WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 [Category: Science] -- The Food and Water Watch posted the following news release: * * * DeSantis Appoints New PSC Commissioners * The Senate is expected to confirm Ana Ortega and Bobby Payne's appointments early next year Tallahassee, FL -- Today, Governor Ron DeSantis appointed Ana Ortega and Bobby Payne to serve on the Florida Public Service Commission (PSC). The PSC is responsible for facilitating utility services at "fair prices" through economic regulation and regu  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 3 -- Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory issued the following news: * * * Columbia Climate School's Global Impact Scholars Confront Urgent, Real-World Problems Faculty and students worked together on ideas for climate solutions, which were then presented at the Climate School showcase as part of Climate Week NYC. By Hailey Basiouny Last week around 100,000 people gathered in New York City for Climate Week NYC. Several hundred of them made it to the Columbia  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Oct. 2 [Category: BizEnergy] -- Entergy posted the following news release: * * * Entergy Arkansas powers Google's $4B investment in the state * LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Today at a joint community celebration with state and local leaders, Entergy Arkansas announced it will power Google's planned $4 billion technology investment in Arkansas. Google's investment will focus on cloud and artificial intelligence infrastructure, including the development of a new data center in  more

SINGAPORE, Oct. 2 (TNSjou) -- The National University of Singapore issued the following news release: * * * Ice mixed with amino acids stores methane in minutes NUS researchers developed a reusable, biodegradable ice material that captures methane rapidly, paving the way for safer and cleaner storage of natural gas and biomethane. * If you have ever cooked on a gas stove or seen a flame flicker to life with the turn of a knob, you have seen natural gas in action. Supplying that energy at sc  more

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, Oct. 3 -- Xcel Energy issued the following news release: * * * Service center upgrades Xcel Energy's St. Cloud area operations Waite Park Service Center allows crews to serve customers faster, more reliably * Xcel Energy has begun operations at its new service center in Waite Park, Minnesota, to continue serving customers in the St. Cloud area with safe, reliable energy. The facility enables the company to expand its workforce and efficiency to rapidly respond to ele  more

BURNABY, British Columbia, Oct. 2 -- Simon Fraser University issued the following news: * * * SFU Clean Hydrogen Hub joins Canadian alliance of hydrogen hubs to accelerate clean energy innovation Simon Fraser University's Clean Hydrogen Hub has signed an agreement with three other leading Canadian hydrogen hubs conducting similar research and activities in developing hydrogen energy technologies. The collaboration between SFU, Vallee de la Transition Energetique (VTE, Quebec), Newfoundland a  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * Trump Uses Shutdown to Unlawfully Slash Blue-State Clean Energy Projects * WASHINGTON -- On the first day of the shutdown of the Federal government, the Trump administration moved to hurt states led by Democrats, and is preparing plans to make massive cuts to the federal workforce, according to reports. In a late-night announcement on Wednesday, the Department of Energy announced it would end   more