TNS Tipoffs - Energy and Gov't
Community leaders tackle soaring energy prices with new solar PV systems
BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 1 [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:
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Community leaders tackle soaring energy prices with new solar PV systems
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Nadi, Fiji - 350.org Pacific and the Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities (ICSC) joined community leaders from Fiji, Vanuatu and Tuvalu in a Solar Scholars capacity-building workshop to hone their skills in sol
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Direct Relief Invests $5 Million to Keep Florida Health Centers Powered During Hurricanes
SANTA BARBARA, California, June 1 [Category: Health Care] -- Direct Relief posted the following news:
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Direct Relief Invests $5 Million to Keep Florida Health Centers Powered During Hurricanes
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Direct Relief announced today a more than $5.2 million investment in resilient power infrastructure across Florida, helping community health centers remain operational during hurricanes, flooding, extreme heat, and prolonged grid outages.
The projects, part of Direct Relief's Power for Health
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N.J. League of Conservation Voters: Legislators, Advocates Rallied to Shield Working Families From Data Center Costs
TRENTON, New Jersey, May 28 -- New Jersey League of Conservation Voters, an organization that says it works to elect environmentally responsible candidates to state and local offices, issued the following news release:
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Legislators, Advocates Rallied to Shield Working Families from Data Center Costs
Today, legislators, community advocates and environmental leaders gathered on the steps of the New Jersey Statehouse to call on the Legislature to take immediate action to shield New Jersey w
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New resource helps Wisconsin communities plan for wind and solar decommissioning
LYONS, Nebraska, June 1 [Category: Sociological] -- The Center for Rural Affairs posted the following news release:
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New resource helps Wisconsin communities plan for wind and solar decommissioning
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Lyons, Nebraska - Demand for reliable, affordable electricity is driving wind and solar energy development across Wisconsin. As more projects are proposed and built, local communities have an opportunity to proactively plan for what happens when those facilities reach the end of their opera
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Sandia recreates flight-like heat to support NASA's Dragonfly mission to Titan
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, June 1 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Sandia National Laboratories issued the following news release:
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Sandia recreates flight-like heat to support NASA's Dragonfly mission to Titan
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -When NASA sends Dragonfly to explore Titan, Saturn's largest moon, the first-of-its-kind rotorcraft must first survive a roughly two-hour plunge through Titan's dense, nitrogen-rich atmosphere. During that fiery descent, friction and compression will generate i
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Smithsonian Starstruck Makes Its World Premiere in Washington, D.C., Launching an Immersive Journey to the Cosmos
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, May 28 -- The Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics issued the following news release:
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Smithsonian Starstruck Makes Its World Premiere in Washington, D.C., Launching an Immersive Journey to the Cosmos
Built from real astronomical data, the fully immersive experience brings stars, galaxies and black holes within reach.
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The Smithsonian launches a gateway to the cosmos with the world premiere of Smithsonian Starstruck: An Immersive Experience, opening at
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Study clarifies how atmospheric dust shapes climate
ITHACA, New York, June 1 -- Cornell University posted the following news:
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Study clarifies how atmospheric dust shapes climate
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New research from a team of scientists led by Cornell is transforming how researchers understand one of the atmosphere's most abundant and least understood constituents: mineral dust.
Mineral dust, composed of tiny particles lifted from arid regions including the Sahara, Middle East and East Asia, plays a complex role in Earth's climate system. These particl
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Wasserman Schultz Shares Broward County Residents' High-Cost Utility Struggles, Offers Legislative Solutions
WASHINGTON, June 1 -- Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Florida, issued the following news release:
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Wasserman Schultz Shares Broward County Residents' High-Cost Utility Struggles, Offers Legislative Solutions
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Sunrise, FL - Today, U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25) convened Broward County residents to share how utility prices continue to squeeze families across South Florida, as electric, water, gas and other bills continue to climb, and she offered a raft of common-sense legis
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Woodwell Climate Research Center: 'Crucial Industries Could Be Uncompetitive Without Renewable Power'
FALMOUTH, Massachusetts, June 1 (TNSres) -- Woodwell Climate Research Center, formerly the Woods Hole Research Center, issued the following policy brief on May 26, 2026 entitled "Crucial industries could be uncompetitive without renewable power":
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Solar energy and battery storage costs have decreased dramatically as prices remain stagnant for natural gas, coal, and nuclear. Over the past decade, solar prices have decreased by 14% per year and battery prices have d
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