WASHINGTON, April 30 -- Clean Water Action issued the following news release on April 29, 2024: The American Water Works Association (AWWA) and Clean Water Action today applauded the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) new power plant pollution limits designed to protect drinking water supplies. Both AWWA and Clean Water Action have advocated for EPA to address the impacts of discharges of from power plants into drinking water sources. Discharges into waterways can end up in drinking   more

DENVER, Colorado, April 30 -- The American Water Works Association issued the following news release on April 29, 2024: The American Water Works Association (AWWA) and Clean Water Action today applauded the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) new power plant pollution limits designed to protect drinking water supplies. Both AWWA and Clean Water Action have advocated for EPA to address the impacts of discharges of from power plants into drinking water sources. Discharges into waterway  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, April 29 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Helping hundreds of manufacturing industries across the United States increase energy efficiency requires a balance of teaching and training, blended with scientific guidance and technical expertise. It's a formula for success that researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have been providing to the Department of Energy's Better Plants program for more than a dec  more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- The Chesapeake Climate Action Network issued the following news release: On April 25, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized a historic package of standards restricting pollution from fossil-fuel power plants throughout the nation. The new regulations require that existing coal and new gas power plants cut or capture 90% of their emissions, update and strengthen the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) limiting toxic metal contamination, and mandate   more

ITHACA, New York, April 29 -- Cornell University issued the following news: Environmentalists rejoiced when China announced its commitment to reach carbon neutrality by 2060, but the decarbonization of China - which emits 27% of global carbon dioxide and a third of the world's greenhouse gases - may come with hidden costs and hard environmental choices, according to new research. In a paper published April 10 in Communications Earth & Environment, a Nature Portfolio journal, Stefano Galelli,   more

FRANKFORT, Kentucky, April 25 -- The Kentucky Public Service Commission issued the following order (Case No. 2021-00370): * * * In the Matter of: Electronic Investigation Of The Service, Rates And Facilities Of Kentucky Power Company COMMISSION STAFF'S THIRD REQUEST FOR INFORMATION TO KENTUCKY POWER COMPANY Kentucky Power Company (Kentucky Power), pursuant to 807 KAR 5:001, shall file with the Commission an electronic version of the following information. The information requested is due on   more

MUNICH, Germany, April 30 (TNSres) -- The Max Planck Society issued the following news: * * * A new synthesis route makes the production of dyes, for example, safer * * * For over 100 years, the chemical industry has been using explosive aryl diazonium salts to produce paints, for example. A team from the Max Planck Institute for Coal Research has now discovered a safer alternative for the processes in which the chemical is used. The researchers are mimicking a reaction that plants use to re  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, April 29 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news: LEADERSHIP Q&A Transcript Welcome to the Michigan Minds Podcast, where we explore the wealth of knowledge from faculty experts at University of Michigan. I'm Greta Guest, state communications manager, for the Michigan News office. Last January, president Santa J. Ono set the university on a path to imagine what aspirations the University of Michigan could achieve in the next 10 years. UM's Vision 2034 is   more

WASHINGTON, April 29 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury issued the following news release: The Biden-Harris Administration Announces Upcoming $6 Billion Tax Credit Allocation Round to Build Clean Energy Supply Chains and Drive Advanced Energy Project Investments, Including Approximately $2.5 Billion Reserved for Historic Energy Communities Today, as part of the Biden-Harris Administration's economic agenda, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury), the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)  more

BROOKFIELD, Wisconsin, April 30 -- The National Funeral Directors Association issued the following news release on April 29, 2024: The National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) is delighted to announce that Leili McMurrough, the president and program director for Worsham College of Mortuary Science in Wheeling, Illinois, is the 2024 winner of the NFDA Inspiration Award. McMurrough received her award during the 2024 NFDA Professional Women's Conference, which is taking place April 28-30 in S  more