ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, July 1 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Sandia National Laboratories issued the following news release: * * * As data-center demand grows, Sandia advances AI controls to keep voltage steady in real time * ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -As artificial intelligence drives rapid growth in data centers, utilities are facing a new challenge: keeping voltage steady as electricity demand grows, shifts quickly and becomes harder to predict. As demand grows and more distributed energy res  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 1 [Category: Environment] -- Clean Air Task Force, an organization that says it works to safeguard against the impacts of climate change by catalyzing the development and deployment of low-carbon energy and other climate-protecting technologies, issued the following news: * * * California commits to funding geothermal cost-share program essential to driving project deployment * This week, Governor Gavin Newsom signed a budget agreement that includes targeted fundi  more

WASHINGTON, July 1 [Category: Energy] -- The American Energy Alliance posted the following news release: * * * California Continues to Gouge Residents at the Pump to Pay for Poor Policies * The State of California's excise tax on fuel is scheduled to increase today by an additional 2.2 cents per gallon of gasoline and 1.6 cents per gallon of diesel, adding yet another cost for motorists in a state that already has the highest average gas prices, as well as fuel taxes and fees, in the nation.  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, July 2 -- Consumer Action for a Strong Economy issued the following excerpts of a commentary on July 1, 2026, to the Lansing State Journal: * * * CASE Op-Ed in Lansing State Journal: The Grid Reliability Trap Behind Solar's Latest Milestone The news that solar power recently overtook coal generation in the United States has been treated by some as a turning point worth celebrating. But before policymakers and grid planners draw the wrong conclusion, they should pause. Th  more

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, July 2 (TNSrep) -- The Chesapeake Bay Foundation posted the following news release: * * * Governor Spanberger Signs Measure Rejoining RGGI * Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger on Tuesday ceremonially signed into law a measure that ensured Virginia will rejoin the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) effective this week and once again participate in a program that's been vital for cutting carbon emissions and funding resilience efforts. Governor Spanberger signed   more

WASHINGTON, July 2 [Category: Energy] -- The Institute for Energy Research posted the following commentary: * * * Weather Conditions Affect Renewable Energy Output Key Takeaways  1 There is an increasing likelihood of a "super El Nino" this year, which could significantly impact electricity generation from weather-dependent wind, solar, and hydroelectric power. 2 El Nino is a natural climate cycle, but with rapidly increasing amounts of electricity generated by wind and solar because of st  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, July 2 -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * Rutgers Joins International Effort to Survey the Universe Using Largest Camera Ever Built Rutgers astrophysicists will use a vast stream of images and data collected at the Rubin observatory in Chile to advance understanding of the universe and how it changes By Kitta MacPherson A powerful new observatory in Chile has begun a 10-year survey of the southern sky, and Rutgers astrophysicists are among the   more

CHICAGO, Illinois, July 1 -- The University of Chicago posted the following news: * * * Thirteen UChicago faculty members receive named, distinguished service professorships in July 2026 * Thirteen members of the University of Chicago faculty have received distinguished service professorships or named professorships. Profs. Frederic Chong, Christian Hansen, Augusta McMahon and Marcelo Nobrega have been named distinguished service professorships; Profs. Megan Applewhite, Luis Bettencourt, S  more

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama, July 2 (TNSjou) -- The University of Alabama issued the following news: * * * UAH researcher finds cosmic dust could play key role in cracking long-standing mystery of solar corona heating, opening new field in heliophysics Russ Nelson A researcher at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of The University of Alabama System, has published a new study in The Astrophysical Journal that suggests that tiny charged dust grains near the Sun may significantly in  more