Tag: utility

January 18, 2024

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the National Demolition Association have extended their alliance to enhance the safety and well-being of workers in the demolition industry. This renewed five-year collaboration aims to address industry […]

January 18, 2024

U.S. diplomatic policy is navigating the protection of emerging technologies and sensitive intellectual property within the Indo-Pacific region largely through supply chain policies and partnership with ally nations, according to testimony at a Wednesday House hearing. Witnesses before the House […]

January 17, 2024

New Zealand has awarded a brand development package worth $50,000 to a company working to solve the country’s surplus food problem. Rescued, a social enterprise working on sustainable and suitable solutions for surplus food was named the winner of the […]

January 16, 2024

California has one year left to hit two ambitious targets set by SB 1383: a 75 percent statewide reduction in organic waste disposal and redirecting 20 percent of edible, unsold food to people in need that would otherwise be trashed. […]

January 12, 2024

At its “Deep Dive Energy” event in London, Veolia unveiled a world-first vehicle-to-grid (V2G) innovation that will enable waste collection trucks to power UK homes by feeding back stored energy from their batteries to the grid. UK’s largest waste collection […]

January 11, 2024

Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (Nasdaq: CLNE) announced that it has completed a new renewable natural gas (RNG) production facility at Drumgoon Dairy in Lake Norden, S.D. The 6,500-cow dairy farm is expected to supply 1.66 million gallons of negative carbon-intensity […]

January 10, 2024

With billions on the line from the federal government and the potential for renters and disadvantaged communities to finally access clean, affordable solar energy, California’s three largest utilities are actively working to stop the California Public Utilities Commission from issuing […]

January 10, 2024

The Recycling Partnership, a leading non-governmental organization dedicated to enhancing the efficiency of recycling systems, has released a new report that targeted problematic areas in the U.S. residential recycling system. The report reveals that only 21% of residential recyclables in […]

January 9, 2024

Washington law requires the state’s electric utilities to entirely abandon coal by 2025, achieve carbon neutrality by 2030, and use 100% renewable and non-emitting resources by 2045. For utilities looking to replace dispatchable fossil fuel generation, as well as meet […]

January 9, 2024

As Congress works to hash out a federal budget, the Federal Communications Commission is warning that the Affordable Connectivity Program, which provides monthly subsidies to help American families pay for broadband services, will have to end unless it receives an […]

January 8, 2024

As the Biden administration drafts a national definition for zero-emissions buildings, industry stakeholders have until Feb. 5 to provide information for Part 1, which addresses operational emissions, according to a Jan. 3 news release from the U.S. Department of Energy’s […]

January 4, 2024

A new website has made available a database of anyone serving in a top-ranking position in the federal government, offering new insight that advocates said will boost transparency and better prepare new administrations to transition into power. The Office of […]

January 3, 2024

Northwell Health, New York State’s largest health care provider and private employer, and Envetec Sustainable Technologies Limited (“Envetec”), a pioneering cleantech company dedicated to eradicating the current unsustainable practices of treating regulated medical waste (also referred to as biohazardous or […]

January 3, 2024

When VGrid Energy Systems hung its shingle, its plan was to sell renewable power sourced from agricultural waste to the grid. That plan has swung into play, but the California company’s team soon learned they could make more than clean […]

January 2, 2024

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has proven successful in using automation to quickly remediate identified system glitches and potential security vulnerabilities, according to an agency official. In an interview with Nextgov/FCW, Spence Spencer — director of USPTO’s System Configuration […]

December 29, 2023

A pair of grants totaling more than $5 million is inspiring hope among New Orleans leaders that the city will be able to improve its recycling rate. New Orleans is receiving grants from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, for $4 […]

December 29, 2023

COMMENTARY | Generative AI can help government workers complete time-consuming administrative tasks, address gaps in agency operations, reduce wait times and improve language translation services. Read More on FCW

December 28, 2023

Higher than permitted levels of enterococcus were found in a single sample of effluent from the Kailua Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant, according to city officials. The news release, from the Honolulu Department of Environmental Services, states that the sample exceeds […]

December 28, 2023

COMMENTARY | Starting with low-risk use cases can help build best practices while avoiding more significant pitfalls such as data leakages and security vulnerabilities. Read More on FCW

December 27, 2023

France is strengthening its push toward a system-wide transition to a circular economy, having set a few world firsts on the policy front. Among them is a national ban on the destruction of unsold goods and a “repairability index,” which […]