BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 9 -- Ceres, a non-profit organization that is mobilizing companies and investors to take stronger action on climate change, water scarcity and global sustainability challenges, issued the following news release: A dozen major businesses are calling for policymakers across the Southeast U.S. to take action to strengthen the electricity grid to ensure it has the capacity to reliably power the growing regional demand for electricity with affordable, home-grown clean pow  more

FRANKFORT, Kentucky, Aug. 9 -- The Kentucky Public Service Commission issued the following order (Case No. 2024-00158) on Aug. 8, 2024: * * * In the Matter of: Electronic Application Of Duke Energy Kentucky, Inc. For A Certificate Of Public Convenience And Necessity To Construct A 138-KV Transmission Line And Associated Facilities In Boone County COMMISSION STAFF'S FIRST REQUEST FOR INFORMATION TO DUKE ENERGY KENTUCKY, INC. Duke Energy Kentucky, Inc. (Duke Kentucky), pursuant to 807 KAR 5:00  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 -- The Carbon Capture Coalition issued the following statement on Aug. 8, 2024: * * * This statement may be attributed to Jessie Stolark, executive director of the Carbon Capture Coalition: "The Carbon Capture Coalition commends the Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) at DOE for advancing the Responsible Carbon Management Initiative (RCMI). This robust list of principles for the responsible deployment of carbon management projects, along with the companio  more

SYRACUSE, New York, Aug. 8 -- Syracuse University issued the following news: With grant funding from the Department of Energy, Professor Mathew Maye and his collaborators will manufacture and test a new generation of Quantum dots. Tiny but mighty semiconductors named Quantum dots (Qdots) could someday drive hyper-powerful computers. Qdots are crystals squeezed in a space just a few nanometers in diameter. They are used today in products such as solar cells or LEDs and work by either absorbing  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 -- The Food and Water Watch issued the following news release on Aug. 8, 2024: Los Angeles - Today, residents of Porter Ranch, Food & Water Watch and Progressive Democrats of America launched a new phase in their nearly decade-long fight to shut down SoCalGas' (a subsidiary of Sempra) Aliso Canyon gas storage facility, the site of the biggest methane blowout in U.S. history. These groups are joined by over 150 climate and environmental justice organizations from across the co  more

LA JOLLA, California, Aug. 9 (TNSres) -- The Scripps Research Institute issued the following news: * * * The building blocks can be used to create polymers with previously unexplored structures and fine-tunable properties, with applications across energy storage and more. * * * Polymers can be thought of like trains: Just as a train is composed of multiple cars, polymers are made up of multiple monomers, and the couplings between the train cars are similar to the chemical bonds that link mon  more

SYDNEY, Australia, Aug. 8 (TNSres) -- The University of New South Wales issued the following news: Academics are recognised for their research and public advocacy in biomedical science and engineering, food policy, urban design and climate change, and mental health. Five outstanding UNSW Sydney researchers have received a 2024 NSW Young Tall Poppy Science Award, out of 12 granted in the state. Run by the Australian Institute of Policy and Science (AIPS), the Young Tall Poppy Science Awards ho  more