SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota, Feb. 11 (TNSgov) -- The American Coalition for Ethanol issued the following news: The American Coalition for Ethanol (ACE) submitted comments to the Environmental Protection Agency's proposed multi-year Renewable Volume Obligations (RVOs) for the 2023-2025 Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) compliance years. ACE CEO Brian Jennings highlighted areas of support in the proposal, while detailing how to adjust the rule to maximize this significant new phase of the RFS to ensure  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news on Feb. 9, 2023: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today released a Request for Information (RFI) seeking public and stakeholder input on the Department's first ever agency-related Foundation. Authorized by President Biden's bipartisan CHIPS and Science Act of 2022, the Foundation for Energy Security and Innovation (FESI) will support DOE to carry out its critical mission to ensure America's continued security and   more

FAIRFAX, Virginia, Feb. 10 (TNSper) -- George Mason University issued the following campus news: * * * George Mason University President Gregory Washington has been elected into the National Academy of Engineering, the highest engineering honor in the country, the academy announced Tuesday. * * * Washington, who holds three mechanical engineering degrees, including his doctorate, from North Carolina State University, has held deanships at The Ohio State University and the University of Calif  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 (TNSper) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release on Feb. 10, 2023: The Department of the Interior today announced additional Biden-Harris administration appointees who will join agency leadership to help create jobs in the clean energy economy, steward America's public lands and waters, pursue environmental justice and honor our nation-to-nation relationship with Tribes. "Two years into the Biden-Harris administration, the Interior Departmen  more

LIVERMORE, California, Feb. 9 (TNSawa) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news release: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) employees, participating in five project teams, recently earned Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary's Honor Achievement Awards. Representing some of the highest internal, non-monetary recognition that DOE employees and contractors can receive, the Secretary's Honor Awards recognize DOE employees and co  more

LIVERMORE, California, Feb. 8 (TNSjou) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news release: A collaboration including scientists from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Sandia National Laboratories, the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has created 3-4 nanometer ultrathin nanosheets of a metal hydride that increase hydrogen storage capacity. The research appears in the journal   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 (TNSper) -- The National Academy of Engineering issued the following news release on Feb. 7, 2023: The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) has elected 106 new members and 18 international members, announced NAE President John L. Anderson today. This brings the total U.S. membership to 2,420 and the number of international members to 319. Election to the National Academy of Engineering is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to an engineer. Academy membershi  more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Feb. 10 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories issued the following news release: The atmospheric level of carbon dioxide -- a gas that is great at trapping heat, contributing to climate change -- is almost double what it was prior to the Industrial Revolution, yet it only constitutes 0.0415% of the air we breathe. This presents a challenge to researchers attempting to design artificial trees or other methods of capturing carbon dioxide directl  more

MCALLEN, Texas, Feb. 7 -- Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: Over the weekend, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, visited the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas to meet with immigration and border officials and to see challenges at the Southwest Border firsthand. She met with the brave men and women tasked with securing our country and discussed solutions to both secure the border and pass comprehensive immigration reform.  more

EL PASO, Texas, Feb. 7 (TNSfund) -- The University of Texas's El Paso campus issued the following news release: The University of Texas at El Paso has received a $1.25 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to create a pipeline of scientists and engineers from underrepresented groups with advanced degrees in modeling and simulation (M&S). The project is led by an interdisciplinary team of researchers from UTEP's Advanced Modeling and Simulation Labs group. "There is a critical  more