COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 5 [Category: BizEnergy] -- American Electric Power Corp. posted the following news release: * * * AEP Reports First-Quarter 2026 Earnings, Reaffirms Guidance and Increases Five-Year Capital Plan * * First-quarter 2026 GAAP earnings of $1.61 per share; operating earnings of $1.64 per share * AEP reaffirms full-year 2026 operating earnings guidance of $6.15 to $6.45 per share * New load additions expand to 63 gigawatts by 2030 * Cost offsets for existing customers of up   more

MELBOURNE, Australia, May 6 (TNSrpt) -- The Australian Conservation Foundation issued the following news release: * * * Budget 2026: tax big gas to fund nature, climate protection With the federal budget under a week away, the Australian Conservation Foundation has highlighted five things the government should spend money on to protect nature and the climate - and five moves that would save a heap of public money. "Spending on climate and nature across the forward estimates in last year's b  more

SCRANTON, Pennsylvania, May 5 -- Marywood University posted the following news: * * * The Marywood University Community Remembers Edward J. Lynett, Jr. * "Be an opener of doors for such as come after thee." - Ralph Waldo Emerson The Marywood University community expresses its deepest sympathies on the recent passing of Edward J. Lynett, Jr., former member of the Board of Trustees, who served with distinction as a trustee from 1973-1979. Ed, along with his grandfather, parents, spouse, sibl  more

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education released the following written testimony by Michaele N. Turnage Young, senior counsel and co-manager of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Inc. Equal Protection Initiative, from an April 28, 2026, hearing entitled "Leveling Down: How Equity Policies Undermine Excellence and Harm Students": * * * Good morning Chairman Kiley, Ranking Member Bonamici, and other dist  more

DENVER, Colorado, May 5 [Category: Health Care] (TNSjou) -- National Jewish Health, a respiratory hospital, issued the following news release: * * * National Jewish Health Study Finds Significant Global Burden of Silicosis Among Mineral Miners Researchers from National Jewish Health conducted what is believed to be the largest systematic review of silicosis in mineral miners. Silicosis is an irreversible lung disease caused by the inhalation of respirable (breathable) crystalline silica dust   more

WASHINGTON, May 5 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * Trump's Failure to Restrict Record Oil Exports is Costing American Families at the Pump * Last week, U.S. oil and refined product exports hit an all-time high of 14.2 million barrels per day -with a whopping 6.4 million barrels per day of that total crude oil. The result: tighter domestic markets and higher prices. While oil and refined product exports shattered all records last week, U.S. oil   more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, May 6 -- The University of Utah issued the following news release: * * * U, national lab partner on energy resilience, critical minerals and more U and NLR leaders signed a three-year MOU to enable greater research collaborations through shared facilities, joint proposal development, visiting scholar programs, student internships and career pathways to national labs * The University of Utah (U) and the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) National Laboratory of the Rockie  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, May 6 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: * * * Michael Hochella elected to National Academy of Sciences Newly elected scientist is a University Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the College of Science's Department of Geosciences. By Kelly Izlar Michael Hochella '75, M.S. '77, University Distinguished Professor Emeritus, was elected Tuesday, May 5, as a member of the National Academy of Sciences. Hochella is among 120 members and 25 international members ne  more