BEIJING, China, Nov. 6 -- Acta Geologica Sinica, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features achievements in geological sciences from the Geological Society of China, published research articles on the following topics in its October 2024 edition (Vol. 98, Issue 5): * Climate and Soil Geochemistry Influence the Soil Organic Carbon Content in Drylands of the Songliao Plain, Northeast China * Dynamic Characteristics of the Long Runout Rock-ice Avalanche at High Altitude--A Case from the Zelong  more

BASEL, Switzerland, Nov. 6 -- Applied Sciences, an international, peer-reviewed journal that says it covers all applied natural sciences, published research articles on the following topics in its Oct. 1, 2024, edition (Vol. 14, Issue 19): * Article - A Brief Survey on Deep Learning-Based Temporal Knowledge Graph Completion * Article - A Character-Word Information Interaction Framework for Natural Language Understanding in Chinese Medical Dialogue Domain * Article - A Collaborative Domain Adv  more

BASEL, Switzerland, Nov. 6 -- Applied Sciences, an international, peer-reviewed journal that says it covers all applied natural sciences, published research articles on the following topics in its Oct. 2, 2024, edition (Vol. 14, Issue 20): * Article - A Bi-Objective Optimization Strategy of a Distribution Network Including a Distributed Energy System Using Stepper Search * Article - A Coal Mine Excavation Tunnels Modeling Method Based on Point Clouds * Article - A Method for Developing Seismi  more

CHARLESTON, South Carolina, Nov. 6 -- The Coastal Conservation League issued the following news release on Nov. 5, 2024: Yesterday, the South Carolina Public Service Commission approved Duke Energy's integrated resource plan for South Carolina, directing Duke to work with stakeholders to consider improvements recommended by several environmental groups that, if implemented, could improve grid reliability, expand opportunities for solar energy and battery storage, and reduce reliance on risky an  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: St. Louis, MO Ameren Missouri must pay up to $61,000,000 to compensate the region for the illegal pollution emitted from the now-shuttered Rush Island coal plant that it owns near Festus, Missouri. Following a federal judge's decision (affirmed by the U.S. Court of Appeals) that Ameren illegally polluted the air at its Rush Island coal plant in violation of the Clean Air Act, a remedy settlement w  more

LONDON, England, Nov. 6 -- Energy Science and Engineering, a peer-reviewed journal from the Society of Chemical Industry that says it features energy and supply and use, published research articles on the following topics in its October 2024 edition (Vol. 12, Issue 10): SHORT COMMUNICATION * Preliminary biogas production assessment on insect frass and leachates of the organic wastes fed to larvae: A Johannesburg-based factory case study ORIGINAL ARTICLE * Characteristics analysis of flame pr  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, Nov. 7 -- The Maine Public Utilities Commission issued the following order (No. 2023-00209) on Nov. 6, 2024: * * * MAINE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION, Formal Investigation into the Acts & Practices of the Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority ORDER BARTLETT, Chair; SCULLY and GILBERT, Commissioners I. SUMMARY In this Order the Commission finds and concludes that the Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority (Authority) is a public water utility, devoted to the public use  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: Donald Trump has been declared the winner of the US presidential election. During Trump's first term, the Sierra Club played a critical role in defending against his administration's attacks on climate progress and clean air and water. The Sierra Club legal team filed more than 300 lawsuits against his administration, holding off the worst of his attempts to gut bedrock environmental protections,   more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Nov. 6 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management has selected Virginia Tech to lead a feasibility research study for developing a regional carbon dioxide storage complex in the Roanoke Valley. The project, dubbed Project CARDINAL, would prevent an estimated 50 million metric tons of carbon from going into the atmosphere in the next three decades. A research team led by Virginia Tech will be fund  more