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TNS Tipoffs - Energy and Gov't Newsletter for Sunday August 04, 2024 ( 5 items )  

A Bright and Airy Hub for Climate at MIT
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Aug. 3 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Together, the new Moghadam Building and refurbished Green Building form a vibrant new center to tackle pressing global concerns of sustainability and climate change. * * * By Michael Blanding, EAPS News Seen from a distance, MIT's Cecil and Ida Green Building (Building 54) -- designed by renowned architect and MIT alumnus I.M. Pei '40 -- is one of the most iconic buildings on the C  more

A New Study Reveals Why the Moon Has a (Very Thin) Atmosphere
CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 3 (TNSres) -- The University of Chicago issued the following news: * * * University of Chicago, MIT scientists make new breakthrough in decades-long puzzle * * * By Louise Lerner The moon's atmosphere is so thin that we only discovered it in 1971--after astronauts had already been there. Ever since, scientists have been puzzling about how it got there. A team of scientists from the University of Chicago and MIT, however, may have solved the decades-old mystery. By a  more

Senate Passes Peters Bipartisan Bill to Create Leasing Program for Underutilized Space Held by Federal Agencies
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Sen. Gary Peters, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: The U.S. Senate passed bipartisan legislation authored by U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, to create a program that allows federal agencies to lease underutilized properties with approval from the Administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA), and to use the rent payments to help fund capital projects and facilities maintenance.   more

South Australia Leads Nation Towards Green Iron Amid Growing Global Competition
CLEVELAND, Ohio, Aug. 3 (TNSres) -- The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis issued the following news release: * * * Australia needs to ensure markets exist for the emerging green iron export opportunity * * * Key Takeaways: * As the hype over green hydrogen's potential uses undergoes a reality check, its role in the production of green iron and steel is firming. * Australia faces growing international competition in the emerging green iron space from the likes of Brazil,  more

Switch On: Federal Home Energy Rebates Get Powered Up at MATC
MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, Aug. 3 -- Milwaukee Area Technical College issued the following news: * * * U.S. Energy Secretary, state and city officials gather at college to announce programs designed to lower utility bills for Wisconsin residents * * * Back in late 2020, Nicholas Hansen had a feeling that heat pumps would be hot. The South Milwaukee native learned heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) on the job through a local labor union and in the classroom at Milwaukee Area Technic  more