BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 9 [Category: Energy]-- 350.org, an organization that works to end the age of fossil fuels and build a community-led renewable energy, posted the following news release: * * * 350.org Condemns Trump's Reckless Executive Orders on Coal: "A Dangerous Fantasy That Endangers Us All" Despite coal's decline worldwide, the Trump Administration signed four executive orders on Tuesday, April 8th, aimed at preventing the US from phasing out coal. Anne Jellema, Executive Di  more

PASADENA, California, April 9 -- The California Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * Alumnus and Two Graduate Students Receive Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans recognizes the potential and contributions of immigrants and children of immigrants with up to $90,000 toward their graduate studies. This year, three students affiliated with Caltech have received this award: Patryk Kozlowski, who graduated from Caltech in 2024; Da  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Arkansas, chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on April 9, 2025: * * * Committee Advances Slate of Legislation Improving Management and Oversight of America's Natural Resources Today, the House Committee on Natural Resources held a full committee markup and favorably reported nine bills. House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) issued the following statement in respons  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Foreign Pollution Fee Act Sends Mixed Signals to U.S. Manufacturers WASHINGTON, DC -- Yesterday, U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) introduced the Foreign Pollution Fee Act of 2025, following the initial introduction in 2023. The bill would put a fee on imports in the following sectors -- iron, steel, aluminum, cement, glass, fertilizer, hydrogen, solar components,   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 8 [Category: Energy]-- 350.org, an organization that works to end the age of fossil fuels and build a community-led renewable energy, posted the following news release: * * * Fueling the Crisis: Trump Cuts Transition and Adaptation as Climate Risks Rise 8 April, 2025 Washington, D.C. -- While tariffs are dominating the news and impacting people across the globe, including the U.S. renewable energy sector, The Trump Administration has also quietly revealed its pl  more

AUSTIN, Texas, April 9 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Abbott Announces Over $1.3 Million In Job Training Grants To Collin County Community College District Governor Greg Abbott today announced four Skills Development Fund (SDF) grant awards totaling $1,352,957 to Collin County Community College District (Collin College) by the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC). Through these SDF grants, Collin College will provide customized training for more th  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, April 9 -- Gov. Laura Kelly, D-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Kelly Signs Bipartisan Bill Expanding Whistleblower Protections to Local Government Employees TOPEKA - Governor Laura Kelly has signed House Bill 2160, which establishes the Municipal Employee Whistleblower Act to extend legal protections for municipal employees who report or reveal unlawful or dangerous conduct. "This bipartisan bill will enhance transparency and accountability in local  more

WASHINGTON, April 8 [Category: Political] -- Americans for Tax Reform posted the following commentary: * * * How the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act is Helping Maryland Households Below is a continuously updated list of good news arising from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act enacted by President Trump and congressional Republicans in 2017, and which now must be made permanent. The average annual TCJA tax cut for Maryland households is $1,194. ACCORDING TO OFFICIAL IRS DATA: 399,170 Maryland households a  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 [Category: BizEnergy] -- Advanced Energy United issued the following news release: * * * Illinois House Passes Legislation to Help Utility Consumers Access Efficiency Programs, Bill Support Advanced Energy United applauds the Illinois House for passing House Bill 3650 to help homeowners, renters, and building owners lower their energy bills and make improvements to their properties. Illinoisans will benefit greatly from the bill, which would create a State Navigator Prog  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Kansas & Missouri Utilities Must Address Climate Change Amidst Trump's Coal Executive Orders Kansas City, Mo - Donald Trump's executive orders aim to force coal plants to remain open past their scheduled retirement dates by invoking an outdated wartime law that allows the Department of Energy to compel power plants to temporarily remain operational. Donald Trump attempted a similar strategy  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, April 10 -- The Maine Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has ruled that Versant Power improperly applied additional screening criteria when evaluating a proposed solar energy project by Sundog Solar LLC. In an order issued April 9, 2025, the PUC directed Versant to promptly review Sundog's project for interconnection as a Level 2 project. The dispute arose after Versant Power indicated that Sundog's 51.9 kW photovoltaic project for the Loaves and Fishes Food Pantry in Ellsworth h  more

PASADENA, California, April 9 (TNSres) -- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: * * * NASA's Juno Back to Normal Operations After Entering Safe Mode Data received from NASA's Juno mission indicates the solar-powered spacecraft went into safe mode twice on April 4 while the spacecraft was flying by Jupiter. Safe mode is a precautionary status that a spacecraft enters when it detects an anomaly. Nonessential functions are suspended, and the spacecraft focuses on essential ta  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- NASA issued the following news release: * * * NASA's Juno Back to Normal Operations After Entering Safe Mode The spacecraft was making its 71st close approach to Jupiter when it unexpectedly entered into a precautionary status. Data received from NASA's Juno mission indicates the solar-powered spacecraft went into safe mode twice on April 4 while the spacecraft was flying by Jupiter. Safe mode is a precautionary status that a spacecraft enters when it detects an anoma  more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Markey Blasts Trump's Coal Executive Orders Washington (April 8, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, today released the following statement after President Trump signed four executive orders to boost the dying coal industry. "Just like Trump, coal is outdated, costly, and dangerous," said Senator Markey. " Coal is the  more

LONDON, England, April 10 -- BloombergNEF, a part of Bloomberg, issued the following news release: * * * Solar and Batteries can Meet Malaysia's Growing Electricity Demand Without Compromising Energy Security and Affordability * BloombergNEF's Malaysia: A Techno-Economic Analysis of Power Generation finds that solar power is the cheapest source of electricity generation for Malaysia * Solar paired with batteries could become more economically viable than new gas and coal power plants by 2026  more

ITHACA, New York, April 9 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Sunlight and seawater lead to low-cost green hydrogen, clean water A Cornell-led collaboration has hit the trifecta of sustainability technology: The group developed a low-cost method to produce carbon-free "green" hydrogen via solar-powered electrolysis of seawater. A happy byproduct of the process? Potable water. The team's hybrid solar distillation-water electrolysis (HSD-WE) device, reported April 9 in Ener  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, April 8 [Category: Business] -- Southwest Research Institute posted the following news release: * * * SwRI scientists source solar emissions with largest-ever concentration of rare helium isotope April 9, 2025 -- The NASA/ESA Solar Orbiter recently recorded the highest-ever concentration of a rare helium isotope ( 3 He) emitted from the Sun. A Southwest Research Institute-led team of scientists sought the source of this unusual occurrence to better understand the mechanism  more

WASHINGTON, April 8 [Category: Environment] -- The League of Conservation Voters posted the following news release: * * * Trump's Outdated Policies on Coal is Dangerous for Communities and the Planet Washington, D.C. -- In response to today's executive order from President Trump to support the coal industry, the League of Conservation Voters (LCV) issued the following statement from former EPA scientist and Vice President of Federal Policy, Matthew Davis: "Trump's 19th century energy policy  more

LOS ANGELES, California, April 10 -- The University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering issued the following news: * * * New Insight into Unique Kagome Superconductors that Could Advance Applications of Quantum Materials Computational materials research offers a breakthrough in our understanding of the superconducting behavior of metals with a woven-basket-like atomic structure that houses electrons with exotic properties. Kagome basket weaving is a centuries-old tradition i  more

NEW YORK, April 10 -- Vornado Realty Trust, an integrated equity real estate investment trust company, issued the following news release on April 9, 2025: * * * Vornado Releases 2024 Sustainability Report Vornado Realty Trust (NYSE: VNO) announced today that it released its 2024 Sustainability Report. This Sustainability Report is Vornado's 16th consecutive sustainability report which highlights the Company's industry-leading accomplishments in sustainability and provides key metrics on the  more