WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 [Category: Steel] -- The American Iron and Steel Institute issued the following news release: * * * AISI Highlights Steel Industry Priorities Sends Action Items to Administration and Congress WASHINGTON, DC - The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) this week has reached out to senior policymakers in the Trump administration and key members of Congress with a blueprint highlighting the top steel industry priorities of AISI members for 2025. Kevin Dempsey, AISI pre  more

FRAMINGHAM, Massachusetts, Jan. 23 -- Ameresco, a cleantech integrator specializing in energy efficiency and renewable energy, issued the following news release on Jan. 22, 2025: * * * Transforming underutilized land into a source of clean energy to power over 2,000 homes annually * * * Ameresco, Inc., (NYSE: AMRC), a leading cleantech integrator specializing in energy efficiency and renewable energy, today announced the progression of two groundbreaking solar projects on former landfill sit  more

JERSEY CITY, New Jersey, Jan. 22 (TNSres) -- Verisk Analytics Inc., a data analytics provider, issued the following news: Verisk CargoNet, a business unit of Verisk (Nasdaq: VRSK), a leading global data analytics and technology provider, reports record-breaking cargo theft activity across the United States and Canada reached unprecedented levels in 2024, with 3,625 reported incidents representing a stark 27 percent increase from 2023, according to CargoNet's annual analysis. The estimated avera  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 -- The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities issued the following commentary on Jan. 22, 2025: * * * Direct Pay Outcomes Highlight Clean Energy Benefits, But Threatened Cuts Pose Risks By Mikaela Tajo, Climate Policy Analyst, and Rachel Jacobson, Lead Researcher, State Climate Policy Earlier this month, Treasury announced final rules for the Clean Electricity Investment and Production Tax Credits, along with the expansion of the Clean Electricity Low-Income Communities B  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 -- ecoAmerica, a nonprofit moving society toward climate solutions by inspiring and empowering trusted national health, faith and civic institutions, issued the following news: By Marryam Ishaq January 20 marked Day 1 of the new administration, and all eyes are now on the campaign promises set to take effect and shape the nation's future. During his inaugural address, President Trump promised to declare a national energy emergency, expand drilling, and dismantle regulations  more

ITHACA, New York, Jan. 22 -- Cornell University issued the following news: * * * Energy Warriors program provides paths to green jobs, and hope When Zutiyah Graham moved to upstate New York in 2021, she found herself in the same employment rut she'd been in back in North Carolina. She was in and out of an automotive training program in Oneonta and worked briefly at McDonald's and then at Walmart, where she was frequently assigned to supervise self-checkout. For someone who likes to stay act  more

CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, Pennsylvania, Jan. 23 -- Westinghouse Electric issued the following news release: * * * Enhanced simulation capability allows utilities to validate and train on new uses for thermal energy created by nuclear reactors * * * IDAHO FALLS, Idaho, Jan. 22, 2025 - Westinghouse Electric Company and Idaho National Laboratory (INL) today announced the successful demonstration of a new simulator that shows how a nuclear power plant can be leveraged for applications beyond electrici  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Jan. 23 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news on Jan. 21, 2025: * * * Using the Earth itself as a chemical reactor could reduce the need for fossil-fuel-powered chemical plants. * * * By David L. Chandler, MIT News Ammonia is the most widely produced chemical in the world today, used primarily as a source for nitrogen fertilizer. Its production is also a major source of greenhouse gas emissions -- the highest in the whole   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: * * * Governors Express Concern Regarding PJM Capacity Auctions Washington, D.C. \- Today, Governors Pritzker (IL), Moore (MD), Murphy (NJ), and former Governor Hall-Long (DE) sent a letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) expressing support for the concerns that Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro raised with the country's largest regional grid operator last month. Governors Mur  more

LAKEWOOD, Ohio, Jan. 22 (TNSres) -- The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis issued the following news release: * * * Hydrogen faces a diminishing future as a heating and cooking fuel Key Takeaways: Energy utilities' plans to blend hydrogen with methane--or convert entirely to hydrogen--for home heating and cooking, are out of touch with the limitations of hydrogen and the risks posed by home use. Burning hydrogen in homes for heat and cooking purposes poses health and safe  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Jan. 23 -- The Minnesota Utilities Commission issued the following decision involving Xcel Energy: * * * INTRODUCTION DECISION ITEMS 1. Details 2023-196 ** E002/M-23-454 Northern States Power Co. d/b/a Xcel Energy In the Matter of Xcel Energy's Petition for approval of its 2024 Renewable Energy Standard Rider revenue requirements. Should the Commission approve Xcel Energy's 2024 Renewable Energy Standard Rider revenue requirements? (PUC: Worlobah) 2. Details 2023-054  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Jan. 23 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Providing electricity to power-hungry data centers is stressing grids, raising prices for consumers, and slowing the transition to clean energy. * * * By Nancy W. Stauffer, MIT Energy Initiative Artificial intelligence has become vital in business and financial dealings, medical care, technology development, research, and much more. Without realizing it, consumers rely on  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Jan. 23 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Gifted Caribbean high schoolers become SPISE alumni at MIT, and many go on to advanced academic and professional careers. * * * By Jane Halpern, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science When you ask MIT students to tell you the story of how they came to Cambridge, you might hear some common themes: a favorite science teacher; an interest in computers that  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Jan. 22 (TNSres) -- The North Carolina Department of Commerce issued the following news release: * * * 16,956 new jobs announced with companies set to invest $15.2 billion in the state * * * The State of North Carolina announced 16,956 new jobs in the state in 2024, representing 218 business recruitment, expansion or rural development projects that engaged with the North Carolina Department of Commerce or its team at the Economic Development Partnership of N.C. in 20  more

SANTA FE, New Mexico, Jan. 22 -- Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release on Jan. 21, 2025: Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Tuesday delivered her seventh State of the State address, laying out 2025 legislative priorities for 2025 that include public safety, affordable housing, child welfare, health care, economic development and more. "Working with the legislature over the past six years, we've achieved so much in New Mexico from reducing child poverty, to en  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 -- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee released the following testimony by Chris Wright, President Trump's nominee to be secretary of Energy, from a Jan. 15, 2025, confirmation hearing: * * * Thank you, Mister Chairman, Ranking Member Heinrich, and members of the Committee. Thank you also to Senator Hickenlooper for your kind remarks, friendship, and continued service on behalf of our Centennial State and great Nation. Before I begin my remarks, I would like   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 (TNSres) -- The Solar Energy Industries Association issued the following news release: AUSTIN, TX -- Existing and expected utility-scale solar, wind, and battery storage projects will contribute over $20 billion in total tax revenue -- and pay Texas landowners $29.5 billion -- over the projects' lifetimes, according to new data released by the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), Conservative Texans for Energy Innovation (CTEI), Advanced Power Alliance (APA), and the   more

NEW YORK, Jan. 22 -- Morgan Stanley, a multinational financial services corporation, issued the following news release on Jan. 21, 2025: Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners (MSIP) and Torch Clean Energy (Torch or the Company), a premier U.S.-based utility-scale solar and storage developer, today announced a strategic partnership to expand and transition the Torch platform. MSIP will make a strategic investment in Torch, enabling it to transition from a development platform to an integrated c  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 -- Sen. Tina Flint Smith, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Senators Tina Smith, Amy Klobuchar Announce Clean Energy Awards for Electric Co-Ops Across Minnesota WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senators Tina Smith and Amy Klobuchar (both D-MN) announced funding to make energy upgrades for more than 150,000 people and homes in Greater Minnesota. Nine electric co-ops across the state are receiving federal funding to make energy upgrades that will reduce cost  more

NORMAN, Oklahoma, Jan. 23 (TNSres) -- The University of Oklahoma issued the following news release: * * * Researchers demonstrate that copper halides may hold the key to more efficient "green" lighting technologies * * * University of Oklahoma researchers have unveiled a novel method of creating smart luminescent materials that change their light-emitting properties when exposed to different heat or chemical conditions. This discovery, published in the journal Aggregate, could lead to advanc  more