PASADENA, California, Aug. 30 -- CALSTART, an organization that says it works with member companies to build a clean transportation industry, issued the following news release: * * * Additions bring focus on EV investment and scalable solutions. * * * CALSTART, a mission-driven industry organization focused on transportation decarbonization, is pleased to welcome two new members to its Board of Directors: Avninder Buttar, Element Fleet Management's Senior Vice President and Head of Electrifi  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF12596) on Aug. 29, 2024, by public finance analyst Nicholas E. Buffie. Here are excerpts: * * * Tax Credit Transfers and Direct Payments in the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA; P.L. 117-169) created or modified 20 energy-related income tax credits. These credits subsidize clean or efficient energy production and usage by individuals and businesse  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) and Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will award the Valley Electric Association (VEA) $80.3 million to install a 37-megawatt solar power generation and storage system to serve Pahrump and the Fish Lake Valley region. This investment is part of the USDA's Powering Affordable Clean Energy (PACE) program, which was fu  more

BAVARIA, Germany, Aug. 30 (TNSres) -- The Friedrich-Alexander-Universitat issued the following news: * * * Carbon, of all things, could help us to push forward the decarbonization of our industrial society. Functional carbon particles, known as carbon dots, can transform sunlight into energy and extract hydrogen from water. Prof. Dr. Dirk M. Guldi, a chemist at Friedrich-Alexander-Universitat Erlangen-Nurnberg (FAU), researches the molecular structure of such nanoparticles and uses artificial   more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Aug. 31 -- Gov. JB Pritzker, D-Illinois, issued the following news release on Aug. 30, 2024: * * * Eligible entities can apply for grant funding to support renewable energy projects as part of historic Climate and Equitable Jobs Act (CEJA) * * * CHICAGO - Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) today announced $25.5 million in funding for the Equitable Energy Future Grant Program to grow and diversify Illinois' clean  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Aug. 30 -- The Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics issued the following news release: * * * A team from SAO has helped a decades-long mystery surrounding the solar wind that helps us understand how the Sun affects its environment and, ultimately, the Earth. * * * Since the 1960s, astronomers have wondered how the sun's supersonic "solar wind," a stream of energetic particles that flows out into the solar system and extends beyond the orbit of Pluto, continue  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, Aug. 31 -- The Kansas Corporation Commission announced the following dockets on Aug. 30, 2024: * * * 25-PSEE-147-WND Docket Type: WND - Wind Energy Docket Description: Pixley Solar Energy LLC Application Date Filed: 08/30/2024 * * * 25-CYCE-145-COC Docket Type: COC - Certificate of Convenience Docket Description: Application for Clay Center Date Filed: 08/30/2024 * * * 25-CONS-3083-CEXC Docket Type: CEXC - Exception To Rules And Regulations Docket Description: Appli  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory issued the following news: * * * Since its launch in 2020, the Liquid Sunlight Alliance has enabled progress in artificial photosynthesis - including advances in device performance, materials durability, and computational modeling * * * Artificial photosynthesis could one day harness energy from the sun to convert carbon dioxide, nitrogen, and water into liquid fuels to power your car, and e  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 -- Sen. Cynthia M. Lummis, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: Today, Senate Western Caucus Chair Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) issued the following statement after the Biden-Harris administration issued its updated solar plan which makes 31 million acres throughout the west, including in Wyoming, available for solar development. "The Biden-Harris administration is hellbent on destroying the western way of life by closing off access to public lands for oil and gas drillin  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 -- The National Labor Relations Board issued the following decision (Case No. 21-RC-306935) by Region 21 Director William B. Cowen: * * * MARATHON PETROLEUM LOGISTICS SERVICES LLC, Employer and UNITED STEEL, PAPER AND FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY, ALLIED INDUSTRIAL AND SERVICE WORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION, AFL-CIO-CLC, Petitioner DECISION AND DIRECTION OF ELECTION On November 9, 2022, United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Indust  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Aug. 30 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: ORNL's Joshua New was celebrating his birthday and preparing to ice climb Alaska's Godwin Glacier when he received his highest career honor to date. The computer scientist and distinguished R&D staff member at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory was named the 2024 Researcher of the Year by R&D World magazine as part of its R&D 100 Professional A  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 -- Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons and Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (all D-Del.) today announced a $1.5 million grant award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Sustainable Energy Resources for Consumers (SERC) grant program to Delaware's Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) to help low-income households make home energy improvements. This funding was made possible   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 [Category: Environment] -- The League of Conservation Voters issued the following news release: Your weekly resource to learn what the environmental movement is saying about the news of the day and the political fight of our generation. Be sure to follow LCV on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok. QUOTES OF THE WEEK: "I have always believed and I have worked on it that the climate crisis is real, that it is an urgent matter to which we should apply metrics that includ  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury issued the following news release: Proposed regulations would apply bonus credit to additional clean energy technologies for projects in low-income communities. Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for 48E(h), the Clean Electricity Low-Income Communities Bonus Credit Program, created by the Inflation Reduction Act. The program promote  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 (Rep.) -- The Congressional Western Caucus issued the following statement on Aug. 30, 2024: * * * Today, Western Caucus Chairman Dan Newhouse (WA-04) released the following statement on the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) proposed updated Western Solar Plan. "Time and again the Biden-Harris Administration has created ways to undermine the multiple-use mandate for public lands and push unreliable intermittent renewable energy over traditional sources," said Chairman Newho  more