FOLSOM, California, April 12 -- The California Independent System Operator issued the following news release: * * * California ISO releases 2024-2025 Draft Transmission Plan Stakeholder call scheduled for April 15 to review the plan and collect feedback FOLSOM, Calif. - The California Independent System Operator (ISO) has released its draft 2024-2025 Transmission Plan, recommending 31 total projects costing an estimated $4.8 billion at buildout. The vast majority of the projects - 28 of the   more

WOLLONGONG, Australia, April 11 -- The University of Wollongong issued the following news release: * * * Community batteries to power UOW research, sustainability The project will help the University reduce its electricity costs and unlock another income stream An innovative project is helping organisations install batteries that benefit the community and unlock potential revenue streams. And the University of Wollongong (UOW) is going to be one of the first to benefit. The project, which   more

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- NASA issued the following news release: * * * GLOBE Mission Earth Supports Career Technical Education The NASA Science Activation program's GLOBE Mission EARTH (GME) project is forging powerful connections between career technical education (CTE) programs and real-world science, inspiring students across the United States to pursue careers in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). GME is a collaborative effort between NASA scientists, educators, and  more

WILLIAMSPORT, Pennsylvania, April 11 -- The Pennsylvania College of Technology issued the following news: * * * Architecture faculty member presents on universal design Dorothy J. Gerring, associate professor of architecture at Pennsylvania College of Technology, was a keynote speaker at the recent Pennsylvania Housing Research Center Housing Conference. Gerring was among three panelists who presented the conference's keynote address, titled "Universal Design & Visitability in Our Homes From  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Rep. Julie Fedorchak, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release on April 10, 2025: * * * Rep. Fedorchak introduces bill to phase out intermittent energy subsidies, reinforce grid reliability Washington, D.C. -- Congresswoman Julie Fedorchak (R-ND) today introduced the Ending Intermittent Energy Subsidies Act, common-sense legislation to responsibly phase out production and investment tax credits for wind and solar energy over the next five years. The legislatio  more

ITHACA, New York, April 11 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Texans' embrace of turbines may herald winds of change Regardless of political affiliation, Texans on average hold positive views about wind energy developments, welcoming turbines' local benefits despite state and national leaders' criticisms and efforts to disincentivize such projects, Cornell-led research finds. The analysis also found that incumbent state lawmakers in districts where wind turbines were bui  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * Texas Budget Throws a Lot of Tax Dollars at Unproven Nuclear Technology AUSTIN, Texas - The Texas House of Representatives gave initial approval early Friday to a state supplemental budget that includes $750 million in taxpayer giveaways to developers of advanced nuclear reactors, putting what could ultimately become a $2 billion bet on unproven technology. The appropriation is part of Hous  more

TUCSON, Arizona, April 12 -- The University of Arizona issued the following news release: * * * Study sheds light on ancient solar activity using radiocarbon locked in tree-rings Researchers have used tree-rings to learn more about how the sun behaved more than 2,000 years ago. By analyzing radiocarbon locked over millennia in tree-ring samples, scientists from the University of Arizona Laboratory for Tree-Ring Research and ETH Zurich in Switzerland were able to create the most detailed rec  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Rep. Nydia M. Velazquez, D-New York, issued the following news release on April 10, 2025: * * * Velazquez, Ocasio-Cortez, Huffman, and Hernandez Press DOE to Deploy Renewable Energy Funds for Puerto Rico WASHINGTON -Today, Representatives Nydia M. Velazquez (D-NY), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Jared Huffman (D-CA), and Pablo Jose Hernandez (D-PR) urged the Department of Energy (DOE) to accelerate solar installations under Puerto Rico Energy Resilience Fund's (PR-ER  more

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on April 11, 2025: * * * Whitehouse, Fetterman Introduce Clean Cloud Act to Create Emissions Standard for AI, Cryptomining Facilities Surging power demand from cryptomining facilities and AI data centers is raising rates for consumers and increasing fossil fuel consumption New emissions standard would incentivize robust invest  more