Thursday - November 21, 2024
Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Mississippi Newsletter for Saturday October 05, 2024 ( 3 items )  

ACORE Applauds DOE's Transmission Investment and Analysis
WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 -- The American Council on Renewable Energy issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced an investment of $1.5 billion in four transmission projects being developed by American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) members. These projects will enable nearly 1,000 miles of new transmission development throughout Louisiana, Maine, Mississippi, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas, and create approximately 9,000 good-paying jobs. Today, DOE also   more

Optica: Researchers Speed Up Buried Object Detection With Multi-Beam Laser Sensor
WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 (TNSres) -- Optica, formerly the Optical Society, issued the following news release: * * * New laser-acoustic technology promising for faster, more efficient detection of landmines and other underground hazards * * * Researchers have shown that a recently developed 2D-array laser multibeam sensor can be used for laser-acoustic detection of buried objects such as landmines. This new approach could make it faster and less cumbersome to detect various underground objects. Vy  more

Three Alabama, Mississippi Students Selected for Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship
OCEAN SPRINGS, Mississippi, Oct. 4 (TNSres) -- The Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium issued the following news release: Students from The University of Mississippi (UM), The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) and the University of South Alabama/Dauphin Island Sea Lab (USA/DISL) have been selected as finalists for the 2025 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Sea Grant John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship Program. The Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium endorsed t  more