INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Aug. 21 -- The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission issued the following weekly hearing schedule for Aug. 25-29, 2025: * * * Monday, August 25, 2025 CAUSE NO.: 46222; ALJ: GORMAN; TIME: 9:00 A.M.; COMMISSIONER: VELETA; ROOM: PNC, Room 224 VERIFIED PETITION OF NORTHERN INDIANA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY LLC FOR (1) APPROVAL OF AND A CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY FOR A FEDERALLY-MANDATED PIPELINE SAFETY IV COMPLIANCE PLAN, (2) AUTHORITY TO RECOVER FEDERALL  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 [Category: Biology] -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release: * * * California Regulators Urged to Restart Low-income Affordable Clean Energy Project * SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- State law requires the California Public Utilities Commission to reopen an affordable clean energy program it closed in 2020 without notice, leaving hundreds of thousands of low-income rural residents without safe, affordable heat and electricity, according to a petitio  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 21 (TNSrpt) -- The Alliance for the Great Lakes issued the following news release: * * * Great Lakes Region Unprepared for Increasing Water Use Demands New Alliance for the Great Lakes Report Sounds Alarm Over Lack of Planning and Oversight * The Great Lakes region faces the prospect of water shortages, groundwater conflicts, and contaminated aquifers as demand sharply increases from large water users such as data centers, agriculture, and critical minerals mining. A  more

COLUMBIA, Missouri, Aug. 20 [Category: Media] -- The Association of Health Care Journalists posted the following news: * * * How to find local climate-health stories * Climate change coverage has been dominated by negative content that highlights the scale of the crisis, the stubbornness of fossil fuel use or the failure of international negotiations. But the past decade has brought meaningful wins: cities running on renewable energy for days at a time, flood-prone neighborhoods protected by  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 -- JAYONE CONSULTING, Locust Grove, Georgia, won a federal contract award for $4,675 from the Department of Energy, Billings, Montana, for housekeeping- waste treatment/storage. Contract Award Number: 89503425PWA002111; ueiSAM: LS6PLJTZLL59; NAICS Code: 562111; Product Service Code (PSC): S222; Solicitation Number: 89503425QWA001108  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Aug. 21 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: * * * New Center Woods Complex to elevate conservation and research By Rosie Cicmanec and Max Esterhuizen The Virginia Tech Board of Visitors Building and Grounds Committee this week approved the design preview and review to move forward with a new, state-of-the-art facility for the Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation, creating a vibrant hub for research, teaching, and outreach in the College of Natural Resou  more

BOONE, North Carolina, Aug. 19 [Category: Sociological] -- Appalachian Voices posted the following news release: * * * West Virginia groups urge Gov. Morrisey, Attorney General McCuskey to defend WV's Solar for All program award * August 19, 2025 CONTACT Dan Radmacher, dan@appvoices.org CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Today, a dozen West Virginia companies and organizations sent a letter to the offices of Gov. Patrick Morrisey and Attorney General J.B. McCuskey to call on them to push back on th  more