BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 24 [Category: Energy]-- 350.org, an organization that works to end the age of fossil fuels and build a community-led renewable energy, posted the following news release: * * * 350.org Responds to China's New Climate Target with Analysis: "Underwhelming Yet Transformative" * New York/Beijing, 24 September 2025. Speaking at the UN Climate Summit, Chinese President Xi Jinping announced China's updated national climate pledge (NDC) under the Paris Agreement. In his a  more

ALFRED, New York, Sept. 26 -- Alfred University issued the following news release on Sept. 25, 2025: * * * Alfred University set to host AUEnergy Conference Alfred University will host the AUEnergy Conference on Thursday, Oct. 23, beginning at 7:30 a.m. The event, themed "Emerging Technology for a Resilient Grid," is a must for energy enthusiasts and power industry professionals. Speakers include Alfred University alumni Patricia Nilsen '88, CEO of Avangrid companies New York State Electric   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Donald Trump Intends to Expand Pricey, Illegal Coal Plant Extensions * Washington, D.C. \- According to reporting, Donald Trump and his administration are planning to issue executive orders pushing the Department of Energy to issue additional emergency orders that force retiring polluting power plants to stay online to power data centers for big tech companies. The report indicates that  more

LIVERMORE, California, Sept. 26 (TNSjou) -- The U.S. Department of Energy Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news: * * * LLNL research rewrites a chapter of the Moon's early history When Apollo 17 astronauts collected a small rock from the Moon more than 50 years ago, they had no way of knowing it would still be challenging scientists' understanding of lunar history today. The fragment, known as sample 76535, formed nearly 50 kilometers underground but shows almost n  more

LONDON, England, Sept. 25 -- Imperial College-London issued the following news: * * * NASA's IMAP mission launches with Imperial magnetometer on board By Conrad Duncan A new NASA mission has launched today carrying an Imperial-built instrument which will measure magnetic fields in space. NASA's Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP), which will help scientists better understand the protective magnetic bubble surrounding our solar system, successfully lifted off from NASA's Kenne  more

LA JOLLA, California, Sept. 26 -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following news: * * * UC San Diego Awarded Nearly $1M NSF Grant to Launch Semiconductor Workforce Training Program Backed by a new $1M NSF ExLENT award, UC San Diego will pilot a summer program equipping community college students and educators with hands-on skills in semiconductor manufacturing and emerging nanotechnologies. By Phoebe Skok - pskok@ucsd.edu UC San Diego has been awarded a three-year,   more

LOS ANGELES, California, Sept. 26 (TNSjou) -- The University of California issued the following research brief: * * * New stretchable light-emitting material holds promise for photon-based devices FINDINGS A research team led by the California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA, or CNSI, demonstrated a new type of light-emitting material expected to be suitable for photonics -- devices based in light in the same way that today's electronics are based in electrical signals. The team used a semicon  more