PHOENIX, Arizona, Sept. 30 -- Arizona Public Service Co. issued the following news: * * * APS Sends $250,000 to the Salvation Army After Devastating Flooding in Globe Miami Arizona Public Service (APS) is sending financial support to The Salvation Army to help the victims of last week's devastating floods. The company is also providing supplies, including personal protective equipment and tools to support volunteers involved in recovery efforts in the Globe-Miami area. "Arizona isn't just wh  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Sept. 29 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Electric space heating, appliances reduce US residential energy consumption * UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Electric space heating systems and appliances like water heaters can help American homeowners reduce their energy use, and possibly their utility bills, according to a team led by researchers at Penn State. The researchers set out to identify the most important factors driving U.S. on-  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 [Category: Environment] -- The League of Conservation Voters posted the following news release: * * * LCV Statement on Trump's Plan to Raise Energy Costs with Coal * Washington, D.C.- In response to the Trump administration announcing its plan to subsidize the coal industry with $625 million and the opening of additional millions of acres of public lands to coal leasing at a steeply discounted rate, the League of Conservation Voters released the following statement from   more

NEW YORK, Sept. 29 [Category: Environment] -- The Natural Resources Defense Council posted the following news release: * * * NRDC: Coal Given a Free Pass and Free Cash * In a misplaced bid to prop up the long-dwindling coal industry, the Trump administration announced a handout of $625 million to owners of old coal plants and said it would delay rules to cut those plants' air and water pollution. The U.S. Department of the Interior also said it plans to boost coal mining on public lands by o  more

NEW YORK, Sept. 29 [Category: Environment] -- The Environmental Defense Fund posted the following news release: * * * Trump Administration's Subsidies for Costly Coal Saddle Families with High Bills, More Pollution * The Trump administration announced $625 million in subsidies for coal power plants.  "Subsidizing coal means propping up dirty, uncompetitive plants from last century - and saddling families with their high costs and pollution, said Ted Kelly, Director and Lead Counsel, Enviro  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * Trump's $625M Coal Bailout Won't Be Enough to Save Expensive, Dirty Energy Source * The Trump administration today announced a coordinated attempt to keep the struggling U.S. coal industry alive slightly longer, including opening more than 13 million acres of national public lands for coal mining, reducing royalty rates paid by mining companies to taxpayers and $625 million in federal fundin  more