NEW YORK, March 17 -- The Anti-Defamation League, an anti-hate organization that aims to stop the defamation of the Jewish people and to secure justice and fair treatment for all, posted the following remarks on March 16, 2026, at the "Never Is Now" summit at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center: * * * ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt Delivers 2026 State of Hate at Never Is Now (As delivered) Over the past year, 20 Jews -- our brothers and sisters -- were murdered. For Jewish people in the di  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, March 17 -- Arizona Public Service Co. issued the following news: * * * APS to Seek License Renewal for Palo Verde Generating Station's Nuclear Units Arizona Public Service (APS) has officially notified the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) of its intent to renew the operating licenses for all three units at Palo Verde Generating Station, which could extend operations from the mid-2040s through the mid-2060s. Located west of Phoenix, Palo Verde is the heart of APS's dive  more

PARIS, France, March 16 [Category: Financial Services] -- The Council of Europe Development Bank posted the following news: * * * At its annual Joint Meeting in Warsaw, CEB approves eleven loans totalling close to EUR800 million * Warsaw - The CEB has approved eleven loans totalling EUR799 million, with around two-thirds of the volume directed to the Bank's Target Group Countries and a strong focus on education, health, social care and affordable housing. Reflecting the CEB's sustained commi  more

WASHINGTON, March 17 (TNSrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news release on March 16, 2026: * * * Trump Administration Keeps Coal Plant Open to Ensure Affordable, Reliable and Secure Power in the Northwest Emergency order addresses critical grid reliability issues, lowering risk of blackouts and ensuring affordable electricity access. * U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright today issued an emergency order to ensure Americans in the Northwestern region of the United S  more

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- The National Gallery of Art issued the following news release: * * * First Exhibition to Explore Photography's Relationship with Resource Extraction Opening at the National Gallery of Art Beneath the Surface to feature some 150 photographs by 100 artists spanning 185 years of society and industry in the United States * The National Gallery of Art presents Beneath the Surface: Mining and American Photography, the first exhibition to exclusively examine the relationshi  more

WASHINGTON, March 16 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Franklin County Lifted its Own Six-Month Pause on Data Centers * UNION, MO - The Franklin County Planning & Zoning Commission will consider sweeping changes that could enable hyperscale data center developers to build new projects at two known locations while opening the door for more. Changes under consideration include zoning data centers to as little as 150 feet from residential proper  more

WEST PERTH, Australia, March 16 -- The Conservation Council of Western Australia issued the following news release: * * * Griffin Coal mining extension until 2031 will come with a clean-up and rehabilitation get out of jail free card The state government wants to hand Griffin Coal a "get out of jail free" card, according to the Conservation Council of WA (CCWA), with a five-year mining extension before Parliament today, including a rehabilitation and decommissioning 'release' clause. In Janu  more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, March 16 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Sandia National Laboratories issued the following news release: * * * At a fork in the lab Career paths rarely follow straight lines. But for two recently honored inventors, a professional zigzag became a catalyst to finding greater purpose. The pair of Sandia National Laboratories scientists were elected fellows of the National Academy of Inventors in December. Each is a prolific innovator in his respective field. Yet each   more

WASHINGTON, March 16 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * TeraWulf May Have Misled Investors on Plans to Power Planned Data Center With Natural Gas at Morgantown Power * WASHINGTON -Claims made by TeraWulf to its investors that its two-phase plan to take over and repower Morgantown Power Plant to supply a proposed data center with natural gas power had been "Supported by [Maryland] Governor [Wes] Moore" may violate securities law, according to two   more

BONN, Germany, March 16 -- The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change issued the following news: * * * UN Climate Chief in Brussels: fossil fuel dependency is ripping away national security and sovereignty, but renewables turn the tables * Below are remarks delivered by UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell at the Green Growth Summit in Brussels, Belgium, on Monday 16 March 2026. High-resolution photos of the Executive Secretary speaking at the event. Recent wee  more