NEW YORK, Dec. 16 [Category: Health Care] -- The New York Health and Hospitals posted the following news release: * * * 2025 Accomplishments at NYC Health + Hospitals: Continued Recognition for High-Quality Care, Securing Housing for Patients, and Elevating the Health Care System Workforce * Dec 16, 2025 NYC Health + Hospitals today shared an overview of some its accomplishments for 2025. The health care system continues to win awards for high-quality care, build new spaces and programs, a  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Rep. Yassamin Ansari, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Ansari Spearheads Hearing to Standardize Procedures for Geothermal Permitting and Projects * WASHINGTON - Yesterday, Representative Yassamin Ansari (AZ-03) led a hearing as Ranking Member of the Energy and Minerals Subcommittee of the Natural Resources Committee on nine bills on geothermal energy development, including her legislation, the Geothermal Gold Book Development Act. Ansari's Geotherm  more

NEWPORT NEWS, Virginia, Dec. 18 -- Christopher Newport University issued the following news: * * * Bright Idea Nets Energy Savings LED bulbs boost Going Greener campaign By Jim Hanchett, jim.hanchett@cnu.edu Building by building, a smart energy-saving project is brightening Christopher Newport's campus. Electricians are replacing incandescent, halogen, and fluorescent bulbs with high-efficiency LED lights both indoors and outdoors. The conversion is complete at the Potomac Residence Hall.   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Coal for Christmas: Local Advocacy Groups Deliver Coal, Protest Letters to JEA * JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Today, local advocacy and climate groups delivered costly, polluting coal back to Jacksonville Electric Authority (JEA) Headquarters just in time for the holidays. Sierra Club Florida, CLEO Institute, NAACP, St. John's Riverkeepers, and other groups dropped off coal, a coalition letter, an  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- Rep. Jared Huffman, D-California, ranking member of the House Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 17, 2025: * * * Committee Republicans' Final Markup of 2025 Caps Off a Year of Doing Nothing to Help the American People Calls Out Republicans for Laundry List of Failures and Prioritizing Handouts for Billionaire Polluters * Today, during the final markup of 2025, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Huffman called out Repub  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Rep. Paul A. Gosar, R-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Original text here: * * * Gosar Statement Lauding Senate Passage of the La Paz County Solar Energy and Jobs Creation Act * Washington, DC \Congressman Paul A. Gosar, D.D.S. (AZ-09), issued the following statement following Senate passage of H.R. 1043, the La Paz County Solar Energy and Job Creation Act, legislation introduced by Congressman Gosar requiring the Secretary of the Interior to convey  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Rep. Troy Balderson, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: * * * House Passes Balderson's Reliable Power Act * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the House of Representatives passed the Reliable Power Act, introduced by Congressman Troy Balderson (OH-12). This legislation protects America's electric grid by requiring that federal agencies consider the impact of regulations on grid reliability before finalizing new rules. "America is facing a reliability crisis-one made w  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- Rep. Brett Guthrie, R-Kentucky, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 17, 2025: * * * House Passes Energy and Commerce Bills to Support Reliable Power, Strengthen Our Electric Grid Today, Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Congressman Morgan Griffith (VA-09), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Health, and Congressman Troy Balderson (OH-12), Vice-Chairman of the Sub  more

PASADENA, California, Dec. 18 (TNSres) -- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: * * * NASA Study Suggests Saturn's Moon Titan May Not Have Global Ocean Reanalysis of data from NASA's Cassini mission has revealed Saturn's moon may instead have layers of slush with isolated pockets of liquid water. A key discovery from NASA's Cassini mission in 2008 was that Saturn's largest moon Titan may have a vast water ocean below its hydrocarbon-rich surface. But reanalysis of mission  more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Dec. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Sandia National Laboratories issued the following news release: * * * NASA's VIPER mission gets vital help from Sandia * ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. NASA's VIPER rover, designed to map water on the moon, has reached another major milestone with help from Sandia National Laboratories and its one-of-a-kind testing capabilities. "We've built a rover that is designed to go and prospect for water on the moon, but the vehicle must be certif  more

UTRECHT, The Netherlands, Dec. 17 -- Utrecht University issued the following news: * * * Nine researchers from Utrecht University receive NWO Open Competition ENW-XS grant Nine researchers from Utrecht University and UMC Utrecht have received an Open Competition ENW-XS grant from the NWO domain Science (ENW). These grants are small, fast-track funding of up to Euros50,000 for bold, innovative, and potentially groundbreaking ideas. The awards go to Vivek Bhardwaj, Jelle van den Bor, Nora Gig  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Dec. 17 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * Post-COP30, more aggressive policies needed to cap global warming at 1.5 C * The latest United Nations Climate Change Conference ( COP30 ) concluded in November without a roadmap to phase out fossil fuels and without significant progress in strengthening national pledges to reduce climate-altering greenhouse gas emissions. In aggregate, today's climate policies remain far too unamb  more

SEATTLE, Washington, Dec. 17 -- The University of Washington posted the following news release: * * * Saturn's biggest moon might not have a global ocean -- but the search for life isn't over * Careful reanalysis of data from more than a decade ago indicates that Saturn's biggest moon, Titan, does not have a vast ocean beneath its icy surface, as suggested previously. Instead, a journey below the frozen exterior likely involves more ice giving way to slushy tunnels and pockets of meltwater n  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * The Leader's Floor Lookout: Tuesday, December 16, 2025 * Here's what to watch for on the House Floor today: Combatting Premature Retirements of Baseload Power Plants Many baseload power plants are being forced to prematurely retire thanks to burdensome Democrat policies and state and federal regulations designed to replace baseload generation with intermittent wind and solar  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Dec. 18 -- The University of Maryland Baltimore campus issued the following news: * * * Agricultural Law Conference Guides Maryland Farmers Through Uncertain Times By Laura Lee Farmers, legal scholars, environmentalists, and state officials gathered in Annapolis on Nov. 10 for the 2025 Agricultural and Environmental Law Education Initiative (ALEI) conference, where discussions centered on building resilient local food systems. During a pre-lunch address, Renee Laurent,   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * WIN: Gallego, Kelly Bill to Expand Economic Opportunity in La Paz County Heads to President's Desk * Bill will enable La Paz County to create hundreds of jobs and power thousands of homes WASHINGTON - Last night, Arizona Senators Ruben Gallego and Mark Kelly's La Paz County Solar Energy and Job Creation Act unanimously passed the U.S. Senate. The bill now heads to President Trump's desk, where he  more