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TNS Tipoffs - Energy and Gov't Newsletter for Thursday July 10, 2025 ( 9 items )  

Durbin Slams Republicans' So-Called "One Big, Beautiful Bill" Which Slashes Health Care Coverage For 17 Million Americans To Provide Massive Tax Breaks For Billionaires
WASHINGTON, July 8 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin Slams Republicans' So-Called "One Big, Beautiful Bill" Which Slashes Health Care Coverage For 17 Million Americans To Provide Massive Tax Breaks For Billionaires * July 08, 2025 Durbin voted against final passage of the bill last week WASHINGTON - In a speech on the Senate floor, U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) today slammed the Republicans' so-called One Big Beautiful  more

Homes, Not Power Plants, are Key to Slashing Energy Costs
LAKEWOOD, Ohio, July 10 (TNSbrep) -- The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis issued the following news release: * * * Homes, not power plants, are key to slashing energy costs Key Takeaways: Focusing on household solutions such as thermal upgrades, efficient electric appliances, solar, batteries and load-shifting is an effective strategy to halve residential energy bills. Household energy upgrades benefit the broader energy system by mitigating gas supply gaps, managing pe  more

IFT and Seeding The Future Foundation Announce Growth Grant and Grand Prize Winners of USD $1 Million Food Innovation Challenge
CHICAGO, Illinois, July 9 [Category: Food/Beverage] -- The Institute of Food Technologists posted the following news release: * * * IFT and Seeding The Future Foundation Announce Growth Grant and Grand Prize Winners of USD $1 Million Food Innovation Challenge * CHICAGO - July 9, 2025 - Seeding The Future Foundation and the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) are proud to announce the Seeding The Future Grand Prize and Growth Grant winners for the 2024 Seeding The Future Global Food System   more

Midstream Matters by Sarah Miller: A Good News Story Not Being Told
TULSA, Oklahoma, July 10 -- GPA Midstream Association (formerly the Gas Processors Association) issued the following news: * * * Midstream Matters by Sarah Miller: A Good News Story Not Being Told By Sarah Miller, GPA Midstream President & CEO Few outside our industry realize that the real hero of America's decarbonization story is neither electric vehicles nor a distant policy edict -- it's natural gas, processed and moved through midstream pipelines and infrastructure. A recent article by   more

National, State Environmental Groups Urge California Senate to Halt Anti-solar AB 942
WASHINGTON, July 10 -- The Environmental Working Group posted the following news release: * * * National, state environmental groups urge California Senate to halt anti-solar AB 942 Advocates seek to protect state's solar program as "beacon of hope" for clean energy * SACRAMENTO - A coalition of 14 California-based and national environmental organizations is calling on state Sen. Josh Becker (D-Menlo Park), chair of the state Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee, to block A  more

Nevada Current: Ugly truths about Trump's Big Beautiful Bill and energy costs
LAS VEGAS, Nevada, July 9 -- The Nevada Democratic Party posted the following news release: * * * Nevada Current: Ugly truths about Trump's Big Beautiful Bill and energy costs * "Nevadans can expect to see energy bills rise, gasoline costs creep upward, an increase in health risks, job losses... as a result of President Donald Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act." A new report from the Nevada Current found that Donald Trump's tax bill will undermine environmental protections, lead to more ex  more

Pitt Swanson School of Engineering: Who Sees Who?
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, July 10 (TNSjou) -- The University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering issued the following news: * * * Who Sees Who? Pitt professor Amin Rahimian and PhD scholar Yuxin Liu seek to find the delicate balance between individual privacy and collective learning * In the comedy Home Alone, a burglar posing as a police officer walks door to door during the holidays to find out which families will be traveling, leaving their empty homes easy prey for a break-in. T  more

Queen Mary University of London: Pioneering Space Probe Reveals Secrets of Mysterious Solar Barrier
LONDON, England, July 9 (TNSjou) -- Queen Mary University of London issued the following news: * * * Pioneering space probe reveals secrets of mysterious solar barrier New research utilising data from NASA's Parker Solar Probe has provided the first direct evidence of a phenomenon known as the "helicity barrier" in the solar wind. This discovery, published in Physical Review X by Queen Mary University of London researchers, offers a significant step towards understanding two long-standing mys  more

University of Southern California-Viterbi School of Engineering: AI Unlocks Earth's Subsurface Mysteries for Smart Energy Applications
LOS ANGELES, California, July 10 -- The University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering issued the following news: * * * AI Unlocks Earth's Subsurface Mysteries for Smart Energy Applications By Greg Hardesty As global energy challenges continue to escalate, a pioneering AI-driven study by USC Viterbi researchers offers timely solutions to CO2 storage and resource management. Environmental scientists have amassed reams of data about the Earth's surface and the vastness of its  more