WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * As Big Tech Aggressively Builds Data Centers, Lack of Guardrails Put Communities and Climate at Risk * WASHINGTON The aggressive buildout of infrastructure needed to power a surge in computing power for artificial intelligence has propelled an explosion in construction of new data centers, often with little to no protections in place to support the public interest, according to a new policy gu  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, chairwoman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release: * * * D.C. Coal Club Honors Chairman Capito with Lifetime Achievement Award On Wednesday evening, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, accepted the Senator Jennings Randolph Lifetime Achievement Award from the Washington, D.C. Coal Club. This award honor  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Dec. 4 -- The Iowa Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release: * * * Environmental Protection Commission meeting agenda, published 12/04/2025 * DES MOINES - The Environmental Protection Commission (EPC) of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will have their monthly business meeting December 9. The meeting is open to the public. The meeting starts at 10:00 a.m. at the Iowa DNR Building, Lake Darling Conference Room, 6200 Park Ave, Des Moin  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Hoeven Introduces Legislation to Preserve National Coal Council, Codify Mission in Law * Senator Working to Keep NCC Focused on Development of Coal Resources, Advancing New Innovations WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven (R-N.D.), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, this week reintroduced the National Coal Council Act to preserve the mission of the National Coal Council   more

LAKEWOOD, Ohio, Dec. 5 (TNSbrep) -- The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis issued the following news release: * * * Strains in Australian met coal supply heighten energy security risks for India, which depends on imports for 90% of its needs India, the world's key market for steel demand growth, is expanding steelmaking capacity primarily through blast furnace-basic oxygen furnace (BF-BOF) technology, which relies on met coal Key Takeaways: India has taken steps to streng  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Largest Utah Coal Plant Goes Quiet as Los Angeles Goes Coal-Free * DELTA, UTAH - Utah's largest coal-fired power plant the Intermountain Power Project (IPP), located in the Great Basin region of western Utah and primarily serving southern California is no longer operating, after the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power quietly pulled the plug just before Thanksgiving. The shutdown ha  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * New Study Finds Delaying Retirement of Ray Nixon Coal Unit Will Increase Long-Term Costs * DENVER Delaying the retirement and replacement of the coal-fired Ray D. Nixon Unit 1 in Fountain will likely increase long-term costs for customers, according to a new study by Applied Economics Clinic. In 2020 and again in 2022, Colorado Springs Utilities (CSU) and its board committed to retire the   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * SIERRA CLUB REACTS: Alabama Power Approve Rate Freeze, Solar Power for Data Center * MONTGOMERY, AL. \- The Alabama Public Service Commission has approved a two-year rate freeze and large solar power projects for a proposed data center. The Dec. 2 decision is intended to keep energy rates the same until 2028. Research shows that Alabamians pay some of the highest energy bills in the entir  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Dec. 5 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: * * * The why: In a family of water scientists, Ryan Pollyea finds his footing in the earth By Jimmy Robertson While working toward his master's degree in geology from the University of Idaho, Ryan Pollyea learned that his advisor received a grant to study the possibility of storing captured carbon within the rock formations of southern Idaho. The advisor convinced Pollyea to pursue a Ph.D. And now, thanks to that pro  more