BOONE, North Carolina, Oct. 25 (TNSres) -- Appalachian State University issued the following news: Three Appalachian State University students and a faculty member received 2022-23 NASA-funded North Carolina Space Grants to conduct research relating to aerospace and aviation fields. These students will participate in pertinent research as they work toward future scientific and technological breakthroughs. Each year, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awards funds to highe  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Oct. 28 (TNSres) -- American Electric Power Corp. issued the following news release on Oct. 27, 2022: American Electric Power (Nasdaq: AEP) today reported third-quarter 2022 earnings, prepared in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), of $684 million or $1.33 per share, compared with GAAP earnings of $796 million or $1.59 per share in third-quarter 2021. Operating earnings for third-quarter 2022 were $831 million or $1.62 per share, compared with operat  more

THE PLAINS, Virginia, Oct. 29 -- The American Bird Conservancy issued the following news release on Oct. 28, 2022: Thanks to funding support from American Bird Conservancy (ABC), Guatemalan conservation organization FUNDAECO recently purchased more than 1,000 acres of rainforest habitat in Guatemala's Cerro San Gil Watershed Protection Area. The land -- made up of two separate 566-acre parcels -- will be actively managed by FUNDAECO for the conservation of bird species including Neotropical mig  more

DURHAM, North Carolina, Oct. 25 (TNSjou) -- Appalachian State University issued the following news: An analysis of sediments from five North Carolina lakes near coal-burning power plants has found that coal ash pollution of surface waters has been more persistent and widespread than previously known. The findings, from scientists at Appalachian State University, Duke University and Montclair State University, show that large quantities of coal ash have been transferred and deposited in lake se  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Oct. 29 -- Virginia Attorney General Jason S. Miyares issued the following news release on Oct. 28, 2022: Attorney General Jason Miyares today announced a historic agreement on the $9.8 billion Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project in a public filing made with the Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC). This hard-fought agreement includes unprecedented consumer protections for Virginians. Traditionally, Virginia consumers have paid for all of the costs of utility pro  more

BOONE, North Carolina, Oct. 27 (TNSgov) -- Appalachian Voices posted the following news release on Oct. 26, 2022: The Biden-Harris administration announced the release of $74 million in funds for abandoned mine land clean up in Maryland, Ohio and Virginia. Virginia will receive $22.7 million, while Ohio will get $46.4 million in investments and $4.8 million will head to Maryland. The funding comes from the new bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act signed by President Joe Biden last   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 (TNSrep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper on the Interagency Working Group on coal and power plant communities and economic revitalization (No. IF12238) on Oct. 24, 2022, by economic development policy analyst Julie M. Lawhorn. Here are excerpts: * * * Congress has provided funding for communities to respond to regional economic challenges associated with changes in energy markets (e.g., power plant closures, declines in coal   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 (TNSgov) -- The Environmental Working Group issued the following news release on Oct. 26, 2022: North Carolina regulators must reject Duke Energy's ill-conceived carbon reduction plan, a coalition of advocacy groups argued this week. The plan will fail to achieve emissions cuts, because it relies on costly and unproven nuclear technology, the group said. Instead of wasting millions on non-existent nuclear reactors, Duke should embrace clean, safe and available renewable ene  more

GREENVILLE, Tennessee, Oct. 27 (TNSres) -- Tusculum University issued the following news: Tusculum University celebrated the achievements of five student scholars who recently completed research projects that will further equip them to be career-ready professionals after they graduate. Undergraduates Sarah Calfee, Joe Calloway, Avery Carper, Emma Harriman and Maggie Vickers were selected as Ledford Scholars by the Appalachian College Association in the spring. They received stipends to conduct  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Oct. 26 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) urged Dr. Spiro Stefanou, Administrator of the Economic Research Service (ERS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), to fulfill congressionally directed research to better classify rural areas in West Virginia and the United States. The ERS develops Rural Urban Commuting Area (RUCA) Codes to help define rural communities across the countr  more

LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 28 -- The Michigan Public Service Commission issued the following news release on Oct. 27, 2022: The Michigan Public Service Commission today approved two orders adopting updated planning parameters and filing requirements for integrated resource plans, or IRPs, which are the long-range plans for providing electricity that are required of Michigan's regulated electric utilities. The MPSC's Statewide Energy Assessment, conducted in 2019 after a statewide energy emergency  more

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, Oct. 29 (TNSgov) -- The Southern Environmental Law Center issued the following news release on Oct. 28, 2022: Today the Office of the Attorney General's Division of Consumer Counsel, Dominion Energy, Walmart, the Sierra Club, and Appalachian Voices filed a settlement proposal with Virginia's State Corporation Commission, ending months-long debate regarding the funding and ratepayer risks surrounding Dominion's proposed offshore wind project. During this time, the Com  more