PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Nov. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: NETL's Program Execution and Integration functions are powered by highly trained experts that are developing clean energy technologies, assisting with problem-solving and evaluating and managing project risk, as well as defining, soliciting, negotiating, awarding, managing and delivering federally sponsored research and development benefits to the nation. Applyin  more

LA GRANGE PARK, Illinois, Nov. 23 (TNSOps) -- The American Nuclear Society issued the following news: ANS sponsored 10 young nuclear professionals from the Young Generation Network, a branch of the U.K.'s Nuclear Institute, to attend COP26, the 2021 United Nations climate change conference, held in Glasgow, Scotland, where they helped deliver what was "by all accounts nuclear's best representation at the COP ever," according to George Burnett, one of four U.K.-based attendees sponsored by ANS.   more

LONDON, England, Nov. 23 -- BMJ Injury Prevention, a peer reviewed journal from the Society for Advancement of Violence and Injury Research that says it focuses on public health practice to reduce the burden of injury in all age groups, published research articles on the following topics in its December 2021 edition: ORIGINAL RESEARCH: * Can police shootings be reduced by requiring officers to document when they point firearms at citizens? * Risk factors associated with driving under the inf  more

CHIPPENDALE, Australia, Nov. 23 -- The Nature Conservation Council issued the following news release: The Australian Renewable Energy Authority (ARENA) has dealt another blow to Hunter energy start-up Sweetman Renewables, effectively ruling out funding any operations that use of native forest biomass for energy production. /1 The ARENA report, Australia's Bioenergy Roadmap, identifies enormous potential to expand Australia's bioenergy industry using organic material from domestic and industri  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release on Nov. 22, 2021: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), who has a long history of attempting to make the Tennessee Valley Authority accountable to the communities it serves, today wrote to the utility's President and CEO Jeffrey Lyash to demand answers about TVA's decision to dump toxic coal ash at a landfill in Whitehaven. Congressman Cohen questioned whether the company took the best interests of the local comm  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 (TNSRep) -- Resources for the Future issued the following news release: As COP26 drew to a close earlier this month, almost 200 nations agreed to "phase down" coal power in the coming years. How this is done, for coal and other fossil fuels, will have implications for individuals and communities that depend on these resources for their livelihoods. Building on their work about the United States' energy transition, Resources for the Future (RFF) and Environmental Defense Fun  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Nov. 23 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Nov. 22, 2021: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) today announced that Mary Elisabeth Eckerson, current State Director for Senator Capito, will be retiring at the end of the year. With Eckerson's departure, Bill Bissett, who currently serves as Senator Capito's Senior Advisor for Economic Development and State Initiatives, will assume the new role of State Director beg  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 -- The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee issued the following statement by Chris Frey, President Biden's nominee to be Assistant Administrator for the Office of Research and Development at the Environmental Protection Agency, at an Oct. 27, 2021, confirmation hearing: * * * I am honored that President Biden has nominated me to serve as Assistant Administrator for the Office of Research and Development at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Science and the  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 -- The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Government Operations and Border Management issued the following testimony by Lanny Nickell, executive vice president and chief operating officer of Southwest Power Pool, as part of a video conference hearing on Oct. 27, 2021, entitled "Strategies for Improving Critical Energy Infrastructure": * * * Thank you for the opportunity to participate in this hearing concerning the impact of weather events and  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 -- The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Government Operations and Border Management issued the following testimony by Alexander Herrgott, president and CEO of The Permitting Institute, as part of a video conference hearing on Oct. 27, 2021, entitled "Strategies for Improving Critical Energy Infrastructure": * * * My name is Alex Herrgott, President of The Permitting Institute ("TPI"). TPI is a Washington D.C.-based non-profit, non-partisan o  more

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, Nov. 23 (TNSOps) -- The University of Virginia issued the following news release: WISE - State legislators, college board members and administrators gathered here Friday to discuss strategies and ideas supporting the University of Virginia's College at Wise as an economic development engine for Southwest Virginia. Virginia Dels. Terry Kilgore, Will Morefield and Will Wampler; UVA President Jim Ryan; UVA Rector Whittington Clement; UVA Wise Chancellor Donna P. Henry;   more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Nov. 23 -- West Virginia State Treasurer Riley Moore issued the following news release on Nov. 22, 2021: West Virginia State Treasurer Riley Moore today announced he has formed a 15-state coalition of state financial officers who have committed to scrutinize or potentially curtail future business with banks that adopt corporate policies to cut off financing for the coal, oil and natural gas industries. Collectively, the coalition represents more than $600 billion in   more