ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, New York, June 10 -- Bard College issued the following news release: * * * Bard College Launches New Online Platform in Partnership with JustAir to Give Public Access to Real-Time Hudson Valley Air Quality Information ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, N.Y.--The Center for the Environmental Sciences and Humanities at Bard College (CESH) is thrilled to announce the launch of a new online tool that allows people in the Hudson Valley community to have better access to information about th  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: * * * Barrasso: Unleashing Affordable, Reliable American Energy Will Fuel American Prosperity * WASHINGTON D.C. - U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Senate Majority Whip, today spoke on the Senate floor about the Republican agenda to unleash American energy. Under the Biden administration, energy policy was defined by waste, fraud, abuse, and corruption. Senator Barrasso discussed how Sunnova - a now  more

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, June 10 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The Southern Environmental Law Center posted the following news release: * * * Duke Energy's latest North Carolina gas plant proposal would drive up bills, pollution * CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- Clean energy advocates urged the North Carolina Utilities Commission on Monday to deny Duke Energy's application to construct and operate a second large methane gas-fired power plant in Person County -- a project likely to burden North Caro  more

WASHINGTON, June 11 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Energy Information Administration issued the following news release: * * * EIA expects low crude oil prices and declining rig count to affect U.S. crude oil production trends through 2026 The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) expects the Brent crude oil price to fall to near $60 per barrel by the end of the year and to average about $59 per barrel in 2026. EIA expects the low price of crude oil to affect both U.S. crud  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Fairfax County Public Schools Superintendent Michelle C. Reid, in her Weekly Reflections on June 9, 2025, highlighted the ongoing end-of-year celebrations, including numerous high school graduations and the importance of inclusiveness. Reid announced that 10 Fairfax County Public Schools students won 2025 Merit Scholarship awards and the expansion of the George Mason University Direct Admissions program to more high schools for the Class of 2026. She commended the wareho  more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- NASA issued the following news on June 10, 2025: * * * Frigid Exoplanet in Strange Orbit Imaged by NASA's Webb A planetary system described as abnormal, chaotic, and strange by researchers has come into clearer view with NASA's James Webb Space Telescope. Using Webb's NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera), researchers have successfully imaged one of two known planets surrounding the star 14 Herculis, located 60 light-years away from Earth in our own Milky Way galaxy. The exopl  more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- NASA issued the following news on June 10, 2025: * * * NASA's CODEX Captures Unique Views of Sun's Outer Atmosphere Key Points: * NASA's CODEX investigation captured images of the Sun's outer atmosphere, the corona, showcasing new aspects of its gusty, uneven flow. * The CODEX instrument, located on the International Space Station, is a coronagraph -- a scientific tool that creates an artificial eclipse with physical disks -- that measures the speed and temperature of  more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release on June 10, 2025: * * * Pallone: Trump Administration Actions Are Increasing Energy Costs for American Families Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks at an Energy Subcommittee hearing on "The Fiscal Year 2026 Department of Energy Budget:" Today we're here to discuss th  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, June 10 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Recovering from the past and transitioning to a better energy future * As the frequency and severity of extreme weather events grow, it may become increasingly necessary to employ a bolder approach to climate change, warned Emily A. Carter, the Gerhard R. Andlinger Professor in Energy and the Environment at Princeton University. Carter made her case for why the energy transition is  more

NEW YORK, June 10 -- The Rockefeller Foundation posted the following news release: * * * Rockefeller Foundation Announces First Class of Big Bets Fellows Focused on Asia-Pacific * Over the four-month fellowship, these Asia-Pacific Big Bets Fellows will participate in intensive programming, peer learning, and global networking designed to amplify their potential impact and help translate their bold ideas into lasting systems change. Their immediate efforts encompass 26 countries in the region  more

TUCSON, Arizona, June 11 -- The city of Tucson issued the following news on June 10, 2025: * * * Solar Panels Placed on City Public Housing Mayor Regina Romero and Tucson Housing and Community Development (HCD) are celebrating the installation of solar panels on 15 homes owned by the City of Tucson Public Housing Authority. In 2022, the Tucson Mayor and Council voted to allocate $300,000 in federal American Rescue Plan funds to add solar in City-owned buildings to help reduce the energy burd  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory issued the following news: * * * Space Storm Captured by NRL Spurs New Era in CME Research By Emily Winget, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Corporate Communications WASHINGTON, D.C. - Local weather alerts are familiar warnings for potentially dangerous conditions, but an alert that puts all of Earth on warning is rare. On May 31, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory's (NRL) space-based instrumentation captured real-time observations of a po  more

CORAL GABLES, Florida, June 11 -- The University of Miami issued the following news: * * * Kryptonite for hurricanes Dust from the Saharan Air Layer, which has reached South Florida, can suppress tropical cyclone development. But there's a caveat. A University of Miami meteorologist explains how the phenomenon works. By Robert C. Jones Jr. It can be kryptonite for hurricanes. The Saharan Air Layer (SAL)--a mass of dry, hot, and dust-laden air that forms over the Sahara Desert during the l  more

WATERTOWN, Massachusetts, June 9 [Category: BizEngineering] -- Vanasse Hangen Brustlin Inc., a provider of transportation planning, engineering, design, land development and environmental services, posted the following news: * * * VHB Honored with Mayor Thomas M. Menino Legacy Awards * Preservation Massachusetts recently recognized VHB with two prestigious Mayor Thomas M. Menino Legacy Awards, acknowledging the firm's work on the Lincoln School in Brockton and the McElwain School in Bridgew  more

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, June 11 -- Xcel Energy issued the following news release: * * * Xcel Energy's upcoming St. Paul Service Center hits major construction milestone The Heights location replaces current century-old building to ensure reliable service for customers * MINNEAPOLIS (June 10, 2025) - Xcel Energy announced today a major milestone in the construction of a new service center that will position it to continue to provide safe and reliable energy service across St. Paul. The comp  more