BLACKSBURG, Virginia, March 24 -- Virginia Tech posted the following news: * * * 'Curious Conversations' podcast: Liesel Ritchie talks about community dynamics during and after disasters Liesel Ritchie joined Virginia Tech's "Curious Conversations" to talk about how sociology can help people better understand community dynamics during and after disasters. Ritchie shared the importance of understanding social capital's role in community resilience as well as how natural disasters differ from o  more

WASHINGTON, March 24 (TNSrep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R43744) on March 20, 2025, entitled "Monuments and Memorials Authorized Under the Commemorative Works Act in the District of Columbia:" (Continued from Part 1 of 2) * * * Site Locations to Be Determined John Adams and His Family In November 2001, Congress authorized the Adams Memorial Foundation to "establish a commemorative work on Federal land in the District of Columbia and its environs   more

LONDON, England, March 25 -- BloombergNEF, a part of Bloomberg, issued the following news release: * * * Australia on the Cusp of Big Battery Boom, According to BloombergNEF Report A volatile power market, supportive government policies, and looming coal plant retirements are driving uptake of utility-scale batteries in Australia: BloombergNEF Sydney, March 25, 2025 - Australia could be on the cusp of a utility-scale battery boom, propelled by sustained high volatility in the power market, g  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, March 24 -- Virginia Tech posted the following news: * * * Experts available: Tariffs & farmers, economics of scam texts, U.S. cash warning, and more Tariffs could place Virginia farmers between a rock and a hard place "The U.S. tariffs on Mexico and Canada will strain Virginia's agricultural crop production, particularly impacting tobacco, corn, soybeans, wheat, and barley, by driving up production costs. Virginia's crop producers will face higher expenses as potash --  more

PARIS, France, March 24 [Category: Energy] -- The International Energy Agency posted the following news: * * * Growth in global energy demand surged in 2024 to almost twice its recent average Global energy demand grew at a faster-than-average pace in 2024 as the consumption of electricity rose around the world - with increased supply of renewables and natural gas covering the majority of additional energy needs, according to a new IEA report. The latest edition of the IEA's Global Energy Re  more

LEXINGTON, Kentucky, March 25 -- The National Thoroughbred Racing Association issued the following news: * * * Louisiana Derby Win Sends Tiztastic to No.6 in NTRA Top 3-Year-Old Poll NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll - March 24, 2025 Week 9 of the 2025 NTRA Top Three-Year-Old Thoroughbred Poll and the NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll conducted by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), covering racing performances through March 23. Voting is conducted by national media. The 3-Year-Old poll   more

AUSTIN, Texas, March 25 -- The Texas Public Policy Foundation issued the following news release: * * * New Research: Reliability Standards for Wind and Solar Will Save Texas Ratepayers Billions Life:Powered Research Estimates that Reliability Standards for Wind and Solar Will Save Texas Ratepayers Billions and Make the Grid More Reliable Life:Powered, a campaign of the Texas Public Policy Foundation to raise Texas's and America's energy IQ, recently released groundbreaking research (https://  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, March 24 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * PennTAP to help small to mid-size manufacturers reduce energy costs across state UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The Pennsylvania Technical Assistance Program (PennTAP) at Penn State secured and will manage $51.4 million through the Reducing Industrial Sector Emissions in Pennsylvania (RISE PA) initiative, a statewide grant program aimed at supporting small to mid-size manufacturers across the st  more

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Whitehouse Slams EPA's Polluter Giveaways on FoxNews.com Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, just published an op-ed on FoxNews.com slamming the Environmental Protection Agency's giveaways to polluters, which prop up the fossil fuel industry at the expense of the health and financial wellbeing of the Americ  more