The following information was released by the office of the New York Attorney General:

New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced today that he has joined a coalition of states petitioning the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to fix critical omissions in the proposed scope of its review of the hazards of allowing the long-term storage of nuclear waste to linger in communities that are home to nuclear power plants. The petition also calls on the Commission to make necessary changes to its regulations to ensure states and other affected parties are able to raise site-specific concerns about long-term nuclear waste storage at particular plant sites, such as the unique setting of the Indian Point nuclear facilities in Westchester County.

"We are petitioning the NRC to order staff to comply with the court's order and federal law by fixing critical omissions in the scope of its review of on-site storage of nuclear waste," saidAttorney General Schneiderman. "NRC staff is continuing to ignore serious public health, safety and environmental risks related to long-term, on-site storage. The communities that serve as de facto long-term radioactive waste repositories deserve a full and detailed accounting of the risks."

The following information was released by the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce:

Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Ranking Member David Vitter (R-LA) and House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today sent a letter to Gene Dodaro, Comptroller General of the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), asking for a report on the methods and procedures currently being utilized by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to conduct cost analyses when developing and proposing new policies and regulations.

The following information was released by the Washington State Senate Democratic Caucus:

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Sen. Kevin Ranker, D-Orcas Island, released this statement today on signing Senate Bill 5603 into law:

The following information was released by the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor:

The University of Michigan Institute for Social Research has awarded more than $250,000 in fellowships to 54 graduate students and researchers in its ongoing effort to support young scholars and innovative social science research.

The Philip Converse and Warren Miller Fellowship in American Political Behavior was given to Elizabeth Mann and John Jackson, a team affiliated with the Department of Political Science and ISR's Center for Political Studies. Mann is examining the evolution of partisanship among the U.S. electorate and what factors explain changes and stability in individual and aggregate partisanship over time.

 Stringent regulations aimed at minimizing vehicle emissions have spurred the global emission control catalyst market. The market will also grow in tandem with the automotive and energy segments in Asia-Pacific, as rising vehicle sales and escalating demand for power add to the need for emission control catalysts.

New analysis from Frost & Sullivan (http://www.chemicals.frost.com), Global Market for Emission Control Catalysts, finds that the market earned revenue of more than $6.70 billion in 2012 and estimates this to reach $14.22 billion in 2019.

Pune: Some years ahead, you may dump your 'outdated' smartphones and instead use advanced cognitive radio. Defence Institute of Advanced Technology (Diat), India's premier defence research institute, is working on developing an intelligent communication system called cognitive radio. Diat officials claimed that the next generation communication system will overtake today's smartphones.

/ PRNewswire Africa / - For the African Development Bank's Energy, Environment and Climate Change Department, transforming Africa means powering a climate-smart and greener continent. It entails supporting transformative infrastructure projects to increase energy access backed by both large-scale and off-grid solutions, promoting sustainable use of natural resources, supporting climate-resilience with concessional climate and environmental finance, and ensuring that all projects comply with international and social best practices.

Some energy projects are large-scale transformative projects. They involve blending public and private capital with the help of concessional climate and environmental finance and diversifying the energy mix to include clean and renewable energy sources such as hydro (e.g Inga in Democratic Republic of Congo), geothermal (e.g. Rift Valley) or wind and solar power (e.g. in Morocco).

Rep. Mac Thornberry, R-Texas (13th CD), issued the following news release:

This week, U.S. Congressman Mac Thornberry (R-Clarendon) introduced the latest version of his bill to promote domestic energy production. H.R. 2081, the "No More Excuses Energy Act of 2013," would encourage the production of all forms of domestic energy including oil and gas, nuclear, and alternative energy and fuels.

"Congress needs to reduce the amount of regulation coming out of Washington and encourage all forms of energy production here at home," said Thornberry. "We need national energy policies that create jobs and grow the economy; basically, we should be trying to replicate what Texas has been doing the past 15 years. This bill is meant to do just that - help to lower energy prices and create jobs by getting government out of the way of producers."

The following information was released by North Dakota Senator John Hoeven:

Senator John Hoeven today called for a states-first approach to the regulation of hydraulic fracturing and energy production. Hoeven made the statements during a roundtable of the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources comprised of representatives from the energy industry and environmental groups. He also called on Congress, industry and various interest groups to work together to address the nations energy needs using all of the nations energy resources.

The following information was released by West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin:

U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), along with Senator John Hoeven (R-ND), introduced the All-Of-The-Above Federal Building Energy Conservation Act of 2013 to improve the energy efficiency of federal buildings. The legislation ensures that alterations and additions to federal buildings meet minimum energy efficiency requirements, encourages the use of energy management systems and maintains those systems proper operation.

The following information was released by the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce, Democrats:

Today the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released an analysis of the policy implications of enactment of a carbon tax. The CBO report makes a compelling case for inclusion of a carbon tax in any legislation to reduce the deficit or reform the tax code.

Energy has now become the basic necessity of all economies in the world, but in Pakistan, people sitting on the helm of affairs are not looking very serious on this issue, whereas people are facing load shedding up to 16 hours in 24 hours. By people sitting on the helm of affairs we mean all stakeholders in power structure, whether they are in the government or in the opposition, whether they are in the parliament or outside the parliament, whether they are part of military establishment or civil establishment.

In simple words all elites sitting in the civil society or part of establishment are part of power structure and they have certain obligations to honour especially at a time when their country is in crisis.

Now after May 11 elections, new government has no option but to tackle this issue on priority. It is heartening to see Mina Nawaz Sharif moving very swiftly on this issue. He has given no time frame for the end of this crisis, but has indicated that within months and days he would like to see the matter settled. Mr. Musaddiq, Minister on Water and Power in the interim government has pointed out that main issue lies on pilferage of electricity. For this he has proposed that XEN in charge of each grid station be made responsible for recovery against electricity allocated to his grid.

(600401) "Hareon Solar Technology Co., Ltd." (the Company) -- Announcement on Outward Investment of Establishing Gucheng Hareon Photovoltaic Power Generation Co., Ltd. and Building 50 MW Photovoltaic Grid-connection Power Generation Project

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Focus has shifted to fast tracking the development of small renewable energy projects as a short-to-medium term measure to avert the imminent return to 48-hour load-shedding.

ENP Newswire - 23 May 2013

Release date- 21052013 - Vancouver, BC - Western Wind Energy Corp. (TSX Venture Exchange-'WND') (OTCQX-'WNDEF') today announced that WWE Equity Holdings Inc., an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Brookfield Renewable Energy Partners L.P., has completed its compulsory acquisition of the outstanding common shares of Western Wind, at a price of $ 2.60 in cash per Common Share, pursuant to the notice of compulsory acquisition made under Section 300 of the Business Corporations Act and now owns 100% of the outstanding Common Shares.

Hyderabad, home to several information technology, pharmaceutical and construction companies, goes without power for more than eight hours every day, making the state capital akin to a very large and crowded furnace in these days of summer. The crowds may not stay quiet about this when elections to the state assembly come around next summer.

Thank you, Madam Chair, Ranking Member Swalwell, and Members of the Committee. I am Dona Crawford, Associate Director of Computation at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). I welcome the opportunity to provide my perspective on high performance computing (HPC). There are major opportunities and challenges associated with developing exascale computing, the next generation of HPC capability. At the same time, exascale computing is critically needed to support national security priorities, advance science and technology, and enable greater innovation in U.S. industry.

I applaud the Committee for its determined support to maintain U.S. leadership in HPC. The U.S. has benefited immensely from the investments the nation has made in developing and applying HPC capability. The U.S. has enjoyed a long record of success and unparalleled leadership in computing for many years. The world took notice, and many other nations started investing in HPC and now strive to challenge U.S. leadership in this critical arena. It is imperative that we continue to make smart investments of our limited resources to maintain U.S. HPC leadership.

KOCHI: Experts have approved Greater Cochin Development Authority's (GCDA) plan to install windmills at Marine Drive to generate power for street lights on the stretch.

ENP Newswire - 23 May 2013

Release date- 21052013 - ATLANTA - Reflecting its longstanding commitment to military recruitment, Southern Company has been named a top employer for both active duty and veteran military in a pair of recent surveys.