PHOENIX, Arizona, Aug. 20 -- The Arizona Corporation Commission issued the following news release on Aug. 18, 2025: * * * August 14, 2025 Open Meeting Highlights The Arizona Corporation Commission voted on 24 matters, including securities, electric, and water items. Highlights from the meeting include: Securities * Darien Euclid Bonney Utilities * Sahuarita Water company, LLC * Southwest Gas Corporation * Mohave Electric Cooperative, Inc. ACC * Electric Rules * * * Darien Euclid B  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Aug. 20 -- Clean Wisconsin issued the following news release: * * * Trump order to keep Michigan coal plant running will mean higher energy bills in Wisconsin Families and businesses across the Midwest, including here in Wisconsin, will be footing the bill to bring an empty coal plant back online in Michigan. In May, the Trump Administration used an emergency order to force Consumers Energy to truck coal back on site and fire up the old plant. So far, that has come with a   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- Rep. Andy Harris, R-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Harris Applauds USDA Decision to End Solar Mandates on Farmland * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman Andy Harris (MD-01) applauds U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins for ending the use of taxpayer dollars to fund solar projects on farmable land and for banning solar panels made by foreign adversaries in USDA-funded projects. Announced yesterday, the new policy addresses the  more

ITHACA, New York, Aug. 19 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Cornell Atkinson-The Nature Conservancy awards promote biodiversity, climate resilience * For 12 years, The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability have partnered to bridge the gap between scientific breakthroughs and real-world action on critical sustainability issues. Cornell Atkinson announced this week that six new projects will receive 2025 grant funding to address topics  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Administrator Zeldin in New York Post: New York State's Push for Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) Ignoring Legitimate, Local Safety Concerns * WASHINGTON \- Following U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin's press conference in Hauppauge, New York yesterday on battery energy storage systems (BESS) concerns, Administrator Zeldin published an op-ed in the  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Kelly, Arizona Lawmakers Demand Full and Immediate Disbursement of Solar for All Funds * In a letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Arizona Senator Mark Kelly, Governor Katie Hobbs, Senator Ruben Gallego, and Representatives Greg Stanton and Yassamin Ansari demanded the full and immediate disbursement of Arizona's Solar for All grant progra  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: * * * Secretary Rollins Blocks Taxpayer Dollars for Solar Panels on Prime Farmland * (Lebanon, TN, August 19, 2025) - Yesterday, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins alongside Tennessee Governor Bill Lee, Senator Marsha Blackburn, Senator Bill Hagerty, Representative John Rose, and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Secretary Stephen Vaden, announced USDA will no longer fund taxp  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 20 -- Skanska, a construction and development company, issued the following news release on Aug. 19, 2025: * * * Skanska Completes 90,500-SF Modernization and Expansion of Historic Landmark Montlake Elementary School in Seattle Working with DLR Group and within two-acre site footprint, Skanska built a rooftop play area, outdoor learning terraces, new three-story building, several sustainability components * Seattle, WA - Skanska, a leading global construction and development   more

MERCED, California, Aug. 20 (TNSjou) -- The University of California Merced issued the following news: * * * Simple Chemical Treatment Makes Next-Gen Electronics More Reliable A team of international researchers has discovered that a simple chemical treatment can enhance the strength and reliability of one of the world's thinnest materials for use in future electronics. The study, published in Nature Communications, demonstrates that treating monolayer molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) with a spec  more