WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * AES Indiana Plans for New Gas to Power Data Centers While Residents and Local Businesses are Likely to Bear the Cost * INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - Today, AES Indiana outlined a plan to build a new gas plant solely to serve data centers as part of its 20 year energy plan. The large-scale energy users will likely drive up electric prices for residents and local businesses while using the community'  more

BRISBANE, Australia, Oct. 23 -- The Australian Marine Conservation Society issued the following news release: * * * After two years of delays, the government's strategy to reduce water pollution in the Great Barrier Reef says little and promises even less * Water pollution is still the biggest local threat to the Great Barrier Reef, undermining its resilience in the face of accelerating climate change * The government's draft strategy lacks the concrete actions and funding needed to protect   more

OTTAWA, Ontario, Oct. 22 -- The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives issued the following commentary on Oct. 21, 2025: * * * To Become a Clean "Energy Superpower," Canada Needs "Green" Steel and Iron With the weight of the U.S. trade war challenging key export industries, Prime Minister Mark Carney and his ministers have set up camp in Washington, D.C., hoping to convince President Trump to reduce tariffs on imported Canadian steel, aluminum, lumber and automobiles. At the same time, the  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 -- The Capital Research Center issued the following commentary on Oct. 22, 2025: * * * Seth Klarman's quiet activism The hedge fund billionaire isn't a household name. But his funding of left-leaning policy groups is affecting your household. By Parker Thayer Seth Klarman is not terribly famous and he likes it that way. When he makes news, it's probably for investing advice, not politics. But he's quietly becoming one of the left's megadonors. Born to an economics profe  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 -- The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee released the following testimony by Robert Harvey, President Trump's nominee for a seat on the Federal Maritime Commission, from an Oct. 22, 2025, confirmation hearing: * * * Chairman Cruz, Ranking Member Cantwell and members of the Committee, good morning and thank you for the opportunity to appear here before you today as a nominee to be Commissioner of the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC). I also want to thank  more

AKRON, Ohio, Oct. 23 -- FirstEnergy issued the following news release on Oct. 22, 2025: * * * FirstEnergy Announces Third Quarter 2025 Financial Results Reports GAAP earnings of $0.76 per share for the third quarter, $1.85 per share year to date Delivers Core Earnings (non-GAAP) of $0.83 per share for the third quarter and $2.02 per share year to date; improvements of 9% and 15%, respectively, compared to the same periods of 2024 Narrows full-year 2025 Core Earnings guidance range to $2.50   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 -- The Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on East Asia, the Pacific and International Cybersecurity Policy released the following written testimony by Craig Singleton, senior director of the China Program at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, from an Oct. 7, 2025, hearing entitled "Combatting the People's Republic of China's Illegal, Coercive, Aggressive, and Deceptive Behavior in the Indo-Pacific": * * * Introduction Taiwan sits at the epicenter of today's grea  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * LG&E and KU Bow to Community Advocacy, Reach Settlement for Lesser Rate Increases * LOUISVILLE, KY. - Louisville Gas & Electric (LG&E) and Kentucky Utilities (KU) have reached a settlement in their request to increase rates for nearly one million electricity customers and 335,000 gas customers in Kentucky. Negotiations and outcry at public hearings considerably decreased the utilities init  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 -- Rep. Mike Kennedy, R-Utah, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Kennedy Introduces Resolution to Officially Designate 'Coal Week' * Washington, D.C. - Congressman Mike Kennedy (UT-03) introduced a resolution officially designating the week beginning October 19, 2025, as "Coal Week." The resolution recognizes the vital contributions of America's coal industry to national energy security, economic stability, and community strength across the country. "For gene  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Trump Administration Authorizes CP2 LNG * WASHINGTON, D.C. \- Last night, the Trump Administration approved the final export authorization for the dangerous, pollution-causing Venture Global's liquefied methane gas export project, CP2 LNG. If constructed, CP2 would be one of the largest LNG plants in the nation. It would export 20 million metric tons per year of LNG, and the estimated li  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Oct. 23 -- The University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering issued the following news: * * * Introducing the Fall 2025 Astani Graduate Sustainability Scholars A recently launched program at the USC Sonny Astani Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering provides a launchpad for young scholars to research major environmental challenges. * From chronic air pollution in cities, to the presence of PFAS in our drinking water, to the toxicity of fo  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on Oct. 22, 2025: * * * Whitehouse Opening Statement at Tennessee Valley Authority Nominations Hearing Today, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, delivered the following opening statement at today's hearing, "Hearing on the Nominations of Mitch Grav  more

BOWLING GREEN, Kentucky, Oct. 23 -- Western Kentucky University issued the following news: * * * WKU Students Conduct Weather Support for 80,000 at Louder Than Life By Lacey Bell Three WKU graduate students working from the WKU Disaster Science Operations Center (DSOC) recently provided heat-stress monitoring and weather support at the Louder Than Life Festival, held in Louisville, Ky. and attended by nearly 80,000 people. The four-day event took place September 18-21, 2025. "In addition to  more