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Environmental Group Sues Energy Department Over Diablo Canyon Funding

Lawsuit filed against U.S. Energy Dept. over funding for Diablo Canyon nuclear plant extension, sparking safety and environmental concerns.

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Telangana CM warns of stringent action if unnecessary power cuts are reported

Hyderabad Chief Minister Revanth Reddy vows strict action against Energy department staff for unnecessary power cuts.

The Hindu

KERC writes to State government to remove cross subsidy burden levied on industrial and commercial consumers

Ahead of the State Budget for the financial year 2024 – 2025, the Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) has written to the State government to consider an increased budgetary allocation for the free supply of power to irrigation pumpsets (of 10 HP and below

The Hindu

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Guidelines around a new tax credit for sustainable aviation fuel is issued by Treasury Department

The Treasury Department is spelling out the rules for tax credits designed to stimulate production of sustainable aviation fuel

The Independent UK

Peak demand in summer season likely to touch 18,000 MW

After a record peak demand of over 16,000 MW earlier this year in August, in the upcoming summer season, the peak demand in Karnataka is expected to go up to 18,000-18,500 MW, officials in the Energy Department said on Tuesday.

The Hindu

Outdoor athletes throw weight behind transmission proposal - Roll Call

A group formed to protect outdoor recreation from climate change is advocating for a new fee to reward communities that build electric lines.

Roll Call

With scanty rain and RE deficit, Karnataka falls short of power while demand surges

The failure of the southwest monsoon and a surge in demand across various sectors has resulted in an unprecedented power situation in Karnataka with a mismatch in availability in demand. While the previous year’s power demand in the State on October 9 was 8,818 MW, on the same day this…

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US moves closer to underground testing of nuclear weapons stockpile without any actual explosions

Scientists charged with making sure the United States' aging stockpile of nuclear weapons are good to go, if needed, say they’ll start shipping key components to the Nevada desert next year

The Independent UK

Electric cars have a road trip problem, even for the secretary of energy

A road trip I took with Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm confirmed one thing: The U.S. is wrestling with an inadequate charging network (unless you're a Tesla driver).

WEKU

Biden’s energy funds fall behind schedule over China scrutiny

U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm knows time is not on her side.

Tribune News Service

Beela Rajesh named T.N. Energy Secretary

Days after the electricity portfolio was re-allocated to Finance Minister Thangam Thennarasu, the Tamil Nadu government on Monday named IAS officer Beela Rajesh as the Secretary of its Energy Department, replacing incumbent Ramesh Chand Meena. The latter has been posted as the Secretary of the Special Initiatives Department.

The Hindu

Energy Department receives ransom request from hackers

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Energy received a ransom request from Russian-linked hackers known as Clop after two of its entities fell victim to a wide-ranging cyberattack.

Tribune News Service

Energy Department among federal agencies breached by Russian ransomware gang

U.S. officials say the Department of Energy is among a small number of federal agencies compromised in a Russian cyber-extortion gang’s global hack of a file-transfer program popular with corporations and governments

The Independent UK

Energy secretary Granholm says she failed to reveal stock holdings; GOP calls for investigation

A senior Republican on the Senate Energy panel is calling for an investigation of Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, after she told the committee she mistakenly provided false information about her family’s stock holdings in testimony earlier this year

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Stove wars: Republican-controlled House takes up bills to protect gas stoves

The Republican-controlled House is taking up legislation that GOP lawmakers say would protect gas stoves from over-zealous government regulators

The Hindu

Gaurav Gupta is new ACS for Energy Department

Additional Chief Secretary to Infrastructure Department Gaurav Gupta has been transferred and posted as ACS to Energy Department.

WEKU

A 15-year-old law would end fossil fuels in federal buildings, but it's on hold

A 2007 law could help the country meet its climate change goals by barring fossil fuels from new and remodeled federal buildings. But the law has been on hold and gas utilities want to repeal it.

Tribune News Service

Energy Department briefs senators on COVID-19 origins

WASHINGTON — Department of Energy and intelligence community officials briefed members of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on classified information related to COVID-19’s origins Thursday but offered no definitive revelations, according to lawmakers.

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Energy department briefs senators on COVID-19 origins - Roll Call

The briefing follows the news that DOE now concludes with “low confidence” that the virus more likely originated in a lab in Wuhan, China.

Chicago Tribune

Editorial: How an ideologically blinded media failed to take the COVID lab leak theory seriously

Citing a classified intelligence report provided to members of Congress, The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday that the Energy Department has now concluded with “low confidence” that the COVID-19 pandemic most likely began after an unintentional laboratory leak in China.

The Guardian - US

How did the Covid pandemic begin? We need to investigate all credible hypotheses

The news has reignited the overheated public debate over the two prevailing hypotheses for the origin of Covid-19, but the case remains far from closed

Al Jazeera

Reports on COVID origin reignite conspiracy theories about virus

FBI director, US Department of Energy say virus originated in a lab, but other US officials say there’s no consensus.

The Independent UK

COVID-19 conjecture soars after latest report on origins

Online speculation about the origins of COVID-19 are soaring following a new report from the Energy Department that concluded the coronavirus that causes the disease leaked from a lab

Boston Herald

Joe Battenfeld: Origins of COVID the latest 'conspiracy theory' proved right

A report that the COVID-19 virus leaked from a lab in China is the latest former right wing “conspiracy theory” that’s gaining traction and undermining trust in government.

Dynamite News

FBI chief confirms Covid-19 originated from lab incident in Wuhan

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Christopher Wray on Wednesday (local time) confirmed that the Covid-19 pandemic originated from a lab incident in Wuhan, China. Read further on Dynamite News:

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