Saturday - July 12, 2025
Tipoffs for Beckley, West Virginia (coal) Newsletter for Sunday June 01, 2025 ( 3 items )  

Electric Reliability & Resiliency in Puerto Rico Topic of White Paper From CRS
WASHINGTON, May 31 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF12913) on May 30, 2025, by energy policy specialist Corrie E. Clark. Here are excerpts: * * * Electric Reliability and Resiliency in Puerto Rico Power outages have heightened congressional interest in Puerto Rico's electric power infrastructure, which was damaged by hurricanes Irma and Maria in 2017, earthquakes in 2020, and hurricane Fiona in 2022. Power outages continue to oc  more

Leading Consumer, Environmental and Low-Income Advocates Call for Action as Electricity Rate Increase Looms in Maryland
BALTIMORE, Maryland, May 31 (TNSrpt) -- The Maryland Public Interest Research Group Foundation posted the following news release on May 30, 2025: * * * Leading Consumer, Environmental and Low-Income Advocates Call for Action as Electricity Rate Increase Looms in Maryland Utilities and Regional Electricity Grid Operator are failing ratepayers * BALTIMORE - With another electricity rate increase coming for Maryland residents and businesses, a group of leading consumer, environmental, and low  more

Rand Issues Commentary to The Conversation: Is the Bar Higher for Scientific Claims of Alien Life?
SANTA MONICA, California, May 31 -- Rand issued the following commentary on May 28, 2025, to The Conversation: * * * Is the Bar Higher for Scientific Claims of Alien Life? By Oliver Swainston and Christopher Carter The search for extraterrestrial life has long gone back and forth between scientific curiosity, public fascination, and outright scepticism. Recently, scientists claimed the "strongest evidence" of life on a distant exoplanet (PDF)--a world outside our solar system. Grandiose hea  more