Monday - September 15, 2025
Tipoffs for Beckley, West Virginia (coal) Newsletter for Thursday August 07, 2025 ( 14 items )  

Arizona Utilities Work to Lock In Critical Natural Gas Delivery to Power Growth
PHOENIX, Arizona, Aug. 6 [Category: BizEnergy] -- The Salt River Project, a public power utility and electricity provider, issued the following news: * * * Arizona Utilities Work to Lock In Critical Natural Gas Delivery to Power Growth * PHOENIX and TUCSON - Today, Arizona Public Service (APS), City of Mesa, Salt River Project (SRP), Tucson Electric Power (TEP) and UniSource Energy Services announced commitment plans for Transwestern Pipeline's Desert Southwest expansion project. This new na  more

Arizona Utilities Work to Lock in Critical Natural Gas Delivery to Power Growth
PHOENIX, Arizona, Aug. 7 -- Arizona Public Service Co. issued the following news on Aug. 6, 2025: * * * Arizona Utilities Work to Lock in Critical Natural Gas Delivery to Power Growth Energy providers leverage new desert southwest pipeline project to support reliability and clean energy efforts * PHOENIX and TUCSON - Today, Arizona Public Service (APS), City of Mesa, Salt River Project (SRP), Tucson Electric Power (TEP) and UniSource Energy Services announced commitment plans for Transweste  more

Arizona Utilities Work to Lock In Critical Natural Gas Delivery to Power Growth
TUCSON, Arizona, Aug. 7 -- Tucson Electric Power issued the following news release on Aug. 6, 2025: * * * Arizona Utilities Work to Lock In Critical Natural Gas Delivery to Power Growth Energy providers leverage new desert southwest pipeline project to support reliability and clean energy efforts * PHOENIX and TUCSON - Today, Arizona Public Service (APS), City of Mesa, Salt River Project (SRP), Tucson Electric Power (TEP) and UniSource Energy Services announced commitment plans for Transwes  more

Boston Globe op-ed by Administrator Zeldin
WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * Boston Globe op-ed by Administrator Zeldin * Building the Constitution Pipeline is vital for New England's grid stability The Boston Globe Exit EPA's website By EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin For more than a decade, New England residents watched as New York governor Andrew Cuomo reduced their energy supply options and increased energy costs across the region. First, Cuomo codified a de fa  more

Center for Study of Contemporary China Director DeLisle Testifies Before House Judiciary Subcommittee
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence and the Internet released the following testimony by Jacques DeLisle, a law professor at the University of Pennsylvania and director of the Center for the Study of Contemporary China, from a July 22, 2025, hearing entitled "Foreign Abuse of U.S. Courts": * * * Chairman Issa, Ranking Member Johnson, and Distinguished Members of the Committee. Thank you for the opportunity to testify   more

CenterPoint Energy to Invest in Renewable Natural Gas Created From Twin Cities' Metro Food and Yard Waste
HOUSTON, Texas, Aug. 7 -- CenterPoint Energy issued the following news release: * * * CenterPoint Energy to invest in renewable natural gas created from Twin Cities' metro food and yard waste Plans to provide locally produced renewable energy to power Minnesota customers * MINNEAPOLIS - Aug 6, 2025 - CenterPoint Energy has signed an agreement with Dem-Con HZI Bioenergy, LLC (DCHZI), to purchase renewable natural gas (RNG) created from Twin Cities' area food and yard waste. This made-in-Minn  more

Clean energy is here. Getting it to EVs isn't
EVANSTON, Illinois, Aug. 6 -- Northwestern University posted the following news release: * * * Clean energy is here. Getting it to EVs isn't * * Renewable energy is growing, but it's often remote from EV charging stations * Delivering clean energy through the current grid is limited by grid congestion * Without grid upgrades, EVs will still rely on fossil fuel-generated energy * Smart, targeted upgrades could solve grid congestion to unlock EVs' potential EVANSTON, Ill. --- Even   more

Coal plant settlement benefits Lowcountry river and endangered fish
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, Aug. 6 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The Southern Environmental Law Center posted the following news release: * * * Coal plant settlement benefits Lowcountry river and endangered fish Santee Cooper to lower wastewater temperatures and protect sturgeon habitat * CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Endangered sturgeon will enjoy cooler river water and a quarter of a million dollars in habitat protection as the result of a settlement between Santee Cooper and Lowcountry conservation gro  more

Department of the Interior Advances First Expedited Coal Lease Under One Big Beautiful Bill Act
WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release: * * * Department of the Interior Advances First Expedited Coal Lease Under One Big Beautiful Bill Act * WASHINGTON -- The Department of the Interior, through the Bureau of Land Management and in coordination with the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, has completed the environmental review for a major Utah coal project, marking the first expedited coal leasing action under the One Big Bea  more

Fossil Fuel 'Superhighway' Threatens Dozens of Counties Across Alabama, Georgia
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, Aug. 6 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The Southern Environmental Law Center posted the following news release: * * * Fossil Fuel 'Superhighway' Threatens Dozens of Counties Across Alabama, Georgia * WASHINGTON - Yesterday evening a group of community and clean energy organizations and an impacted landowner told federal regulators they oppose a harmful plan to expand a methane gas pipeline across Georgia, Alabama, and part of Mississippi that would deepen our reliance on   more

ICYMI: Administrator Zeldin in Boston Globe: Building the Constitution Pipeline is vital for New England's grid stability
WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Administrator Zeldin in Boston Globe: Building the Constitution Pipeline is vital for New England's grid stability * WASHINGTON - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin published an op-ed following his recent travel to New England, where he met with state and local leaders who emphasized the need for Constitution pipeline. Administrator Zeldin highlights the   more

Minister Urges Miners' Charity to 'strengthen Its Engagement' With Beneficiaries
LONDON, England, Aug. 4 -- Civil Society Media posted the following news: * * * Minister urges miners' charity to 'strengthen its engagement' with beneficiaries By Rob Preston The minister for civil society has urged the UK's only national miners' charity to "strengthen its engagement" with its beneficiaries after concerns were raised in parliament about its financial practices. Stephanie Peacock was responding to a written question from North Northumberland MP David Smith, who had asked he  more

Reps. Castor, Tonko, SEEC Condemn Proposed Repeal of Power Sector Regulations, Remind EPA of Congressional Mandate to Protect Public Health and our Pocketbooks
WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Rep. Kathy Castor, D-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Reps. Castor, Tonko, SEEC Condemn Proposed Repeal of Power Sector Regulations, Remind EPA of Congressional Mandate to Protect Public Health and our Pocketbooks * House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC) Member Rep. Kathy Castor (FL-14) and SEEC Co-Chair Paul Tonko (NY-20) led a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin, urging the agency to not repeal g  more

Whitehouse Slams Trump Plan to Terminate Solar for All Program, Warns of Economic and Climate Harms
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on Aug. 6, 2025: * * * Whitehouse Slams Trump Plan to Terminate Solar for All Program, Warns of Economic and Climate Harms Today, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following statement after public reporting revealed the Trump Administration's plan   more