WASHINGTON, April 1 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Community Members Rally at Rocky Mountain Power HQ to Protest Fossil-Focused Energy Priorities Salt Lake City, UT - Today, in coordination with partners around the country, community members gathered at Rocky Mountain headquarters to protest the utility's latest move to lock Utah into decades of costly, volatile fossil fuels - driving up energy bills while cleaner, more affordable renewable  more

WASHINGTON, April 1 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Consumers and Community Organizations Protest Berkshire Hathaway Energy for Harming Americans' Health and Finances DES MOINES, Iowa; LAS VEGAS; RENO, Nev.; SALT LAKE CITY -- Today, a coalition of concerned organizations and citizens around the country gathered to protest Berkshire Hathaway Energy (BHE) and its electric utility subsidiaries for harming the health and pocketbooks of customers  more

BRUSSELS, Belgium, April 2 -- The European Commission issued the following news release on April 1, 2025: * * * Commission endorses preliminary assessment of Slovakia's fifth payment request under the Recovery and Resilience Facility Today, the Commission has endorsed a positive preliminary assessment of 20 out of the 21 milestones and targets linked to Slovakia's fifth payment request for Euros516.8 million in grants (net of pre-financing) under the Recovery and Resilience Facility, the cent  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, April 2 [Category: BizEnergy] -- G.E. Vernova, an energy company, posted the following news release: * * * Homer City Redevelopment and Kiewit announce country's largest natural gas-powered data center campus to support AI and HPC demand Homer City, PA (April 2, 2025) - Today Homer City Redevelopment (HCR) and Kiewit Power Constructors Co. (Kiewit) announced the future of the former Homer City Generating Station. Homer City - previously the largest coal-burning power  more

WASHINGTON, April 2 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Largest Polluter Plant in Northwest Requested Clean Air Act Exemptions Washington, D.C. - The operators of Colstrip Power Plant have requested a presidential exemption from the Environmental Protection Agency's updated Mercury and Air Toxics Standard after Trump's EPA openly invited the fossil fuel industry to email the agency with requests for presidential exemptions from critical safeguar  more

WASHINGTON, April 2 [Category: Biology] -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release: * * * Lawsuit Aims to Clean Up Toxic Coal Ash Pollution in Pennsylvania HARRISBURG, Pa. -- The Center for Biological Diversity sued Talen Energy Corporation and Brunner Island, LLC today for failing to control toxic coal ash pollution risks from a storage impoundment at their mixed coal- and natural gas-fired power plant on the banks of the Susquehanna River in York Haven, Pennsyl  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, April 2 [Category: Environment] -- Earthjustice posted the following news release: * * * One of America's Dirtiest Coal Plants Seeks Get-Out-of-Jail-Free Card from Trump Bozeman, MT -- The owners of one of America's dirtiest coal-fired power plants have asked the Trump administration for a two-year exemption on compliance with federal clean air standards. Montana's Colstrip plant is the largest emitter of toxic particulate matter of any plant in the country's agin  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, April 3 -- The University of New Orleans issued the following news release: * * * History Professor's New Book Examines How Europe Transformed the Alps to Generate Electricity University of New Orleans history professor Marc Landry's new book shows how building dams in the 19th and 20th centuries transformed the Alps into Europe's "battery," designed to store and produce electricity for use throughout the continent. "Mountain Battery: The Alps, Water and Power in the  more