COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 30 [Category: BizEnergy] -- American Electric Power Corp. posted the following news release: * * * AEP Reports Second-Quarter 2026 Earnings, Raises Full-Year Guidance * * Raises full-year 2026 operating earnings guidance to $6.25 to $6.55 per share * Supports affordability with up to $16 billion in expected cost offsets from load growth and $1.4 billion in expected customer savings from federal loan guarantees and grants * Expands new load additions to 69 gigawatts   more

LAKEWOOD, Ohio, July 30 (TNSbrep) -- The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis issued the following news release: * * * Amidst push to expand domestic coking coal production, new IEEFA study suggests ways to embed methane emissions abatement into Mission Coking Coal Around 87% of India's abatable coking coal mine methane emissions can be mitigated for less than USD20/tonne of carbon dioxide equivalent (tCO2e), in line with global estimates. - A new study by the Institute for  more

MELBOURNE, Australia, July 30 -- The Australian Conservation Foundation issued the following news release: * * * Australia can't offset its way out of Browse gas bomb Instead of approving massive climate bombs like the Browse gas project and pretending the damage can be offset, the Albanese government should simply stop approving new coal and gas in the first place, the Australian Conservation Foundation said. "You can't offset your way out of the Browse climate bomb," said ACF Chief Execut  more

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, July 29 -- The Chesapeake Bay Foundation posted the following news release: * * * Court Ruling a Huge Loss for Stormwater Solutions in Maryland * After Years-Long Legal Battle, Environmental Partners Urge State to Step Up on Stormwater Runoff-Maryland's Fastest Growing Pollution Source Earlier this month, a Maryland judge issued a disappointing decision after environmental groups spent years fighting to protect people and the environment from harmful stormwater pollutio  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, ranking member of the House Education and Workforce Committee, issued the following statement on July 29, 2026: * * * Ranking Member Scott Slams Trump Administration Failing to Hold Coal Operators Accountable Ranking Member Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (VA-03), House Committee on Education and Workforce, released the following statement after the Department of Labor's (DOL) Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP) proposed an overhaul  more

CANBERRA, Australia, July 30 -- The Australian Bureau of Statistics issued the following news release: * * * Import prices record biggest rise since December 2021 * Prices for imports rose 5.7 per cent in the June quarter 2026 and increased 6.2 per cent over the last 12 months, according to data released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The quarterly rise in import prices was the highest since December quarter 2021. Rachael McCririck, ABS head of prices statistics, said  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 30 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Foley Hoag, a law firm, posted the following news: * * * Load Growth and the Demand Side Revolution * Trillions of dollars of AI capital are chasing roughly 100 gigawatts ("GW") of electric power, and the nation's electric-sector regulators - the policymakers at the federal and state levels, as well as the administrators of the various RTOs/ISOs - have a critical role to play in helping them secure it. In this piece we discuss the   more

HAMILTON, Ontario, July 30 -- McMaster University issued the following news: * * * What's at stake as Houthi rebels threaten new chokehold in the global flow of oil Supply chain expert Behrouz Bakhtiari explains the global implications of a potential blockade of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a strategic shipping route in the Red Sea. By Mike Beattie When Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz, the sudden interruption to the steady flow of crude oil - approximately 25 per cent of global seaborne oil t  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, July 31 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on July 30, 2026: * * * Attorney General Brown Urges the EPA to Implement Meaningful Permitting Requirements for Toxic Coal Ash Facilities Attorney General Anthony G. Brown joined a coalition of six attorneys general in opposing a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposal to implement a lax federal permit program for the disposal of coal combustion residual, also known as coa  more

GENEVA, Switzerland, July 30 [Category: Religion] -- The World Council of Churches posted the following news: * * * Music video for the song "The Path of Justice" launched * Faith Sebwa is a teenage Kenyan climate campaigner. Her poem, "The Path of Justice," has been set to music and the song video has just launched, supporting the Hope for Children Through Climate Justice initiative. Sebwa is deaf and speaks Kenyan Sign Language. She says, "Growing up as a partially deaf person, I come fro  more

FARGO, North Dakota, July 30 -- North Dakota State University posted the following news: * * * NDSU students to embark on week-long travel experience during Bison to the Bakken * Undergraduate and graduate students will soon head west for an immersive learning experience designed to connect classroom knowledge with real-world opportunities across North Dakota's energy sector. As part of the Bison to the Bakken program, a three-credit experiential learning opportunity, students will travel   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 30 [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: * * * Shell announces scandalous fossil fuel profits as Europe burns * As catastrophic wildfires tear across Europe, communities are forced to flee their homes, firefighters battle blazes around the clock, and families continue to face soaring living costs, the Dutch-British oil major Shell has a  more

ALBANY, New York, July 31 -- SUNY University at Albany issued the following news: * * * State Funding Keeps Decades of Whiteface Mountain Field Station Research Data Flowing By Mike Nolan New funding from New York State will support cloud water chemistry, air quality and weather monitoring -- at nearly 5,000 feet above sea level in the heart of the Adirondacks. The state budget includes $200,000 to support research at the University at Albany's Whiteface Mountain Field Station, operated by   more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Surface Transportation Board issued the following decision (Docket No. FD 36849, Sub-No. 1) entitled "Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad LLC - Lease and Operation Exemption With Interchange Commitment - Union Pacific Railroad Co.": * * * On May 4, 2026, Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad, LLC (K&O), a Class III rail carrier, filed a petition (the Petition) under 49 U.S.C. Sec. 10502 seeking an exemption from the provisions of 49 U.S.C. Sec. 10902   more