WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 (TNSrep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF12160) on Feb. 5, 2025, by Agricultural Policy specialist Renee Johnson. Here are excerpts: * * * Farm Bill Primer: Support for Tribal Food and Agriculture The 2018 farm bill (Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018; P.L. 115-334) expanded federal farm program support for tribal agricultural producers and communities. Congress further enhanced community and economic development for  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 6, 2025: House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), House Interior-Environment Appropriations Subcommittee Ranking Member Chellie Pingree (ME-01), Senate Appropriations Committee Vice Chair Patty Murray (D-WA), and Senate Interior-Environment Appropriations Subcommittee Ranking Member Jeff Merkley (D-OR) demanded rece  more

LONDON, England, Feb. 7 -- BloombergNEF, a part of Bloomberg, issued the following news release: * * * Global Cost of Renewables to Continue Falling in 2025 as China Extends Manufacturing Lead: BloombergNEF New York/ London, February 6, 2025 - The cost of clean power technologies such as wind, solar and battery technologies are expected to fall further by 2-11% in 2025, breaking last year's record. According to a latest report by research provider BloombergNEF (BNEF), new wind and solar farms  more

LONDON, England, Feb. 7 -- Friends of the Earth UK issued the following news release: * * * Govt to make it easier to build new nuclear reactors Ministers should focus on renewables and better energy storage - not overblown, costly hype offered by the nuclear industry Reacting to government plans to make it easier to build mini nuclear power stations in England and Wales, Friends of the Earth's head of policy, Mike Childs, said: "Nuclear power is extremely expensive and creates a legacy of  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Feb. 7 -- Kirkland and Ellis, a law firm, issued the following news release: Kirkland & Ellis advised TPG Rise Climate Transition Infrastructure on its definitive agreement to acquire Altus Power, Inc. (NYSE: AMPS), the largest owner of commercial-scale solar in the U.S., for $5.00 per share of its Class A common stock in an all-cash transaction that values the Company at approximately $2.2 billion, including outstanding debt. Upon completion of the transaction, Altus Power'  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley, Murray, Pingree, and DeLauro: EPA Illegal Funding Cuts Harm Public Health, Environment, and Families Washington, D.C. - Senate Interior-Environment Appropriations Subcommittee Ranking Member Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Senate Appropriations Committee Vice Chair Patty Murray (D-WA), House Interior-Environment Appropriations Subcommittee Ranking Member Chellie Pingree (ME-01), and House Appropriations   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley, Murray, Pingree, and DeLauro: EPA Illegal Funding Cuts Harm Public Health, Environment, and Families Senate Interior-Environment Appropriations Subcommittee Ranking Member Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Senate Appropriations Committee Vice Chair Patty Murray (D-WA), House Interior-Environment Appropriations Subcommittee Ranking Member Chellie Pingree (ME-01), and House Appropriations Committee Ranking  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, issued the following news release: * * * Murray, Merkley, DeLauro, Pingree Demand Answers on Illegal EPA Funding Cuts That Harm Public Health, Environment, and Families Washington, D.C. - Senate Appropriations Committee Vice Chair Patty Murray (D-WA), Senate Interior-Environment Appropriations Subcommittee Ranking Member Jeff Merkley (D-OR), House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), and House Interior-Environment  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- NASA issued the following news release: * * * NASA CubeSat Finds New Radiation Belts After May 2024 Solar Storm Key Points * The May 2024 solar storm created two new temporary belts of high-energy particles surrounding Earth. * Such belts have been seen before, but the new ones were particularly long lasting, especially the new proton belt. * The findings are particularly important for spacecraft launching into geostationary orbits, which can be damaged as they  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Feb. 7 -- Solar RRL, a peer-reviewed journal that says it covers solar energy conversion, published research articles on the following topics in its February 2025 edition (Vol. 9, Issue 3). Here are excerpts of the topics: * * * * Aerosol-Jet-Printed Silver Nanowires as Top Electrodes in Organic Photovoltaic Devices * Alkyl Fluoride Modification-Enhanced Intermolecular Interactions of Phenoxazine-Based Hole-Transporting Materials for Efficient and Stable Inverted Perovs  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Feb. 7 -- Solar RRL, a peer-reviewed journal that says it covers solar energy conversion, published research articles on the following topics in its January 2025 edition (Vol. 9, Issue 2): Review * Pyridine-Functionalized Organic Molecules in Perovskite Solar Cells: Toward Defects Passivation and Charge Transfer * A Mini-Review: The Rise of Triple-Junction Silicon-Perovskite-Perovskite Solar Cells Research Article * Optimizing Aesthetic Appearance of Perovskite Solar Ce  more