NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Oct. 20 [Category: BizEnergy] -- Entergy posted the following news release: * * * Committed to powering communities with clean, safe and reliable nuclear energy * Entergy is proud to celebrate Nuclear Science Week, an international, broadly observed week-long celebration to focus local, regional and international interests on all aspects of nuclear science. Nuclear Science Week is celebrated during the third week of October each year. Nuclear energy has safely and r  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Oct. 20 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * EarthTalks: Lithium patterns evident in long-mined Pennsylvania formation * UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Research Professor Tim White and postdoctoral scholar Nick Sullivan will give a public talk, "Patterns and processes of lithium enrichment in coal measure strata from the Northern Appalachian Basin," at 4 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 27, in 112 Walker Building at Penn State University Park. The f  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * N.C. Regulators Approve Duke's Second New Gas Plant on Hyco Lake, Despite Community Pushback * Raleigh, N.C. - The North Carolina Utilities Commission (NCUC) approved Duke Energy's second new gas-burning power plant on Hyco Lake in Person County, despite pushback from Person County residents and Duke Energy customers. While Duke Energy customers will fund these new gas-burning power plants  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 [Category: Biology] -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release: * * * Trump's War on Environment Continues Despite Government Shutdown * WASHINGTON-- The Trump administration is continuing its anti-environment agenda by prioritizing fossil fuel production, border wall construction and other destructive programs during a government shutdown that has left hundreds of thousands of federal workers without pay. While most government functions ha  more