BASEL, Switzerland, Jan. 18 -- Buildings, a peer-reviewed open access journal that focuses on building science, building engineering and architecture design, published research articles on the following topics in its December 2024 edition (Vol. 14, Issue 12). Here are excerpts of the topics: * * * * Article - A Method for Calculating the Bearing Capacity of Basic Members of an Underground Concrete-Filled Steel Tube Supporting Arch with a D-Shaped Cross Section * Article - A Study on Carbon R  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Capito Announces West Virginia's Approval to Permit Class VI Well Carbon Capture Projects WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today announced that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has granted West Virginia the authority to oversee and administer the Class VI well program in the stat  more

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, Jan. 18 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary on Jan. 17, 2025: * * * Key E&E Nominees Take Reliable Energy Seriously Written by Sarah Montalbano This week saw confirmation hearings for several Cabinet positions that will be crucial to defining energy and environmental policy under the Trump administration. Luckily, all take energy seriously and prio  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 (TNSres) -- Friends of the Earth issued the following news release: * * * New report finds Big Oil, Saudis, and Chinese companies will be main beneficiaries of Trump's methane export boom * * * President-elect Donald Trump may be on the verge of approving exports of liquified methane from 14 planned export facilities, which have been striking deals to sell their output to gas buyers worldwide. These approvals would feed an explosion of fossil fuel exports, delivering liq  more

FRANKFORT, Kentucky, Jan. 18 -- The Kentucky Public Service Commission has granted Duke Energy Kentucky an extension to file responses to data requests from Commission staff in the company's Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) case. Duke Energy requested the extension to allow for additional time to complete necessary modeling runs. The Commission approved the extension and adjusted the procedural schedule to accommodate the revised filing deadlines. This includes extending the deadline for stakeho  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 [Category: Environment] -- The League of Conservation Voters issued the following news release: * * * LCV Statements on the Senate Confirmation Hearings of Lee Zeldin for EPA Administrator, Doug Burgum for Secretary of the Interior, and Pam Bondi for Attorney General Washington D.C.- In response to today's Senate confirmation hearings of Lee Zeldin to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, Doug Burgum to lead the Department of the Interior, and Pam Bondi for Attorney Ge  more

BASEL, Switzerland, Jan. 17 -- Minerals, a peer-reviewed journal that says it covers mineralogy, economic mineral resources, mineral exploration, innovative mining techniques and advances in mineral processing, published research articles on the following topics in its December 2024 edition (Vol. 14, Issue 12). Here are excerpts of the topics: * * * * Article - A "Pipeline"-Based Approach for Automated Construction of Geoscience Knowledge Graphs * Article - An Analysis and Interpretation of  more

BASEL, Switzerland, Jan. 17 -- Minerals, a peer-reviewed journal that says it covers mineralogy, economic mineral resources, mineral exploration, innovative mining techniques and advances in mineral processing, published research articles on the following topics in its January 2025 edition (Vol. 15, Issue 1). Here are excerpts of the topics: * * * * Article - A DFT Study of the Mechanical Properties of a Lizardite Slab Reinforced by Graphene and Hexagonal Boron Nitride * Article - Analyzing  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 18 -- The Natural Resources Defense Council issued the following statement on Jan. 16, 2025: * * * The Senate held a confirmation hearing for Doug Burgum, President Trump's nominee to lead the Department of the Interior. The following is a statement from Andrew Wetzler, senior vice president for Nature at NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council): "Secretary of the Interior is a hugely important job, the person chiefly responsible for protecting America's most special places an  more

LONDON, England, Jan. 17 -- The Nuclear Industry Association issued the following statement on Jan. 16, 2025: * * * In reaction to two announcements on the future of fusion energy in the UK, including a pound sterling410 million government investment to accelerate the development of fusion energy (link), and a shortlist of potential industry partners for the world-leading STEP programme in Nottinghamshire (link), Tom Greatrex, Chief Executive of the Nuclear Industry Association, said: "This s  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. 18 -- The Ohio Environmental Council issued the following news release on Jan. 17, 2025: Today, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced that American Electric Power (AEP) will pay $19M to settle the investigation into the utility's role in the House Bill 6 Scandal. The SEC determined AEP made the following violations of the Exchange Act: issued a misleading press release around their role in fully funding Empowering Ohio, failed to disclose transactions tied to pay  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. 18 -- The Ohio Environmental Council issued the following news release on Jan. 17, 2025: Today, two former FirstEnergy executives, Chuck Jones and Michael Dowling, were indicted for their role in House Bill 6 and the alleged Public Utilities Commission of Ohio bribery scandal. Due to these briberies and schemes, in just the first half of 2025, Ohioans will still be forced to subsidize over $80.6 million in fossil fuel bailouts to failing coal-fired power plants. The Ohio E  more

BASEL, Switzerland, Jan. 17 -- Resources, a peer-reviewed journal of scientific studies on natural resources, published research articles on the following topics in its December 2024 edition (Vol. 13, Issue 12): * Article - A Method for the Appraisal of Natural Values Serving the Preparation of a Landscape Audit: A Case Study from Poland * Article - Accurate Method for Solar Power Generation Estimation for Different PV (Photovoltaic Panels) Technologies * Article - Electricity Production Land  more

LONDON, England, Jan. 18 -- Sustainable Energy and Fuels, a peer-reviewed journal from the Royal Society of Chemistry that says it features the development of sustainable energy technologies, published research articles on the following topics in its Jan. 21, 2025, edition (Vol. 9, Issue 2). Here are excerpts of the topics: * * * Review Article * Performance promotion strategies for wide bandgap perovskite solar cells * Empowering catalysis and separation: morphology control of MFI zeolite  more