OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Nov. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists are developing a formula for success by studying how a new type of battery fails. The team's goal is the design for long-term storage of wind and solar energy, which are produced intermittently, enabling their broader use as reliable energy sources for the electric grid. Batteries store and release energy as ions shift betwee  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, Nov. 8 -- Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey issued the following news release on Nov. 7, 2024: Today, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey obtained a court order throwing out the Biden-Harris Administration's "parole in place" (PIP) rule that would allow millions of illegal immigrants to circumvent the law and obtain permanent residency. He joined sixteen other states in the lawsuit. "Joe Biden and Kamala Harris created a crisis at the southern border, leavin  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- The National Labor Relations Board issued the following decision (Case No. 10-RC-350539) by Region 10 Director Matthew J. Turner. Here are excerpts: * * * AQUA-CHEM INC., Employer and UNITED ASSOCIATION OF JOURNEYMEN AND APPRENTICES OF THE PLUMBING AND PIPE FITTING INDUSTRY OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA, AFL-CIO, LOCAL UNION NO. 102, Petitioner DECISION AND DIRECTION OF ELECTION United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industr  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Nov. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: The Proton Power Upgrade, or PPU, project at Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Spallation Neutron Source, or SNS, has achieved its final key performance parameter of 1,250 hours of neutron production at 1.7 megawatts of proton beam power on a newly developed target. All project key performance parameters have now been demonstrated, and the team is preparing for the Depa  more