BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 20 [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 Japan: Subsidize renewables, not fossil fuels, in the national supplementary budget * Climate campaigners from 350.org Japan today called on Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's administration to stop pouring public money into fossil fuel subsidies and instead seize the energy crisis as an  more

HOKKAIDO, Japan, May 20 (TNSjou) -- Hokkaido University issued the following news release: * * * Space storms light up Japan's sky Faint red auroras seen over Japan could be hiding space storms that are stronger than previously thought. * On a special night if you are lucky you might catch a faint red glow quietly lighting up Japan's sky, stretching low along the horizon and easy to miss if you are not looking carefully. Subtle and diffuse, it probably appears as a soft crimson haze. But be  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, May 21 -- The New Jersey Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * NJIT Postdoc Tracks Electrons from Solar Flares to Deep Space, Honored for Dissertation Research Written by: Jesse Jenkins Solar flares are among the most violent events in the solar system, releasing energy equivalent to millions of hydrogen bombs and propelling particles to near-light speed in seconds. Yet only a small fraction of those particles ever escapes into interplanetary space. Wh  more

WASHINGTON, May 20 [Category: BizEnergy] -- Advanced Energy United issued the following news release: * * * NV Energy Takes Steps to Meet Nevada's Growing Energy Needs, But Plan Leans on New Gas Over Lower-Cost Solutions Nevada's largest utility 's resource plan raises concerns about whether the state is prepared for rapid load growth while keeping costs in check for residents CARSON CITY, NV - Nevada's largest utility, NV Energy, filed its 2026 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) with the state'  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, May 21 -- The National Association of State Energy Officials posted the following news on May 19, 2026: * * * Oregon Reopens Solar and Storage Rebate Program with $1.1 Million in Available Funding By Arvand Golbazi, NASEO The Oregon Department of Energy (ODOE) announced that it will reopen the state's solar and storage rebate program on June 15, 2026, with $1.1 million in newly available funding to support residential solar, battery storage, and projects serving low-inco  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, May 21 -- The Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development issued the following news on May 20, 2026: * * * Shapiro Administration Invests More Than $1.9 Million to Help Schools Across Pennsylvania Reduce Electricity Costs and Create Jobs by Installing Solar Panels Today's Solar for Schools funding approvals through the Commonwealth Financing Authority will help Pennsylvania schools install solar panels to lower energy costs and reduce carbon polluti  more

LONDON, England, May 20 (TNSjou) -- Queen Mary University of London issued the following news: * * * Innovation paves way to make 'clean' chemicals, plastics and food using solar energy Integrated solar reactor uses sunlight, water, CO2 and engineered bacteria to grow biomass in a single beaker * A new study led by Dr Lin Su of Queen Mary University of London, published today in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, describes a new integrated solar reactor in which engineered Escher  more

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: * * * Ranking Member Marcy Kaptur Statement at the Full Committee Markup of the 2027 Energy and Water Development Funding Bill * Washington, DC - Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Ranking Member of the Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the full committee's markup of its fiscal year 2027 bill: Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for your  more

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 20 -- The David Suzuki Foundation posted the following news release: * * * Special guest confirmed for David Suzuki's 90th birthday benefit concert * David Suzuki Foundation fundraiser promises to be an extraordinary night full of all-star performances VANCOUVER | TRADITIONAL, UNCEDED TERRITORIES OF THE xwm@thkw@y@m (MUSQUEAM), Skwxwu7mesh (SQUAMISH) AND s@lilw@tal (TSLEIL-WAUTUTH) FIRST NATIONS, May 20, 2026 - A special guest has joined the lineup of artis  more

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * The Case Against Brian Fitzpatrick * "Brian Fitzpatrick first ran for Congress promising he would be independent-minded, but now has sold Bucks and Montgomery County families out to the highest bidder. Fitzpatrick has changed and shown that when push comes to shove, he will fall in line with Donald Trump and his billionaire donors as Pennsylvania families pay the price. While Fitzpa  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, May 19 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * The Haystack 37m Telescope: A new era of astrophysical research * The Haystack 37m Telescope has been a landmark in radio astronomy and radar studies of the solar system since its first light in 1964. Over the following four decades, it supported NASA's Apollo landings on the moon, made planetary radar maps of the surface of Venus, contributed to experimental tests of Einstein's gen  more

LONDON, England, May 20 -- The University College London posted the following news: * * * Spacecraft lifts off on quest to image Earth's shield for the first time A space mission proposed and co-led by UCL researchers, which will image the edge of Earth's magnetic bubble for the first time, was launched today from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana. The bubble, or magnetosphere, protects Earth from the solar wind - a continuous stream of charged particles released by the Sun. Without this s  more