FRANKFORT, Kentucky, Oct. 30 -- The Kentucky Public Service Commission issued the following order (Case No. 2024-00152) on Oct. 29, 2024: * * * In the Matter of: Electronic Application Of Duke Energy Kentucky, Inc. For A Certificate Of Public Convenience And Necessity To Convert Its Wet Flue Gas Desulfurization System From A Quicklime Reagent Process To A Limestone Reagent Handling System At Its East Bend Generating Station And For Approval To Amend Its Environmental Compliance Plan For Recove  more

CUPERTINO, California, Oct. 29 -- Apple, a provider of consumer electronics, computer software and online services, issued the following news release on Oct. 28, 2024: * * * The world's best all-in-one desktop features even more performance, a nano-texture display option, a 12MP Center Stage camera, and Thunderbolt 4 connectivity -- all in a strikingly thin design * * * Apple today announced the new iMac, featuring the powerful M4 chip and Apple Intelligence, in its stunning, ultra-thin desi  more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, Oct. 28 -- Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, a law firm, issued the following news: BCLP advised Sienna IM, a pan-European multi-expertise asset manager, on the financing of ZE Energy, a French hybrid photovoltaic and storage specialist, through an AssetCo structure for the construction of a large-scale ground-mounted solar power plant in Vert (Landes). The facility will combine a 77 MWp photovoltaic power plant with a lithium-ion battery storage system with a capacity of 14.8   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has released the following public communication on Oct. 21, 2024, from the American Clean Power Association and MAREC Action. Here are excerpts: * * * To: Seth Theuerkauf Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Office of Renewable Energy Programs 45600 Woodland Road (VAM-OREP) Sterling, VA 20166 Re: Commercial Leasing for Wind Power Development on the Central Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf-Central At  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has released the following public communication dated Oct. 21, 2024, from the National Wildlife Federation and 11 collaborators. Here are excerpts: * * * Comments in Response to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Call for Information and Nominations-Commercial Leasing for Wind Power Development on the Central Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf, 89 FR 67960 (August 22, 2024) Submitted by National Wil  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Prisons has issued a notice, published in the Federal Register on Oct. 28, 2024: Record of Decision; Proposed Development of a New Federal Correctional Institution and Federal Prison Camp-Letcher County, Kentucky I. Introduction This Record of Decision (ROD) pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, as amended, documents the decision regarding the proposal by the United States (U.S.) Department of  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Oct. 30 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Two faculty, a graduate student, and 10 additional alumni receive top awards and prizes; four faculty, one senior researcher, and seven alumni named APS Fellows. * * * A number of individuals with MIT ties have received honors from the American Physical Society (APS) for 2024 and 2025. Awardees include Professor Frances Ross; Professor Vladan Vuletic, graduate student Jil  more

SANTA MONICA, California, Oct. 29 (TNSres) -- Rand issued the following commentary on Oct. 28, 2024: * * * Recent Hurricanes and Geoengineering By Emmi Yonekura The recent back-to-back hurricanes that made landfall in the United States--Hurricane Helene on September 26 and Hurricane Milton on October 9--have sparked conspiracy theories (https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/10/weather/hurricanes-chemtrail-conspiracy-theory-trump/index.html) about the government creating these disasters through geoengi  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Oct. 29 -- Rice University issued the following news release: Rice University researchers have developed an electrochemical reactor that has the potential to drastically reduce energy consumption for direct air capture, the removal of carbon dioxide directly from the atmosphere. The new reactor design could be a part of the solution to the pressing problem of emission impacts on the climate and biosphere by enabling more agile and scalable carbon dioxide mitigation strategies.   more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Oct. 29 -- SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, Sugar Land, Texas has been assigned a patent (No. US 12132181 B1, initially filed May 7, 2024) developed by Henry Nguyen, Katy, Texas, and Julien Toniolo, Sugar Land, Texas, for "Smart cooling system for battery energy storage system."  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Oct. 30 (TNSres) -- The University of Houston issued the following news: * * * Two UH professors share expert insights on the role of CDR in the energy transition. * * * By Rashda Khan In the global push to address the negative impacts of climate change, carbon dioxide removal has emerged as a key economic and environmental strategy. Methods such as direct air capture, direct ocean capture, bioenergy and soil carbon sequestration may help reduce emissions, particularly in se  more