MERRILLVILLE, Indiana, July 26 (TNSres) -- NiSource, a regulated utility company, issued the following news on July 24, 2024: NiSource Inc. today announced that the company will host a conference call at 11 a.m. ET (10 a.m. CT) on Wednesday, August 7, 2024, to review its second quarter 2024 financial results and provide a general business update. NiSource will release its first quarter 2024 financial results before U.S. financial markets open on August 7. All interested parties may listen to t  more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- The Carbon Capture Coalition issued the following statement on July 25, 2024: * * * The following statement on the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance (https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-drop/n-24-60.pdf) for the procedures to claim a credit for utilization of carbon oxide may be attributed to Jessie Stolark, Executive Director of the Carbon Capture Coalition: "On Wednesday, July 24, 2024, the IRS issued procedural guidance on claiming the federal Section 45Q tax credit fo  more

HOUSTON, Texas, July 26 -- CenterPoint Energy issued the following news release: * * * Wide-ranging plan approved by the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission expected to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions, promote job creation and leverage federal funding * * * Minneapolis - July 25, 2024 - Today, CenterPoint Energy, Minnesota's largest natural gas utility, received approval from the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to implement a diverse set of innovative pilot projects that a  more

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on July 25, 2024: * * * Experts React: Senators Manchin and Barrasso Announce Permitting Reform Bill By Quill Robinson, Kunro Irie, Ray Cai and Cy McGeady On July 22, 2024, U.S. senators Joe Manchin (I-WV) and John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman and ranking member, respectively, of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, released a bipartisan bill to reform the permitting process f  more

WOLLONGONG, Australia, July 25 (TNSres) -- The University of Wollongong issued the following news release: * * * Dr Pabasara Wanniarachchige earns prestigious American Rock Mechanics Association honour * * * University of Wollongong (UOW) geomechanics researcher Dr Pabasara Wanniarachchige has been named as an American Rock Mechanics Association (ARMA) Future Leader. She was one of six, and the only Australian, to be awarded the honour this year. Dr Wanniarachchige, from UOW's School of Civ  more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- The General Services Administration has released the following public communication dated July 22, 2024, from UL Solutions, Northbrook, Illinois: * * * To: Mehul Parekh Acting Associate Administrator Office of Government-wide Policy U.S. General Services Administration Re: Notice-MA-2024-02; Docket No. 2024-14347, GSA Electric Vehicle Battery Management Plan * * * Dear Associate Administrator Parekh: UL Solutions appreciates the opportunity to respond to this requ  more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- The House Appropriations Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 118-585) in explanation of the accompanying bill (H.R. 9029) making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health And Human Services, and Education and related agencies for the fiscal ending Sept. 30, 2025. The report was advanced by Rep. Robert Aderholt, R-Alabama, on July 12, 2024. * * * (Continued from Part 9 of 18) Centers For Medicare & Medicaid Services GRANTS TO STATES FOR MEDICAID Appropriation,   more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- The House Rules Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 118-602) on a House resolution (H.Res. 1370) providing for consideration of the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025 (H.R. 8997). The report was advanced by Rep. Michelle Fischbach, R-Minnesota, on July 22, 2024. Here are excerpts: * * * The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration House Resolution 1370, by a record vote of 8 to 3, report the same to the House with the reco  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, July 25 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * The effort to accelerate climate work at the Institute adds to its leadership team. * * * By Peter Dizikes, MIT News The Climate Project at MIT has appointed leaders for each of its six focal areas, or Climate Missions, President Sally Kornbluth announced in a letter to the MIT community today. Introduced in February, the Climate Project at MIT is a major new effort to change th  more

NEW YORK, July 26 (TNSres) -- Action Against Hunger issued the following news release on July 25, 2024: With more than half of Gaza's farmland damaged by conflict and ongoing blockades restricting imports, Action Against Hunger, a global nonprofit leader in the movement to end hunger, today announced a significant scale-up in its support of local farmers. The effort is designed to mitigate the impact of massive, conflict-driven displacement, which has affected the entire 2.1 million population   more

TORONTO, Ontario, July 26 (TNSres) -- The University of Toronto issued the following news: By Tyler Irving Researchers at the University of Toronto's Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering have designed a catalyst that can efficiently convert captured carbon into valuable products - even in the presence of contaminants that degrade the performance of current versions. The discovery, described in a paper published in Nature Energy, is an important step toward more economically viable techniq  more

SINGAPORE, July 26 (TNSres) -- The National University of Singapore issued the following news release: * * * * Eight projects have been selected for potential funding, with the aim of realising a quantum leap in hydrogen innovation and commercialisation * Efforts are underway to strengthen the hydrogen talent pipeline * * * Giving Singapore's National Hydrogen Strategy a big push, the National University of Singapore (NUS) today officially launched its Centre for Hydrogen Innovations (CHI)   more

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- The Progressive Policy Institute issued the following statement on July 25, 2024: * * * Today, Elan Sykes, Director of PPI's Energy and Climate Solutions Initiative, issued the following statement praising the introduction of new permitting reform legislation led by Senators Joe Manchin (I-W.Va.) and John Barrasso (R-Wyo.): "The Energy Permitting Reform Act of 2024 is a major step forward in the necessary effort to speed up environmental reviews, federal permits, and el  more

COLUMBIA, Missouri, July 26 (TNSres) -- The University of Missouri issued the following news release: * * * Mizzou researcher Chanwoo Park is designing a next-generation cooling system to help data centers become more energy efficient. * * * Artificial intelligence (AI) is hot right now. Also hot: the data centers that power the technology. And keeping those centers cool requires a tremendous amount of energy. The problem is only going to grow as high-powered AI-based computers and devices   more