WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: Arizona Today President Biden and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that Arizona Electric Power Cooperative (AEPCO) has been selected as a finalist to receive funding through USDA's $9.7 billion Empowering Rural America (New ERA) program. Today's announcement identified 16 large rural electric utilities that are in line to collectively receive $7.3 billion in grants and loans for   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- Sen. Michael F. Bennet, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: Denver Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper welcomed $7.3 billion from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Empowering Rural America (New ERA) program to help rural energy and utility providers bring affordable, reliable clean energy to their communities across the country. The announcement includes up to $1.16 billion for three providers in Colorado. Bennet helped secure   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: La Crosse, WISCONSIN Today, President Biden announced that Dairyland Power Cooperative will be awarded nearly $573 million through the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)'s Empowering Rural America (New ERA) program for Dairyland to procure 1,080 megawatts (MWs) of clean energy, including power purchase agreements for four solar installations and four wind power installations across rural Wiscons  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: 16 Selected Rural Electric Cooperatives for New ERA Program, Including First Award to Dairyland that will Result in Lower Energy Costs and Good-Paying Jobs for Rural Americans WESTBY, WI, Sept. 5, 2024 During a visit to Wisconsin today, President Joe Biden and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack will announce more than $7.3 billion in financing for rural electric cooperatives to  more

UPTON, New York, Sept. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * Awardees selected for outstanding academic performance, outreach and mentoring, and impact on Brookhaven Lab * * * The Chemistry Division at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory and Brookhaven Women in Science (BWIS) have named Paris Watson of Johns Hopkins University, Michele Myong of Brookhaven Lab, and Edelmy Marin Bernardez of Stony  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- Earthday.org, part of the environmental movement, issued the following news release: Washington, DC (September 5, 2024) - EARTHDAY.ORG (EDO), the global organizer of Earth Day, observed annually on April 22, announces the global theme for Earth Day 2025: Our Power, Our Planet(TM). 2025 marks the 55th anniversary of EARTH DAY, and to honor this milestone, we are inviting our one billion supporters in 192 countries to unite behind renewable energy, with the goal of triplin  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * Funded by President Biden's Investing in America Agenda, EPA announces 34 selected Tribal and territory applications through the competitive Climate Pollution Reduction Grants program * * * BOSTON (SEPTEMBER 5, 2024) - Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the Narragansett Indian Tribe has been selected to receive $6,627,691 in Climate Pollution Reduction Grant funding as p  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Sept. 5, 2024: * * * Funded by President Biden's Investing in America Agenda, EPA announces 34 selected Tribal and territory applications through the competitive Climate Pollution Reduction Grants program * * * CHICAGO - Today, Sept. 5, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that two tribes in Wisconsin have been selected to receive more than $13 million in Climate Pollution Reduction   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Sept. 5, 2024: * * * Funded by President Biden's Investing in America Agenda, EPA announces four selected Tribal and territory applications in Michigan through the competitive Climate Pollution Reduction Grants program * * * Today, Sept. 5, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that four tribes in Michigan have been selected to receive more than $38 million in Climate Pollution Reduct  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Sept. 5, 2024: * * * Funded by the Biden-Harris Administration's Investing in America Agenda, EPA announces 34 selected Tribal and territory applications through the competitive Climate Pollution Reduction Grants program * * * Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the selection of the La Jolla Band of Luiseno Indians, in partnership with the San Pasqual Band of Mission In  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Sept. 5, 2024: * * * Funded by President Biden's Investing in America Agenda, EPA announces 34 selected Tribal and territory applications through the competitive Climate Pollution Reduction Grants program * * * Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the Hopi Utilities Corporation and the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, both located within Arizona, have been sele  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * Funded by President Biden's Investing in America Agenda, EPA announces 34 selected Tribal and territory applications through the competitive Climate Pollution Reduction Grants program * * * BOSTON (SEPTEMBER 5, 2024) - Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the Passamaquoddy Tribe Indian Township has been selected to receive $7,427,323 in Climate Pollution Reduction Grant fu  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Sept. 5, 2024: * * * Funded by President Biden's Investing in America Agenda, Tribe among 34 Tribal and territory applications selected to receive Climate Pollution Reduction Grants * * * Fort Totten, N.D. - Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the Spirit Lake Tribe in North Dakota has been selected to receive a $7,279,786 Climate Pollution Reduction Grant as part of th  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 [Category: ThinkTank] -- The Coalition for a Prosperous America issued the following news release: Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo was asked to impose anti-dumping and countervailing duties (AD/CVD) on Southeast Asian solar companies in a letter from the United Steelworkers Union (USW) on Aug. 27. "USW has a stake, not only in the supply chains for products utilized in the manufacturing of solar cells and panels, but looks forward to representing workers at solar manufactu  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Sept. 5 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Sept. 4, 2024: * * * New Website Will Streamline Transformation of Unusable Land into Clean Energy Sites * * * Newly Enacted Legislation Will Bolster Historic Preservation in NJ & Support Redevelopment of Brownfields into Solar Facilities * * * Governor Phil Murphy today announced the launch of a new website that will serve as a one-stop shop to guide municipalities and solar developers as   more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Sept. 5 -- Gov. Josh Shapiro, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release on Sept. 4, 2024: * * * As students across the Commonwealth return to school, the 2024-25 budget signed by Governor Shapiro this summer includes a historic $1.1 billion increase for K-12 education -- marking the largest single-year investment in the Commonwealth's history Highlands School District will benefit directly from the new adequacy formula, receiving more than $740,000 through th  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), and U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-N.M.) and Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) welcomed $2 million from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to help working families in New Mexico lower energy costs by making their homes more energy efficient. The funding was mad  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), and U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-N.M.) and Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) welcomed $2 million from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to help working families in New Mexico lower energy costs by making their homes more energy efficient. The funding was made   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Internal Revenue Service issued the following news release on Sept. 4, 2024: With the funding from the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), the Internal Revenue Service continues to modernize online tools for taxpayers to take advantage of clean energy credits. The IRA, with its associated funding, gave the IRS the opportunity to transform taxpayer services - creating new, fully electronic processes and systems, updating legacy systems, im  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Sept. 5 -- North Carolina State University issued the following news release: North Carolina State University Professor B. Jayant Baliga has been awarded the 2024 Millennium Technology Prize for his work on the invention, development and commercialization of insulated gate bipolar transistors (IGBTs), which play a critical role in energy efficiency for technologies worldwide. The Millennium Technology Prize, which comes with a Euros1 million award, is the most prestigio  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Edison, NJ Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr., today celebrated New Jersey's grant from the Solar For All program and spotlighted a solar project in Edison as a prime example of how the federal investments he's secured will expand affordable clean energy access across the state. As Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Congressman Pallone championed the Inflation Reduction Act's Sola  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: NEVADA Today President Biden and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that Arizona Electric Power Cooperative (AEPCO) has been selected as a finalist to receive funding through USDA's $9.7 billion Empowering Rural America (New ERA) program. AEPCO services customers throughout the Southwest, including rural Southern Nevadans in Pahrump and Mesquite. Today's announcement identified 1  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury issued the following news release: As Prepared for Delivery I am glad to be here in North Carolina with Governor Cooper, Congresswoman Ross, and Congressman Nickel at Wake Tech Community College. North Carolina Community Colleges led the way more than a decade ago when they overhauled their curricula to equip students pursuing technical education with skills in clean energy technologies. More recently, Wake Tech has continued to lead b  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: Christine, Tex. Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that it is preparing to release more than $7.3 billion for 16 rural electric cooperatives selected as finalists to invest in renewable energy, storage, transmission, and emissions reductions across the United States. In Texas, the San Miguel Electric Cooperative (SMEC) in Atascosa County has been selected as a finalist for i  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: FLORIDA President Joe Biden announced today that Seminole Electric Cooperative's application to construct and procure a combination of utility-scale solar and battery energy storage across rural portions of Florida was chosen as a finalist in U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Empowering Rural America (New ERA) program. The New ERA program, authorized through the Inflation Reduction Act, is a co  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: Today, the White House and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that it was preparing to release $7.3 billion in Empowering Rural America (New ERA) grants and loans for the first 16 rural electric cooperatives selected as finalists. The New ERA program will fund investments in renewable energy, storage, transmission, and large-scale emissions reductions. This funding will allow these lea  more

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, Sept. 5 -- The Southern Environmental Law Center issued the following news release: CHAPEL HILL, N.C.-- Regulated monopoly Duke Energy's proposed Carbon Plan violates state and federal laws, includes flawed analyses that favor delaying climate action, and underinvests in no-regrets, carbon-free renewable energy resources, according to a brief and proposed order filed with the North Carolina Utilities Commission by the Southern Environmental Law Center on behalf of cle  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: WESTMINSTER, Colo. Colorado's second-largest electricity provider has been selected as a finalist to receive funding from the federal government toward its ambitious plans for renewable energy. This funding is part of Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association's (Tri-State) finalized Colorado resource plan featuring an accelerated and reliable clean energy transition. Today, the White House  more

MERCED, California, Sept. 5 (TNSres) -- The University of California Merced issued the following news: As California lawmakers consider a package of bills aimed at increasing the production of clean energy, a major question arises: How would we store all this new power? Storage is a vital issue because while the state can create plenty of energy through solar, wind and hydro power, there must be ways to effectively stockpile it for use overnight or on calm, overcast days or when the waterways   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 (TNSfact) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on Sept. 4, 2024: * * * President Biden Visits Westby, Wisconsin, Announces $7.3 Billion for Clean, Affordable, Reliable Electricity for Rural America; The Largest Investment in Rural Electrification Since the New Deal Today, President Biden will travel to Westby, Wisconsin to announce $7.3 billion for clean, affordable, reliable electricity for rural America, funded by his Inflation Reduction Act - this is part   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- The White House issued the following transcript of background news call via teleconference on Sept. 4, 2024, by Deputy Chief of Staff Natalie Quillian and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack previewing President Biden's trip to Wisconsin: * * * MR. FERNANDEZ HERNANDEZ: Good afternoon, everyone, and thank you for joining today's press call ahead of President Biden's trip to Wisconsin to discuss investments in rural electrification from his Investing in America agenda. T  more