ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Jan. 14 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news: The research could make offshore renewable energy more reliable and a better neighbor to marine life, also enabling laboratory testing of larger prototypes Equipping submersed and floating wave energy converters with shock absorbers could help the devices' mooring lines last longer while generating electricity for sensors that monitor the line's condition.credit: Ta-Chih Hung, Zuo Lab, University of Michiga  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Jan. 13 [Category: Environment] -- Earthjustice issued the following news release: New York, NY -- An ambitious Cap-and-Invest program can help 46% of New York households upgrade to a highly efficient heat pump by 2035, delivering $1,022 in annual energy savings to the median household. This is just one way a strong Cap-and-Invest program can deliver cost-savings to New Yorkers, according to a new report by Switchbox and commissioned by Earthjustice, WE ACT for Enviro  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 (TNSsta) -- The American Biogas Council issued the following statement on Jan. 13, 2025: * * * Patrick Serfass, Executive Director of the American Biogas Council, issued the following statement on the U.S. Department of the Treasury's intent to issue proposed regulations for the clean fuels production tax credit that was issued Friday. "While Treasury took action to clarify the seemingly obvious fact that low-carbon fuel tax credits should accrue to renewable natural gas   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following news release: Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), on behalf of the Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force (FLETF), announced the addition of 37 entities to the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) Entity List, marking the largest single expansion of the list to date. Among entities added are a large supplier of critical minerals and one of the world's largest textile manufacturers, both linked   more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Jan. 13 -- Gov. Glenn Youngkin, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: Governor Glenn Youngkin today delivered the 2025 State of the Commonwealth address.  The State of the Commonwealth As Prepared For Delivery Mr. Speaker, Madame President, Lt. Gov Earle-Sears, Attorney General Miyares, Members of the General Assembly, Justices of the Virginia Supreme Court and judges of the State Corporation Commission, Members of my Cabinet, Fellow Virginians: what an honor to  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Jan. 15 (TNSjou) -- The Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics issued the following news release: * * * An international team of scientists, including multiple astronomers from CfA, have made the first-ever detection of a mid-IR flare from Sgr A*. * * * National Harbor, MD - Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), a team of scientists led by astronomers from the Center for Astrophysics, Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA) detected a Mid-Infrared (mid-IR) flare fro  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 [Category: Environment] -- The League of Conservation Voters issued the following news release: Washington, D.C.- In response to the Biden Administration issuing an executive order on data centers, the League of Conservation Voters released the following statement from Vice President of Federal Policy, Matthew Davis: "Data centers have already driven up energy costs for families and increased climate and air pollution that harms communities across the country. The Biden-Ha  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), and U.S. Representative Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-N.M.), welcomed $231 million in federal funding for Kit Carson Electric Cooperative (KCEC) and Village of Questa, N.M. Green Hydrogen Project from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Empowering Rural America Program (ERA). This funding will support the constructi  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 -- President Biden issued the following executive order on Jan. 14, 2025: * * * Executive Order on Advancing United States Leadership in Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. Purpose. Artificial intelligence (AI) is a defining technology of our era. Recent advancements in AI demonstrate its rapidly growing relevance to n  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Jan. 15 -- The University of Chicago issued the following news on Jan. 13, 2025: * * * Distinguished scientist remembered for groundbreaking research, tireless teaching and mentorship * * * Stuart Alan Rice, a longtime professor at the University of Chicago whose pioneering research shaped the field of physical chemistry in the second half of the 20th century, died Dec. 22 at the age of 92. The Frank P. Hixon Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus in Chemistry, Rice was  more