TNS Tipoffs - Energy and Gov't
Active Surfaces aims to install peel-and-stick solar panels everywhere
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, March 24 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news:
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Active Surfaces aims to install peel-and-stick solar panels everywhere
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Active Surfaces, a startup based on solar-energy technologies rooted in MIT research, is well on its way to developing what co-founder Richard Swartwout SM '18, PhD '21 calls "solar 2.0." The company's technology is in response to a need Swartwout recognized while observing energy challenges in India during a
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Advancing Hands-On Sustainability Learning
ARCATA, California, March 24 -- The California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt posted the following news:
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Advancing Hands-On Sustainability Learning
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Terrell created two funds: The Terrell Family CCAT Experiential Learning Fund, which will support experiential and hands-on learning within the Campus Center for Appropriate Technology (CCAT), and the Terrell Environmental Studies Scholarship, which will support students pursuing a degree in Environmental Studies.
Together, the f
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G.E. Vernova: In Vietnam, Sustainable Energy Is Going From Big Idea to Revolutionary Reality
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, March 25 -- G.E. Vernova, an energy company, posted the following news release:
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In Vietnam, Sustainable Energy Is Going from Big Idea to Revolutionary Reality
How does one of the world's fastest-growing economies keep the lights on while rewiring its future to meet the needs and goals of a net-zero world? This is the question being asked today in Vietnam, a nation at an exciting crossroads, balancing rapid economic growth with the imperative to build a cleaner,
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Kinkead, Green unveil bill tying legislator COLA to minimum wage increases
HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, March 24 -- The Pennsylvania House Democrats posted the following news release:
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Kinkead, Green unveil bill tying legislator COLA to minimum wage increases
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Automatic, annual minimum wage bump at same rate of lawmaker pay raises
HARRISBURG, March 24 - Annual cost-of-living increases calculated for lawmakers' salaries would be applied to Pennsylvania's minimum wage through a bill introduced today by state Reps. Emily Kinkead and Roni Green.
"It is shameful
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NOAA: Studies Will Improve Abundance Estimates for Ice Seals in Alaska
WASHINGTON, March 25 (TNSjou) -- The U.S. Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news:
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New Studies Will Improve Abundance Estimates for Ice Seals in Alaska
March 24, 2026
New research on haul-out behavior helps to more accurately estimate the number of ice seals in the Arctic, and improve our efforts to conserve and monitor their populations.
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NOAA Fisheries scientists recently published two studies on bearded, ribbon, and spotted
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Private Infrastructure Rebounds as AUM Reaches $1.6 Trillion
BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 24 [Category: BizConsulting] -- Boston Consulting Group, a management consulting firm, presented the following news release:
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Private Infrastructure Rebounds as AUM Reaches $1.6 Trillion
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* Private infrastructure assets under management reached $1.6 trillion in the first half of 2025 and now represent 10% of all private market assets
* Fundraising rose almost 60% in 2025, setting a new record and recovering more strongly than other private asset classes
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Solar and Storage Industry Statement on NJ Gov. Sherrill Signing Bill to Bolster Energy Storage Development
WASHINGTON, March 24 [Category: Energy] -- The Solar Energy Industries Association issued the following news release:
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Solar and Storage Industry Statement on NJ Gov. Sherrill Signing Bill to Bolster Energy Storage Development
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TRENTON -Today, Governor Mikie Sherrill signed A4529/S3819 to expand the number of transmission-scale energy storage projects that can qualify for the state's incentive program designed to spur energy storage development in New Jersey. The bill passed with broad
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