CAMDEN, New Jersey, Feb. 15 (TNSres) -- American Water, a water and wastewater company, issued the following news release on Feb. 14, 2024: American Water Works Company, Inc. (NYSE: AWK) today reported earnings of $0.88 per share for the fourth quarter 2023 compared to $0.81 per share in 2022, and full year earnings in 2023 of $4.90 per share compared to $4.51 per share in 2022. "American Water once again successfully executed on its strategies and achieved on-plan earnings growth in 2023. We   more

ITHACA, New York, Feb. 14 -- Cornell University issued the following news: When Jake Turner was a kid in rural Colorado, he had pictures of all the Apollo lunar missions thumbtacked to his bedroom walls, along with Neil Armstrong's words, "One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." "I would look at those every day before I went to bed, but I don't think I ever imagined I would be working on a NASA mission going to the moon," said Turner, NASA Hubble/Sagan Postdoctoral Fellow in astro  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 -- Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Washington, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 14, 2024: House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered the following opening remarks at today's Energy, Climate, and Grid Security Subcommittee hearing on ensuring reliable and affordable electricity with state public utility commissioners. "We cannot say this enough: energy is foundational to everythi  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 -- The House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government issued the following testimony by ex-Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich involving a hearing on Jan. 30,2024, entitled "The Southern Border Crisis: The Constitution and the States": * * * Chairman Luetkemeyer, Ranking Member Beatty, and Members of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions, thank you for this opport  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Feb. 15 -- Husch Blackwell, a law firm, issued the following news release: Husch Blackwell announced the addition of partners Brian Potts and David Zoppo to the firm's Energy & Natural Resources industry group in the Madison, Wisconsin office. They join from Perkins Coie where both were partners. "We have been looking to bring on additional high-profile administrative law attorneys. Brian and David are well-known, exceptional energy regulatory and environmental attorneys  more

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, Feb. 15 (TNSres) -- Khalifa University issued the following news: * * * Khalifa University research team develops a blockchain solution to enhance the accountability and integrity of the rare earth element supply chain in photovoltaic manufacturing * * * Solar energy has emerged as the most cost-effective and mature form of renewable energy in many parts of the world and is therefore expected to significantly contribute to the global shift away from reliance   more

LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 15 -- The Michigan Public Service Commission issued the following news release on Feb. 14, 2024: The Michigan Public Service Commission announced today that it will hold two initial public engagement sessions on implementation of Public Act 233 of 2023 (PA 233), which grants the MPSC siting authority for large solar, wind and energy storage projects, and launched a new webpage (https://www.michigan.gov/mpsc/commission/workgroups/2023-energy-legislation/renewable-energy-a  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 -- The Sierra Club issued the following statement on Feb. 14, 2024, by Director of Climate Policy Patrick Drupp: * * * At a U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing today, congressional Republicans continued repeating disproven claims about the impact of the Biden administration's efforts to address air pollution from dirty fossil fuel power plants, wrongly alleging the common sense policies will threaten grid reliability. A recent analysis of 2022's Winter Storm   more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Feb. 14 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: What's happening at Penn State? Here's a look at some of the cultural events -- both in-person and virtual -- taking place across the University: Performances Step Afrika! -- 6:30 p.m., Friday, Feb. 12, Wolf Kuhn Theatre, Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts, Altoona campus. Step Afrika! blends percussive dance styles practiced by historically African American fraternities and sororities,  more