WASHINGTON, July 10 -- The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation issued the following news: The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP), National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers (NCSHPO), and U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have executed a Nationwide Programmatic Agreement (NPA) that will make it easier to maintain, repair, and upgrade their historic facilities to better address climate resiliency and sustainability. "The federal government must lead   more

WASHINGTON, July 9 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) continues to fight to protect American solar manufacturing from unfair trade practices. Brown joined U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff (D-GA) to request detailed information from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) about how the Biden Administration will enforce provisions designed to prevent importers from evading tariffs by stockpiling solar modules that were imported during the tarif  more

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release on July 9, 2024: * * * Committee also supported several of his specific project requests including one to protect areas in the islands prone to wildfires * * * U.S. Congressman Ed Case's (HI-01) U.S. House Committee on Appropriations today approved three measures funding several of his Community Project Funding (CPF) requests for the upcoming Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 (commencing October 1, 2024). The $38.5 billion  more

RESTON, Virginia, July 9 -- The American Society of Civil Engineers issued the following news release on July 8, 2024: * * * Grades across 14 categories range from a 'B+' for ports to a 'D' for transit * * * Atlanta, Georgia -- The Georgia Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) released the 2024 Report Card for Georgia's Infrastructure today, with 14 categories of infrastructure receiving an overall grade of 'C+'. This is the same grade as the 2019 Report Card for Georgia'  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, July 9 (TNSres) -- The Indiana House Republicans issued the following news release: Results of a new study by the Indiana State Department of Agriculture found that the state lost nearly 2% or 345,682 acres of farmland between 2010 and 2022 primarily due to residential home building around cities and suburban areas, according to State Rep. Cory Criswell (R-Middletown). In 2023, a new law (https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1557/details) charging the ISDA wit  more

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following transcript of an interview on July 9, 2024, with Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas: * * * John J. Hamre: OK, everybody. We've got standing room only, but we'll see if we can get a few more seats in here. Thank you, everybody. Thank you for joining us. My name is John Hamre. I'm the president at CSIS. And I'm so glad to have all of you here today, because we're going to have a real opp  more

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Rep. John R. Curtis, R-Utah, issued the following news release on July 9, 2024: Today, Representatives John Curtis (R-UT) and Scott Peters (D-CA) introduced the Providing Reliable, Objective, Verifiable Emissions Intensity and Transparency (PROVE IT) Act. The bill is designed to provide high-quality, verifiable data to support American businesses and ensure fair competition on the global stage. The bill also takes into account human rights and labor standards of each coun  more

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Environmental Entrepreneurs issued the following news release: * * * Companies announced 1,300+ jobs and $700 million in new investments last month * * * Companies announced more than $700 million in nine new large-scale clean energy projects last month that are expected to employ at least 1,300 new workers across six states, according to the monthly tally of private-sector announcements from E2. The nine new projects brings the total number of new major projects annou  more

WASHINGTON, July 10 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Energy Information Administration issued the following news release: The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) expects that the United States will generate more electricity from renewables and coal in the second half of this year, as electricity demand and natural gas prices increase. In its July Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), EIA forecasts that natural gas prices will be about 36% higher in the second half of the year th  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, July 10 -- The Environmental Law and Policy Center issued the following news release: The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (MPUC) accepted Xcel Energy's Integrated Distribution Plan (IDP) during its deliberative meeting on July 2. The IDP provides a long-term roadmap for Xcel's distribution system planning and strategy, and to some degree provides guidance for the Commission's decisions on specific cost recovery requests from the utility in its rate cases. The Commiss  more

WASHINGTON, July 9 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following news release: The third round of historic federal funding will help transit agencies serve more riders, reduce air pollution, and train workers on new technologies The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced approximately $1.5 billion in funding to support 117 projects that will improve public transportation in 47 states. Under the President's historic Bipartisan In  more

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration issued the following news release on July 9, 2024: * * * The Third Round Of Historic Federal Funding Will Help Transit Agencies Serve More Riders, Reduce Air Pollution, And Train Workers On New Technologies * * * The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced approximately $1.5 billion in funding to support 117 projects that will improve public transport  more

LONDON, England, July 10 -- The Journal of Materials Chemistry A, a peer-reviewed journal from the Royal Society of Chemistry that says it covers production of materials related to energy storage and conversion, sustainability or living, published research articles on the following topics in its July 21, 2024, edition (Vol. 12, Issue 27). Here are excerpts: * * * * Polythiophene and its derivatives for all-polymer solar cells * Anode-free lithium metal batteries: a promising flexible energy   more

EL SEGUNDO, California, July 10 -- The Los Angeles Times issued the following news release: Today the Los Angeles Times won a 2024 Covering Climate Now journalism award. The CCNow awards program recognizes the best in climate journalism worldwide and work that represents the leading edge of climate storytelling. Three winners were selected in each of the 17 categories. Times Climate Columnist Sammy Roth, Staff Photographer Robert Gauthier, former Times videographers Jessica Q. Chen, Maggie Bei  more

CAMBRIDGE, England, July 10 -- Nanoscale Advances, a peer reviewed journal from the Royal Society of Chemistry and the National Center for Nanoscience and Technology that says it covers nanoscience and nanotechnology, published research articles on the following topics in its July 21, 2024, edition (Vol. 6, Issue 14): * Analytical developments in the synergism of copper particles and cysteine: a review * Gold nanostructures/quantum dots for the enhanced efficiency of organic solar cells * MXe  more

WASHINGTON, July 10 (TNSres) -- The American Council on Renewable Energy issued the following news release on July 9, 2024: Potential new tariffs resulting from the antidumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) investigations into solar cells and modules imported from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam could increase costs to a level that significantly restricts solar supply and installations in the U.S., impeding America's ability to create jobs, provide clean, affordable energy, and ach  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, July 10 (TNSres) -- The National Association of State Energy Officials posted the following news: By Jasmine Xie The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) and the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets (AGM) collaboratively developed a $5 million competitive solicitation for agrivoltaic project proposals, with funding from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. Eligible projects would integrate new or retrofitted solar installa  more

WASHINGTON, July 9 -- Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: PATERSON, NJ - Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today cheered the awarding of a $99,499,531 grant to New Jersey Transit as part of the U.S. Department of Transportation's Low or No Emission Bus Grant Program funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Pascrell voted for this law and strongly advocated for this grant to be approved by the Federal Transit Administration. The grant revitalizes   more

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Rep. Scott Peters, D-California, issued the following news release on July 9, 2024: Today, Representatives Scott Peters (D-CA-50) and John Curtis (R-UT-3) introduced the Providing Reliable, Objective, Verifiable Emissions Intensity and Transparency (PROVE IT) Act. The bill would provide high-quality, verifiable data about emissions of U.S.-made products in comparison to international products to ensure fair competition on the global stage. The bill also analyzes the human  more

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- The Solar Energy Industries Association issued the following news release on July 9, 2024: The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) today announced that Sarah Vilms will serve as the organization's vice president of strategic growth initiatives. Vilms is a leading energy policy expert with nearly 30 years of experience advocating for renewable energy and energy storage deployment, permitting, transmission, and land use. At SEIA, Vilms will focus on leveraging feder  more

MOBILE, Alabama, July 10 -- The University of South Alabama issued the following news release: The University of South Alabama has been awarded a NASA 'Living With a Star' grant worth $635,000 over four years. The 'Living With A Star' program targets specific aspects of the Sun-Earth system that affect life and society. The grant is for a project combining physics modeling and artificial intelligence for better detection and understanding of substorms, which are geomagnetic events in the eart  more

LONDON, England, July 10 -- Sustainable Energy and Fuels, a peer-reviewed journal from the Royal Society of Chemistry that says it features the development of sustainable energy technologies, published research articles on the following topics in its July 21, 2024, edition (Vol. 8, Issue 14): * Future perspectives in green hydrogen production by catalyzed sono-photolysis of water * Recent advances in Fe, Mo-based electrocatalysts for nitrogen reduction under ambient conditions * Production of  more

GRONINGEN, The Netherlands, July 9 (TNSres) -- The University of Groningen issued the following news: * * * A tile on the sidewalk of Zuidhorn station, in a busy spot between the train and bus station, counts the steps of people walking on the tile, and harvests energy from their movements. At the moment, however, the tile is back in the lab of developer Professor Monica Acuautla Meneses for an upgrade. * * * As shown in the photo, the tile is equipped with a large number of piezoelectric pe  more