OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, July 11 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have opened a new virtual library where visitors can check out waveforms instead of books. The Grid Event Signature Library is an open-access online collection of datasets containing waveforms, which are visual representations of behaviors of the electric grid. Utilities and research institutions contributed anonymized da  more

WASHINGTON, July 11 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy posted the following news on July 10, 2024: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced the latest round of cohorts in its Lab-Embedded Entrepreneurship Program (LEEP). Thirty-three innovators have been selected to be embedded across four U.S. national laboratories where they will work with an extensive network of mentors and experts to develop next-generation technologies. T  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, July 11 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: In the wet, muddy places where America's rivers and lands meet the sea, scientists from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory are unearthing clues to better understand how these vital landscapes are evolving under climate change. Around 40% of the nation's population live in coastal counties. The coasts are a linchpin of the economy, hosting the n  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, July 12 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southeast Regional Information Office issued the following report on July 11, 2024, entitled "Consumer Price Index, South Region - June 2024": * * * Area prices unchanged in June; up 2.9 percent over the past year * * * The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the South was unchanged in June, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. A decline in the gasoline index   more

WASHINGTON, July 12 -- The U.S. Army News Service issued the following news: By Christopher Hurd, Army News Service It was a bright and sunny summer day in Atlanta, Georgia as seven Union Soldiers stood on a raised platform with nooses around their necks, preparing to give their lives for the America they believed in. Addressing the hostile crowd gathered to see their execution, Pvt. George D. Wilson said he felt no hostility toward them or regret dying for his country because he knew the Uni  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, July 11 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: The Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory has named Troy A. Carter director of the Fusion Energy Division in ORNL's Fusion and Fission Energy and Science Directorate, or FFESD, effective July 1. As division director, Carter will position ORNL as a key resource in U.S. plans for accelerating fusion energy development and evolve the lab's world-class t  more

WASHINGTON, July 12 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Coast Guard issued the following news: By Kathy Murray, Senior Writer, MyCG Capt. Jennifer Bowden knew she wanted to work with the Coast Guard since the day her parents took her to a Coast Guard Festival in Grand Haven, Michigan during a summer break from college more than 30 years ago. "It was in 1992 or 1993, when I was looking at ways to do my ministry," Bowden said. "I thought I'd found it. But the guy there told me, 'Sorry,  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 12 -- The Tennessee Military Department issued the following news release on July 11, 2024: Today, Tennessee's Adjutant General, Maj. Gen. Warner Ross, announced on behalf of Governor Bill Lee, that Knoxville native Col. Martin "Lee" Hartley has been selected as the Tennessee Military Department's Assistant Adjutant General, Air. Hartley has served as the commander of Knoxville's 134th Air Refueling Wing since 2018 and will begin his new role in August. He began his   more

WASHINGTON, July 12 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety & Health Administration issued the following news release on July 11, 2024: * * * Agreement will facilitate safer environments for thousands of workers nationwide * * * The U.S. Department of Labor today announced that its Occupational Safety and Health Administration has entered into a corporate-wide settlement with Dollar General and its retail subsidiaries to make significant workplace safety improvements in stores na  more

WASHINGTON, July 12 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the following news release on July 11, 2024: The U.S. Department of Labor today announced that its Occupational Safety and Health Administration has entered into a corporate-wide settlement with Dollar General and its retail subsidiaries to make significant workplace safety improvements in stores nationwide. "This agreement commits Dollar General to making worker safety a priority by implem  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, July 11 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Yiyu (Jason) Wang, an R&D associate staff member in the Materials Science and Technology Division at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, will receive the Professor Koichi Masubuchi Award from the American Welding Society, or AWS. He will be presented with the honor at the 2024 AWS Annual Meeting in October in Orlando, Florida. The award is spon  more

WASHINGTON, July 12 -- The White House issued the following transcript of a background news call on July 11, 2024, by senior administration officials on a Department of Energy action to ensure the future of the American auto industry: * * * MR. FERNANDEZ HERNANDEZ: Good morning, everyone. Thank you for joining today's press call on new action from the Department of Energy to ensure the future of the auto industry is built here in America. As a reminder, the call will begin with on-the-record  more