INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Aug. 23 -- The Indiana Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission issued the following weekly hearing schedule: * * * Monday, August 26, 2024 CAUSE NO.: 46020; ALJ: AKINRO; TIME: 10:45 A.M.; COMMISSIONER: BENNETT; ROOM: PNC, Room 222 VERIFIED PETITION OF CITIZENS WATER OF WESTFIELD, LLC FOR (1) AUTHORITY TO INCREASE RATES AND CHARGES FOR WATER UTILITY SERVICE AND APPROVAL OF A NEW SCHEDULE OF RATES AND CHARGES, (2) AUTHORITY TO IMPLEMENT AND APPROVAL OF A SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 23 -- The Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility issued the following news release on Aug. 22, 2024: The Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) today announced it had sent a letter (https://www.iccr.org/reports/iccr-letter-to-the-business-roundtable-board-members/) to board members of the Business Roundtable (BRT), a business trade association meant to advocate in the interests of its 200+ CEO members, calling out conflicts arising from an Amicus Brief (https  more

STANFORD, California, Aug. 23 (TNSres) -- Stanford University issued the following news release on Aug. 21, 2024: * * * A new method for extracting lithium from briny water offers a more efficient, cost-effective, and environmental alternative to traditional lithium production. It could also help solve lithium supply chain issues. * * * A new technology can extract lithium from brines at an estimated cost of under 40% that of today's dominant extraction method, and at just a fourth of lithiu  more

STILLWATER, Oklahoma, Aug. 22 -- Oklahoma State University issued the following news: Dr. Mari Chinn, department head of the School of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering and Dr. Guiping Hu, department head of the School of Industrial Engineering and Management have been selected for the Class of 2024-2025 of Drexel University's Executive Leadership in Academic Technology, Engineering and Science (ELATES) program. The ELATES program is a national leadership development program designed to p  more

WEST CONSHOHOCKEN, Pennsylvania, Aug. 22 [Category: Materials Management] -- ASTM International, formerly the American Society for Testing and Materials, which develops and publishes voluntary consensus technical standards for materials, products, systems and services, issued the following news release: Papers are invited for ASTM International's 23rd International ASTM/ESIS Symposium on Fatigue and Fracture Mechanics, to be held Nov. 12-13, 2025, in Atlanta, GA. The event is sponsored by ASTM   more

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, Aug. 23 -- The Southern Environmental Law Center issued the following news release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The Tennessee Valley Authority Board of Directors voted to increase its base power rates by 5.25 percent at its meeting on Thursday, the second rate hike the federal utility has authorized in just 12 months. Combined, these add up to a nearly 10 percent increase in power bills for families across the Tennessee Valley. The rate hikes come as TVA is planning to reckl  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Aug. 22 -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: Eugene Holubnyak Eugene Holubnyak, in the University of Wyoming's School of Energy Resources (SER), has been recognized by the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) as a 2024 recipient of a regional award for his technical expertise and exceptional contributions to programs focused on hydrogen transportation and storage. SPE honors members among 13 regions worldwide who have contributed outstanding serv  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Aug. 23 -- Yale University issued the following news: * * * A series of Yale certificate programs -- including a new program focused on clean, equitable energy deployment -- aims to nurture a more sustainable future. * * * By Lisa Prevost Sara Pyne is no stranger to energy justice issues. An associate director of incentive programs at the Connecticut Green Bank, a quasi-public state agency that promotes investment in clean energy projects, Pyne worked on the Resident  more