FRAMINGHAM, Massachusetts, Sept. 27 -- Ameresco, a cleantech integrator specializing in energy efficiency and renewable energy, issued the following news release: * * * Innovative project to power Signal Hill Water Treatment Plant with renewable energy, offsetting 92% of the plant's grid energy consumption and reducing energy costs by 80% * * * FRAMINGHAM, MA & PARK CITY, UT- September 26, 2024 - Ameresco, Inc., (NYSE: AMRC), a leading cleantech integrator specializing in energy efficiency a  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Economic Analysis issued the following news release on Sept. 26, 2024: Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased at an annual rate of 3.0 percent in the second quarter of 2024 (table 1), according to the "third" estimate released by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the first quarter, real GDP increased 1.6 percent (revised). The GDP estimate released today is based on more complete source data than were available for  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Sept. 26, 2024: Today, Sept. 26, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is announcing the winners of the 2024 Green Chemistry Challenge Awards for new and innovative green chemistry technologies. This year's winners have developed chemical products and processes that reduce or eliminate the generation and use of hazardous substances, use less energy, and are more sustainable. "This year's Green   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The House Financial Services Subcommittee in Financial Institutions and Monetary Policy released the following testimony by Paul Kupiec, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, from a Sept. 11, 2024, hearing entitled "Transparency in Global Governance": * * * Chairman Barr, Ranking Member Foster, and distinguished members of the Subcommittee, thank you for convening today's hearing, "Transparency in Global Governance." and thank you for inviting me to test  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Congressman August Pfluger (TX-11) and Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) led a bicameral letter to Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm blasting the Biden-Harris Administration for using the flawed Howarth study that called liquefied natural gas (LNG) "worse than coal" as the basis for their decision to halt LNG exports. "The Biden-Harris Administration has used every tool in their arsenal to attack American energy p  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: Today, the Sierra Club, Earthjustice, and other environmental and consumer organizations filed a complaint to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) over PJM Interconnection's failure to include reliability must-run (RMR) power plants in its capacity auction. According to a study by the Maryland Office of People's Counsel, had the plants operating under RMR been included in the auction,  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, Sept. 28 -- The Salt River Project, a public power utility and electricity provider, issued the following news: Salt River Project (SRP), NextEra Energy Resources, LLC, the Arizona State Land Department and Babbitt Ranches celebrated the completion of Babbitt Ranch Energy Center, a 161-megawatt (MW) wind project located on Babbitt Ranches property in Coconino County, north of Flagstaff, Arizona. Babbitt Ranch Energy Center will play an important role in decarbonizing SRP's en  more