PHOENIX, Arizona, Oct. 12 -- The Salt River Project, a public power utility and electricity provider, issued the following news on Oct. 11, 2024: * * * Pinal County's Eleven Mile Solar System comes online as one of the largest battery energy storage systems built in a single phase in the country * * * Salt River Project (SRP) and 0rsted, a leading U.S. renewable energy company, today celebrated the official commencement of the Eleven Mile Solar Center, a 300 megawatt (MW) solar project and 3  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Oct. 12 -- Advanced Photonics Research, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features photonics research in optics, physics, biophotonics, electrooptics, quantum photonics, on-chip photonics, nanophotonics, optofluidics and engineering, published research articles on the following topics in its October 2024 edition (Vol. 5, Issue 10): Review * Silicon Photonic Filters: A Pathway from Basics to Applications * Recent Advances in Molecular Engineering for Viologen-Based Elec  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 (TNSres) -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on Oct. 4, 2024: * * * The Power Line is a newsletter series that reviews key stories in the electric power sector--ranging from grid reliability, transmission issues, and emergent technology and business models. The Power Line will highlight the connections and relevance between the sector's technical, local, and often esoteric stories to high-level public policy conversations on   more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Oct. 12 -- The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality's Division of Air Quality issued the following news release: The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality's Division of Air Quality (DAQ) invites the public to provide comment on two draft air quality permit revisions for Duke Energy. Duke Energy is seeking to retire coal-fired boilers at two power plants: Duke Energy Progress, LLC - Roxboro Steam Electric Plant in Person County, and Duke Energ  more

BOONE, North Carolina, Oct. 12 -- Appalachian Voices issued the following joint news release with the Southern Environmental Law Center, Center for Biological Diversity and Sierra Club: * * * KINGSTON, Tenn. -- The Southern Environmental Law Center, on behalf of Appalachian Voices, the Center for Biological Diversity, and Sierra Club, sued the Tennessee Valley Authority today for failing to consider cleaner and more cost-effective power options before deciding to build a new polluting methane   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: Kingston, Tennessee The Southern Environmental Law Center, on behalf of Appalachian Voices, the Center for Biological Diversity, and Sierra Club, sued the Tennessee Valley Authority today for failing to consider cleaner and more cost-effective power options before deciding to build a new polluting methane gas plant at its Kingston location, the site of the largest industrial spill in U.S. history.   more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Oct. 8 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Models show that an unexpected reduction in human-driven emissions led to a 10 percent decline in atmospheric mercury concentrations. * * * By Adam Zewe, MIT News MIT researchers have some good environmental news: Mercury emissions from human activity have been declining over the past two decades, despite global emissions inventories that indicate otherwise. In a new stud  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: St. Louis, MO Ameren Missouri's Rush Island power plant will no longer burn coal after Tuesday, October 15, 2024. A federal judge ruled that Ameren violated the Clean Air Act when it chose to make major modifications to improve the coal plant's performance, in 2007 and 2010, without a permit or installation of the best available air pollution controls that are required by federal law, a decision th  more

EXETER, England, Oct. 11 (TNSres) -- The University of Exeter issued the following news on Oct. 10, 2024: Our planet's worsening vital signs indicate a "critical and unpredictable new phase of the climate crisis" and that "decisive action is needed, and fast", according to an annual report published today by an international coalition of scientists. The collaboration, directed by Oregon State University's William Ripple and former postdoctoral researcher Christopher Wolf, outlines areas where   more

NEW YORK, Oct. 10 -- The United Nations issued the following news release: Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres' video message for the Siena College Laudato Si' Center for Ecology Global Climate Crisis Symposium, held in Albany, New York, today: I thank Siena College for organizing this conference. My personal links to the Franciscans run deep. Father Vitor Melicias a Franciscan priest is a life-long friend, who has presided over both my wedding ceremonies, baptized m  more