MONTGOMERY, Alabama, Feb. 2 (TNSres) -- Gov. Kay Ivey, R-Alabama, issued the following news release on Feb. 1, 2024: Governor Kay Ivey on Thursday in an event with the Port Authority, announced the Port of Mobile's economic impact on Alabama's economy totals a whopping $98.3 billion, an increase of roughly $13 billion from the previous year's impact. The Alabama Port Authority commissioned the economic impact report, which covers calendar year 2022 (the most recent year that full data is avail  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 -- The Appalachian Regional Commission issued the following news release on Feb. 1, 2024: Today the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) issued a Notice of Solicitations of Applications (NOSA) for its POWER (Partnerships for Opportunity and Workforce and Economic Revitalization) Initiative. POWER directs federal resources to bring economic diversification and new opportunities to Appalachian communities affected by job losses in coal mining, coal power plant operations, and   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 -- Energy and Fuels, a peer-reviewed scientific journal from the American Chemical Society that says it publishes research in the intersection of chemistry and chemical engineering and non-nuclear energy and fuels, published research articles on the following topics in its Feb. 1, 2024, edition (Vol. 38, Issue 3): Reviews: * Wettability Alteration in Gas Condensate Reservoirs: A Critical Review of the Opportunities and Challenges * Advances and Perspectives of Green and Su  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Feb. 2 -- The Environmental Defense Fund issued the following statement on Feb. 1, 2024, by Will Scott, Southeast Climate and Clean Energy director: * * * In an update to its Carolina Resource Plan, Duke Energy proposed one of the largest gas plant build-outs of any electric utility in the country, despite a North Carolina state law requiring a 70% reduction in carbon pollution in the electric power sector by 2030. "This plan is tripling down on the coal-to-gas transi  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 (TNSres) -- The Environmental Working Group issued the following news release on Feb. 1, 2024: On Wednesday, the Biden administration announced measures to address cryptocurrency production's excessive energy consumption, launching a data collection effort on electricity use from U.S. bitcoin mining operations. Starting next week, the U.S. Energy Information Administration, or EIA, will conduct a comprehensive survey of electricity consumption by specific U.S. commercial cry  more

RICHLAND, Washington, Feb. 2 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory issued the following news release: The circular economy just closed the loop on scrap aluminum, thanks to a new patent-pending technology developed at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. That twisted aluminum mesh, those banged up bicycle frames, and the used car parts now languishing in junk yards could gain new life as building structures such as door and window   more