DURHAM, North Carolina, July 2 -- The North Carolina Waste Awareness and Reduction Network issued the following news release: * * * Everything Duke Energy leaders propose is very high risk, extremely costly and would guarantee failure for climate efforts * * * United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said recently that world leaders must quickly find "an exit ramp off the highway to climate hell" and slammed fossil fuel "godfather" corporations such as Duke Energy for driving climat  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, July 2 -- ROLLS-ROYCE NORTH AMERICAN TECHNOLOGIES INC., Indianapolis, Indiana has been assigned a patent (No. US 12025057 B2, initially filed April 7, 2022) developed by Douglas J. Snyder, Carmel, Indiana, for "Aircraft with thermal energy storage system with bypass control."  more

RIVERSIDE, California, July 2 -- Bourns, a manufacturer and supplier of electronic components, issued the following news release on July 1, 2024: * * * Offering superior accuracy, stability and electrical isolation, Bourns(R) Digital DC Current Sensors provide high accuracy over a wide operating temperature range * * * Bourns, Inc., a leading manufacturer and supplier of electronic components for power, protection, and sensing solutions, today announced the release of the Model SSD Shunt Sen  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, July 2 -- SHELL USA, INC., Houston, Texas has been assigned a patent (No. US 12027707 B2, initially filed Jan. 21, 2020) developed by five inventors Guy Lode Magda Maria Verbist, Amsterdam, Netherlands; Christina Georgieva Christova-Zdravkova, Eindhoven, Netherlands; Alexey Deyko, Eindhoven, Netherlands; Erik Maria Kelder, Delft, Netherlands; and Indranil Rudra, 562149, India, for "Electric energy storage device."  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, July 2 -- ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, Lincolnshire, Illinois has been assigned a patent (No. US 12026574 B1, initially filed Feb. 24, 2023) developed by Christopher P. Klicpera, Westbury, New York, and Damien Ramrattan, Coram, New York, for "Energy storage device and a system having the same."  more

ROCKVILLE, Maryland, July 3 -- Goodwill Industries International, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, issued the following news release: * * * $750,000 grant from GM to fund new electric vehicle charging training, other skilled trades programs across U.S. * * * Goodwill, a leader in workforce development, and General Motors (GM) are expanding their work together to enhance clean energy and skilled trades training programs across the U.S. As part of this effort, GM will provide grant funding for 10 local  more

WASHINGTON, July 3 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has issued a notice, published in the Federal Register on July 2, 2024, entitled "Adoption of Department of Energy Categorical Exclusions Pursuant to Section 109 of the National Environmental Policy Act." The notice was issued by Kenneth Burgess, Acting Deputy Chief Readiness Support Officer. * * * SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is adopting 18 Categorical Exclusions (CE) established by the Department of Energy  more

WASHINGTON, July 3 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued a proposed rule (10 CFR Part 51), published in the Federal Register on July 2, 2024, entitled "Categorical Exclusions From Environmental Review." The proposed rule was issued by Carrie Safford, Secretary. COMMENT DEADLINE: September 16, 2024 Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is proposing to amend its regulations on categorical exclusions for licensing, regulatory, and administrat  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, July 2 -- ALLISON TRANSMISSION, INC., Indianapolis, Indiana has been assigned a patent (No. US 12027686 B2, initially filed June 17, 2021) developed by eight inventors Edward Bass, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania; Felice Bailey, Indianapolis, Indiana; Richard Bletsis, Kokomo, Indiana; Derek Delrymple, Kokomo, Indiana; Dean Ford, Noblesville, Indiana; Bruce Miller, Livemore, Colorado; Markus Naegeli, Kokomo, Indiana; and Steven Reyburn, Kokomo, Indiana, for "System and method fo  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, July 2 -- HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC., Houston, Texas has been assigned a patent (No. US 12024960 B2, initially filed Feb. 4, 2022) developed by three inventors Benjamin Millward, Stavanger, Norway; Paul Brown, Aberdeen, United Kingdom; and Thomas Berg, Stavanger, Norway, for "System for performing comparison of received cuttings weights from a rig site cuttings storage unit and expected cuttings weight calculated using well bore geometry and received real time forma  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, July 2 -- UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK, College Park, Maryland has been assigned a patent (No. US 12025586 B2, initially filed Nov. 1, 2022) developed by three inventors Bhanu Sood, Gaithersburg, Maryland; Michael G. Pecht, Hyattsville, Maryland; and Michael D. Osterman, Rockville, Maryland, for "Systems, methods, and devices for health monitoring of an energy storage device."  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, July 2 -- RONDO ENERGY, INC., Alameda, California has been assigned a patent (No. US 12025033 B2, initially filed Dec. 19, 2022) developed by seven inventors John Setel O'Donnell, Oakland, California; Peter Emery von Behrens, Oakland, California; Chiaki Treynor, Berkeley, California; Jeremy Quentin Keller, Seattle, Washington; Matthieu Jonemann, Redwood City, California; Robert Ratz, San Jose, California; and Yusef Desjardins Ferhani, Menlo, California, for "Thermal energy  more

DURHAM, North Carolina, July 2 -- The North Carolina Waste Awareness and Reduction Network issued the following news release: * * * Everything Duke Energy leaders propose is very high risk, extremely costly and would guarantee failure for climate efforts * * * United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said recently that world leaders must quickly find "an exit ramp off the highway to climate hell" and slammed fossil fuel "godfather" corporations such as Duke Energy for driving climat  more