Tag: Electric utilities
EPA sets grants to restore ‘brownfields’ at blighted sites
WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday announced more than $66 million in grants to 151 communities nationwide to assess and clean up...
Major US pipeline halts operations after ransomware attack
WASHINGTON — The federal government is working with the Georgia-based company that shut down a major pipeline transporting fuel across the East Coast after...
Volkswagen profits jump as China leads pandemic rebound
FRANKFURT, Germany — Volkswagen Group's after-tax profit rebounded strongly to 3.4 billion euros ($4.1 billion) in the first three months of the year as...
US judge weighs if PG&E violated probation with 2019 fire
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A federal judge is weighing whether Pacific Gas & Electric violated its criminal probation by sparking a wildfire north of San...
Ford is betting that solid-state batteries will cut EV costs
DETROIT — Ford has raised its stake in a manufacturer of solid-state batteries — a move that its chief product and operations officer, Hau...
Clean megaprojects divide surprise group: environmentalists
PORTLAND, Maine — Sprawling wind farms located off the coast. Hydropower transmission lines that cut through some of America's most beloved forests and rivers....
New solar plant for California desert gains federal approval
BLYTHE, Calif. — The federal Bureau of Land Management has given final approval for a solar power plant on public lands in the southeastern...
Wyoming backs coal with $1.2M threat to sue other states
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — While most states pursue ways to boost renewable energy, Wyoming is doing the opposite with a new program aimed at propping...
GM spending on Mexico electric vehicle plant angers US union
DETROIT — An announcement by General Motors that it would invest more than $1 billion at a Mexican factory that will build electric vehicles...
Gone Fission: Controversial nuke plant near NYC shuts down
BUCHANAN, N.Y. — Indian Point will permanently stop producing nuclear power Friday, capping a decades-long battle over a key source of electricity in the...
