LARAMIE, Wyoming, Dec. 3 -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: A family enjoys the aerial tram experience at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort. Wyoming's outdoor recreation, tourism and hospitality industry is the focus of the newly renamed Jay Kemmerer WORTH Institute at the University of Wyoming, funded by a $5 million gift from Jay and Karen Kemmerer, former owners of the famous resort in western Wyoming. The iconic tram, replaced in 2008, symbolizes the transformative   more

CANBERRA, Australia, Dec. 3 -- The Australian Bureau of Statistics issued the following news release: Australia's current account balance rose by $2.2 billion to a deficit of $14.1 billion in the September quarter 2024 (seasonally adjusted, current prices), according to figures released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The surplus on trade in goods and services fell $3.3 billion to $3.3 billion. This was offset by the net primary income deficit which narrowed $5.5 billion to  more

MELBOURNE, Australia, Dec. 4 -- The Australian Conservation Foundation issued the following news release: New national polling of more than 6,000 Australians has revealed a stark gender divide on one of the election's most contentious issues - nuclear energy. DemosAU Head of Research George Hasanakos has described the results as "the sharpest divide in attitudes between men and women that we have seen on any issue." Just 26% of women think nuclear would be good for Australia, compared to 51%   more

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, Dec. 4 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary on Dec. 3, 2024: * * * Data Centers Will Keep Natural Gas Running Written by Sarah Montalbano Data center construction mean running natural gas plants longer for Xcel Energy, according to remarks by Ryan Long, president of Xcel Energy's Minnesota and Dakotas division, at an MPUC conference in October. Ene  more

BASEL, Switzerland, Dec. 4 -- Coatings, a peer-reviewed open access journal devoted to the science and engineering of coatings, thin and thick films, surfaces and interfaces, published research articles on the following topics in its November 2024 edition (Vol. 14, Issue 11): * Article - A Simulation Study on the Effect of Supersonic Ultrasonic Acoustic Streaming on Solidification Dendrite Growth Behavior During Laser Cladding Based on Boundary Coupling * Article - A Spray-Deposited Modified S  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 (TNSrep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF11861) on Nov. 29, 2024, by acting section research manager Ashley J. Lawson. Here are excerpts: * * * DOE's Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) and Carbon Removal Programs Federally funded research and development (R&D) on carbon capture and storage (CCS) and carbon removal is supported primarily by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). This In Focus summarizes recent authorization  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release: Today, Representative Sharice Davids celebrated a $4.9 million grant for Kansas to clean up polluted abandoned mine lands, eliminating dangerous conditions caused by historic coal mining and creating good-paying jobs. This award(link is external), administered by the Department of the Interior's Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, was made possible by the Davids-backed bipartisan infrastruc  more

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, Dec. 4 -- EBSCO Industries, a provider of research databases, e-journals, magazine subscriptions, e-books and discovery service to libraries, issued the following news release: * * * Petroleum Source(TM) Offers Largest Collection of Leading Full-Text Journals Covering Petroleum Industry * * * IPSWICH, Mass. -- December 3, 2024 -- EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) announces the launch of Petroleum Source(TM), a new full-text resource covering the extraction, refining, tr  more

LONDON, England, Dec. 4 -- Energy Science and Engineering, a peer-reviewed journal from the Society of Chemical Industry that says it features energy and supply and use, published research articles on the following topics in its November 2024 edition (Vol. 12, Issue 11): ORIGINAL ARTICLE * Pushing the boundaries for fuel discovery with a multiview features fusion approach * A novel solar radiation forecasting model based on time series imaging and bidirectional long short-term memory network   more

LONDON, England, Dec. 4 (TNSres) -- BloombergNEF, a part of Bloomberg, issued the following news release on Dec. 3, 2024: European governments face an uphill battle if they are to deliver rapidly approaching and legally binding 2030 climate goals, according to New Energy Outlook: Europe, a new report published today by research provider BloombergNEF (BNEF). BNEF's base-case 'Economic Transition Scenario', which describes how the energy sector evolves as a result of cost-based technology change  more

LONDON, England, Dec. 4 -- The Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, a peer-reviewed journal from the Royal Society of Chemistry that says it features fundamental theory and application of spectrometric techniques, published research articles on the following topics in its Dec. 1, 2024, edition (Vol. 39, Issue 12): Critical Review * Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS): calibration challenges, combination with other techniques, and spectral analysis using data science Paper * Acc  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (I-WV) delivered his final speech as a United States Senator on the U.S. Senate floor. A video of Senator Manchin's floor speech can be found here. Senator Manchin's remarks as prepared are available below: My friends and colleagues, Today, I rise with a full heart and an overwhelming sense of gratitude. It has been the honor of my life to represent West Virginia and   more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Dec. 4 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: * * * NETL's Ngoc Tien Huynh uses coal waste derived graphite to make a lithium-ion battery for performance testing. * * * NETL's research has unlocked a low-temperature synthesis process to make America's coal waste into critical mineral graphite with a lower processing intensity. This takes what would otherwise be an environmental liability and inste  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Dec. 3, 2024: * * * Says fight for affordability "just heating up" Urges BPU to reconsider hikes -- no "coal in stockings of Jersey families" Urges All-of-the-Above energy approach * * * FORT LEE, NJ -- Today, December 3, 2024, U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) announced his "Lower Utility Prices Plan," which includes new legislation and action to combat utility price hikes hitting hardworkin  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Dec. 4 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news on Dec. 3, 2024: Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes recently announced his support for a lawsuit filed by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. Texas and a coalition of ten states sued three asset manager companies, Blackrock, Inc., State Street Corporation, and The Vanguard Group, Inc. The suit claims that they used their economic power to buy stock in nine coal companies and then used their influence a  more