National Science Policy Networ  more

WASHINGTON, May 18 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Internal Revenue Service issued the following news release on May 17, 2024: The Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service today issued Announcement 2024-25 (https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-drop/a-24-25.pdf) that provides the total amount of unallocated environmental justice solar and wind capacity limitation that has been carried over from the 2023 Low-Income Communities Bonus Credit program year to the 2024 program year.  more

MEDINA, Minnesota, May 18 (TNSres) -- Polaris Industries, a snowmobiles, all terrain vehicles, midsize and heavyweight motorcycles manufacturer, issued the following news release on May 16, 2024: Polaris Inc. (NYSE: PII) today released its 2023 Geared For Good Report detailing Polaris' continued focus on operating in a responsible manner to support its employees, riders, communities where it operates and in the outdoors. "As a part of Polaris' mission to deliver great experiences for everyone   more

KONGENS LYNGBY, Denmark, May 18 -- The Technical University of Denmark issued the following commentary to Energy Supply on May 17, 2024: * * * 100% Renewable Energy Possible with Existing Technology By Gregor Giebel, Head of the DTU TotalEnergies Centre for Clean Energy, DTEC There is enough renewable energy, and we have the technology to harvest it. The challenge is how to connect the technologies and distribute the energy when needed. We do not require a new miracle technology that can pro  more

ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar, May 18 -- The U.S. Embassy in Madagascar posted the following news release: On May 16, the United States joined the Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development, Minister of Fisheries and Blue Economy, and a diverse set of stakeholders in Antananarivo to launch a suite of new United States Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded activities in the environment sector. This launch event was complemented by a fair that showcased 20 USAID partners and sta  more