WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Clean energy advocates react to Duke Energy's proposed Carbon Plan * Chapel Hill, N.C. -- Clean energy groups involved in the North Carolina Utilities Commission proceeding to develop a new state plan for reducing heat-trapping carbon pollution from electricity generation--known as the Carbon Plan--reacted to a proposed plan by regulated monopoly Duke Energy. Coming after the state legislat  more

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, Oct. 1 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The Southern Environmental Law Center posted the following news release: * * * Clean energy advocates react to Duke Energy's proposed Carbon Plan * CHAPEL HILL, N.C.--Clean energy groups involved in the North Carolina Utilities Commission proceeding to develop a new state plan for reducing heat-trapping carbon pollution from electricity generation--known as the Carbon Plan--reacted to a proposed plan by regulated monopoly Duke Energy  more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Oct. 2 -- Duke Energy issued the following news release: * * * Duke Energy files 2025 Carolinas Resource Plan, continues modernizing energy infrastructure to support future growth * Update to the long-range plan approved by North Carolina and South Carolina regulators last year supports economic success of both states * Plan meets significant growth while saving customers money - future bill impacts are below inflation * Duke Energy today filed its biennial long-  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 1 [Category: Environment] -- The Environmental Defense Fund posted the following news release: * * * Short-sighted Duke Energy Plan Recognizes Benefits of Solar and Battery Storage While Still Extending Outdated, Expensive Coal in North Carolina * "Duke Energy's proposed 2025 Carbon Plan reaffirms that large amounts of solar and battery storage remain the cheapest choice to meet growing demand, even without a short-term carbon reduction requirement. It also finds that, if batt  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Clean energy advocates react to Duke Energy's proposed Carbon Plan * Chapel Hill, N.C. -- Clean energy groups involved in the North Carolina Utilities Commission proceeding to develop a new state plan for reducing heat-trapping carbon pollution from electricity generation--known as the Carbon Plan--reacted to a proposed plan by regulated monopoly Duke Energy. Coming after the state legislat  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Oct. 1 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Concrete "battery" developed at MIT now packs 10 times the power * Concrete already builds our world, and now it's one step closer to powering it, too. Made by combining cement, water, ultra-fine carbon black (with nanoscale particles), and electrolytes, electron-conducting carbon concrete (ec 3, pronounced "e-c-cubed") creates a conductive "nanonetwork" inside concrete that could e  more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Oct. 2 -- Duke Energy issued the following news release: * * * Duke Energy files 2025 Carolinas Resource Plan, continues modernizing energy infrastructure to support future growth * Update to the long-range plan approved by North Carolina and South Carolina regulators last year supports economic success of both states * Plan meets significant growth while saving customers money - future bill impacts are below inflation * Duke Energy today filed its biennial long-  more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Oct. 1 -- The University of New Mexico issued the following news: * * * Research and Creative Works Leadership Award winners cross the disciplines of UNM By Kim Delker Six University of New Mexico researchers -- from fields ranging from nuclear engineering to music composition -- are the 2025 recipients of the Research and Creative Works Leadership Awards, announced by the Office of Academic Affairs. The Research and Creative Works Leadership Awards honor recently p  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Oct. 1 -- Rice University posted the following news release: * * * Rice physicists' new lab focused on emergent magnetic materials, funded by Department of Energy * Four physicists from Rice University have received a $4.4 million grant over three years from the U.S. Department of Energy to establish the Rice Laboratory for Emergent Magnetic Materials (RLEMM). This new research center will investigate the fundamental interactions of magnetism and its role in next-generation t  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 1 [Category: Environment] -- The Environmental Defense Fund posted the following news release: * * * Short-sighted Duke Energy Plan Recognizes Benefits of Solar and Battery Storage While Still Extending Outdated, Expensive Coal in North Carolina * "Duke Energy's proposed 2025 Carbon Plan reaffirms that large amounts of solar and battery storage remain the cheapest choice to meet growing demand, even without a short-term carbon reduction requirement. It also finds that, if batt  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Oct. 2 (TNSjou) -- The University of Houston issued the following news: * * * University of Houston Researchers Driving Breakthroughs in Building Longer-Lasting, Faster-Charging Batteries By J.J. Adams - 713-743-8960, jadams23@central.uh.edu Researchers at the University of Houston, a global leader in energy research and innovation, are spearheading a study that could transform the future of battery technology. Yan Yao, an award-winning professor at UH's Cullen College of En  more