ARCATA, California, April 11 -- The California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt issued the following news: * * * Hinarr Hu Moulik Student Housing to Open This Fall This fall, Cal Poly Humboldt will open the doors to Hinarr Hu Moulik, the University's largest student housing project in its history. The name--meaning "Our House/Home" in the Wiyot language--reflects a deep commitment to community, inclusion, and sustainability. (Pronounced hee-NOD huh MOO-leek). Located just a half mile n  more

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, April 10 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary on April 10, 2025: * * * Written by Sarah Montalbano Energy transition has a global shipping problem, report finds A new report from the National Center for Energy Analytics examines a little-studied problem for a so-called U.S. green-energy transition: Where will the ships come from to ship critical min  more

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, April 10 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary on April 1, 2025: * * * Written by Bill Glahn Paving over paradise The state Public Utilities Commission (MPUC) is on the brink of approving two massive new electric transmission line projects. Next week (April 10) the Commission will meet to take up just two agenda items. First is the Big Stone to Alex  more

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, April 10 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary on April 7, 2025: * * * Written by Sarah Montalbano Solar power equipment vulnerable to hacks The three largest manufacturers of solar inverters have been found vulnerable to remote sabotage that could have produced large-scale power outages if exploited. It's lucky that a cybersecurity firm identified t  more

LEXINGTON, Kentucky, April 11 -- The Council of State Governments issued the following news: * * * Balancing Energy Costs & Climate Goals Along the East Coast, state lawmakers are now grappling with the challenge of balancing ambitious energy goals with rising utility rates for consumers. In Rhode Island and Maryland, this balancing act has taken center stage, with lawmakers recently offering up two approaches for addressing energy affordability. In Rhode Island, Senator Todd M. Patalano has  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Rep. Brett Guthrie, R-Kentucky, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release on April 10, 2025: * * * Energy and Commerce Committee Holds Hearing on AI and American Global Competitiveness WASHINGTON, D.C. - Yesterday, Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, led a full committee hearing titled Converting Energy into Intelligence: the Future of AI Technology, Human Discovery, and Am  more

LAKEWOOD, Ohio, April 11 -- The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis issued the following news release: * * * Reopening closed coal plants makes no economic sense Current coal facilities can barely compete with renewables, battery storage After declaring an "energy emergency," the United States is calling for the restart of retired coal-fired power plants in order to help meet expected electricity demand growth. The latest research from IEEFA shows that few, if any, of the 1  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Julie Fedorchak, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release on April 9, 2025: * * * Fedorchak questions witnesses at Energy & Commerce hearing on American AI leadership Washington, D.C. -- At today's House Committee on Energy and Commerce hearing on American Artificial Intelligence (AI) leadership, Congresswoman Julie Fedorchak (R-ND) raised serious concerns about whether America's power grid is ready to handle skyrocketing demand. She questioned witnesses   more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Jared Huffman, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Huffman, Velazquez, Ocasio-Cortez, and Hernandez Press DOE to Deploy Renewable Energy Funds for Puerto Rico Washington, D.C. - Today, Representatives Jared Huffman (D-CA), Nydia M. Velazquez (D-NY), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), and Pablo Jose Hernandez (D-PR) urged the Department of Energy (DOE) to accelerate solar installations under Puerto Rico Energy Resilience Fund's (PR-ERF) programs, w  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Rep. Jared Huffman, D-California, ranking member of the House Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on April 10, 2025: * * * Huffman, Velazquez, Ocasio-Cortez, and Hernandez Press DOE to Deploy Renewable Energy Funds for Puerto Rico Washington, D.C. - Today, Representatives Jared Huffman (D-CA), Nydia M. Velazquez (D-NY), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), and Pablo Jose Hernandez (D-PR) urged the Department of Energy (DOE) to accelerate solar in  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Sen. Cynthia M. Lummis, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Lummis - Trump is ending Biden's war on energy and one state is key to that strategy Washington, D.C. -- Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) this week published an op-ed highlighting how President Trump is ending President Biden's war on energy, and how Wyoming is the key to that strategy. Read the full op-ed here. --- SEN CYNTHIA LUMMIS: Trump is ending Biden's war on energy and one sta  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * King Gets Agreement from Energy Nominees to Pursue "All of the Above" Power Options WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In a hearing of the Senate Energy and Natural Resource (ENR) Committee, U.S. Senator Angus King (I-ME) spoke with Dr. Preston Griffith, the nominee to serve as the Under Secretary of Energy, and Dr. Dario Gil, the nominee to serve as the Under Secretary of Energy for Science, about the need to   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 10 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Massachusetts Community Climate Bank and Partners Launch Massachusetts Energy Savings Finder Boston -- Today, the Healey-Driscoll Administration is announcing that the Massachusetts Community Climate Bank (MCCB), in partnership with Rewiring America, Abode Energy Management and a coalition of state government and energy efficiency program partners, is launching the first-ever Massac  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, April 11 -- The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission issued the following agenda items for April 17, 2025: * * * INTRODUCTION DECISION ITEMS 1. Details 2021-039 ** G999/CI-21-135; G008/M-21-138; G004/M-21-235; G002/CI-21-610; G011 CI-21-611 CenterPoint Energy Resources Corp. d/b/a CenterPoint Energy Minnesota Gas; Great Plains Natural Gas Co.; Northern States Power Co. d/b/a Xcel Energy; Minnesota Energy Resources Corp. In the Matter of a Commission Investigation in  more

NIJMEGEN, The Netherlands, April 10 -- Radboud University issued the following news: * * * The green excuses of tech companies that 'solve' the climate problem Tech companies like Google, Apple and Amazon have often been criticized for their environmental impact, but they respond by presenting themselves as the solution in the climate crisis. That is the finding of media and culture scholar Rianne Riemens in her PhD thesis on big companies and individuals in Silicon Valley and their sustainab  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Reed Seeks to Unfreeze $80 Million to Help RIers Lower Their Home Energy Bills PROVIDENCE, RI - The Trump Administration is withholding tens of millions of dollars for clean energy and energy efficiency upgrades across Rhode Island that Congress approved under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (P.L. 117-58) and the Inflation Reduction Act (P.L. 117-169). U.S. Senator Jack Reed supported the crea  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 9 [Category: Energy]-- 350.org, an organization that works to end the age of fossil fuels and build a community-led renewable energy, posted the following news release: * * * Trump Makes Unconstitutional Power Grab at States' Rights in Executive Order Washington, D.C. -- Trump has signed an Executive Order that seeks to block states from enacting climate change policies. The order directs the U.S. Attorney General to identity state laws that are designed to curb e  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, April 11 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Using liquid air for grid-scale energy storage New research finds liquid air energy storage could be the lowest-cost option for ensuring a continuous power supply on a future grid dominated by carbon-free but intermittent sources of electricity. By Nancy W. Stauffer, MIT Energy Initiative As the world moves to reduce carbon emissions, solar and wind power will play an increasing   more

SANTA FE, New Mexico, April 10 [Category: Political] -- Santa Fe Institute posted the following news release: * * * Wrangling a century-old electric grid into the future For more than 100 years, electric companies in the U.S. have maintained the same basic business model, carefully fine-tuned to sometimes conflicting local, state, and federal regulation. But over the last decade, changes in both supply and demand for electricity has proven the old ways won't work forever. If America's grid  more