WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: * * * Blackburn Applauds USDA for Blocking Tax Dollars for Solar Panels on Prime Farmland and Investing in Tennessee's Rural Communities * NASHVILLE, Tenn. - U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) released the following statement applauding the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) decision to cut off funding for solar panels on productive farmland and stop allowing solar panels manufactured by f  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 [Category: Biology] -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release: * * * California Regulators Urged to Restart Low-income Affordable Clean Energy Project * SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- State law requires the California Public Utilities Commission to reopen an affordable clean energy program it closed in 2020 without notice, leaving hundreds of thousands of low-income rural residents without safe, affordable heat and electricity, according to a petitio  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 20 [Category: BizEnergy] -- Commonwealth Edison, a subsidiary of Exelon, issued the following news release: * * * ComEd Urges Customers to Take Advantage of ComEd Bill-Support Options Available Amid Peak Energy Usage Season * As northern Illinois continues to experience hotter-than-normal summer temperatures, ComEd encourages customers to explore the wide range of programs it offers to help with past-due balances, as well as offerings that can help them manage energy   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Budget Office issued the following report entitled "Emissions of Greenhouse Gases in the Agriculture Sector." Here are excerpts: * * * At a Glance The agriculture sector emits greenhouse gases (GHGs) through its two main activities: producing crops and managing livestock (including poultry). The sector is the nation's leading source of emissions of GHGs other than carbon dioxide (CO2 ). The accumulation of GHGs in the atmosphere contributes   more

COLUMBIA, Missouri, Aug. 20 [Category: Media] -- The Association of Health Care Journalists posted the following news: * * * How to find local climate-health stories * Climate change coverage has been dominated by negative content that highlights the scale of the crisis, the stubbornness of fossil fuel use or the failure of international negotiations. But the past decade has brought meaningful wins: cities running on renewable energy for days at a time, flood-prone neighborhoods protected by  more

PASADENA, California, Aug. 21 (TNSres) -- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: * * * NASA: Ceres May Have Had Long-Standing Energy to Fuel Habitability The dwarf planet is cold now, but new research paints a picture of Ceres hosting a deep, long-lived energy source that may have maintained habitable conditions in the past. * New NASA research has found that Ceres may have had a lasting source of chemical energy: the right types of molecules needed to fuel some microbial  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Aug. 20 -- Rice University posted the following news release: * * * Rice scientists pioneer transfer-free method to grow ultrathin semiconductors on electronics * A team of materials scientists at Rice University has developed a new way to grow ultrathin semiconductors directly onto electronic components. The method, described in a study published in ACS Applied Electronic Materials, could help streamline the integration of two-dimensional materials into next-generation elect  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Aug. 21 -- The Texas A&M University College of Engineering issued the following news: * * * Three Engineering Faculty Members Receives Prestigious NSF CAREER Awards The awards will support faculty work to solve complex engineering challenges in different fields. By Lalain Aquino Three Texas A&M University College of Engineering faculty members received the National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) Award in 2025 for novel and  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Trump Spreads Desperate Lies to Deflect Blame for High Energy Prices * Washington, D.C. \- Today, Donald Trump published on Truth Social that "Any State that has built and relied on WINDMILLS and SOLAR for power are seeing RECORD BREAKING INCREASES IN ELECTRICITY AND ENERGY COSTS." This is false. Energy Innovation reported that "states with the largest increases in wind and solar generat  more

BOONE, North Carolina, Aug. 19 [Category: Sociological] -- Appalachian Voices posted the following news release: * * * West Virginia groups urge Gov. Morrisey, Attorney General McCuskey to defend WV's Solar for All program award * August 19, 2025 CONTACT Dan Radmacher, dan@appvoices.org CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Today, a dozen West Virginia companies and organizations sent a letter to the offices of Gov. Patrick Morrisey and Attorney General J.B. McCuskey to call on them to push back on th  more