WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy issued the following news release on Aug. 3, 2023: Indiana has a strong industrial job base, but the state's steel and aluminum industries are at risk of losing their competitive edge amid the clean energy transition unless they pivot to low-carbon metals, according to new research the American Council for an Energy-Efficiency Economy (ACEEE) prepared for Citizens Action Coalition (CAC) of Indiana. The report recommends   more

DENVER, Colorado, Aug. 5 -- The Colorado Public Utilities Commission issued the following weekly meeting agenda: * * * Consent Items TRANSPORTATION 1. PROCEEDING NO. 23A-0118CP The Cannabis Experience IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF KUSH & CANVASES , LLC DOING BUSINESS AS THE CANNABIS EXPERIENCE FOR A CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY TO OPERATE AS A COMMON CARRIER BY MOTOR VEHICLE FOR HIRE . Filing Date and Party: 07/27/2023 The Cannabis Experience Description: Request   more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Aug. 5 -- Gov. JB Pritzker, D-Illinois, issued the following news release on Aug. 4, 2023: Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity (DCEO) today announced the recipients for the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) for Public Infrastructure and Housing Rehabilitation. A total of $56.9 million will be awarded for 54 projects, which will support housing rehabilitation projects and enable communities in non-metropolitan areas to  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- The Institute for Energy Research issued the following agency statement on Aug. 3, 2023: * * * Surging demand for metals used in electric vehicle batteries has kicked off an international race to mine the deep seas with no rules set thus far. Canada, France, Germany and some other countries want to pause deep-sea mining because of its potential environmental consequences, but other countries including China, Norway and Russia argue that deep-sea mining is less destructive  more

DULUTH, Minnesota, Aug. 4 -- Minnesota Power, a division of Allete, issued the following news release: Minnesota Power and Great River Energy today are filing an application for a Certificate of Need and Route Permit from the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (MPUC) to build a high-voltage transmission line to bolster electric reliability in northern and central Minnesota. The Northland Reliability Project is an approximately 180-mile, double-circuit, 345-kilovolt (kV) transmission line, p  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Aug. 5 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following statement on Aug. 4, 2023: * * * Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, released the below statement after the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) announced it would hold a Reliability Technical Conference to evaluate the impacts to the electric grid from the U.S. Environmenta  more

MONTGOMERY, Alabama, Aug. 5 -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: In a major step forward in protecting Alabama communities from the harmful health effects of coal ash, yesterday the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposed to deny the state's permit program for managing coal combustion residuals (CCR). CCR, or coal ash, is the toxic waste left over from coal-burning power plants, filled with deadly toxic chemicals that can seep into groundwater. The federal CCR rule regul  more