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DESCRIPTION:One might think the proliferation of renewables would spell the demise of natural gas, but market #Leaders know that gas-fired generation will continue to play an important role even as an influx of #Renewable #Energy reshapes the American #power landscape.
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Clean-burning, cost-effective and reliable — the benefits of natural gas are undeniable. Amid the decline of #coal and the increased integration of ...

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DESCRIPTION:American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) issued its 2017 Corporate Accountability Report today, the 11th annual assessment of AEP’s stewardship as a public company and a #Community partner. It is accessible online at www.aepsustainability.com.
The report explores AEP’s #Business strategy, governance, financial performance, #Corporate culture and social responsibilities in 2016. AEP made a positive economic, environmental and social #Impact on the #Communities it ...

When President Donald Trump signed an executive order last week to sweep away Obama-era #Climate Change regulations, he said it would end America's "war on coal", usher in a new era of #Energy production and put miners back to work.
But the biggest consumers of U.S. #coal - #power generating companies - remain unconvinced.
Reuters surveyed 32 utilities with operations in the 26 states that sued former President Barack Obama's administration to block its Clean Power Plan, the main target of ...

What does one of the country's biggest coal-burning utilities plan to invest in more and more? Renewable energy. That's what American Electric Power says, noting that it will be increasing capital investment in its core operations over the next three years.

Sustainability professionals sit at the intersection of strategy, communications and environmental management. Sandy Nessing, managing director, #Corporate #Sustainability at American Electric Power describes what this looks like her from her perspective.

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DESCRIPTION:Sustainability professionals sit at the intersection of strategy, communications and environmental management. Sandy Nessing, Managing Director, Corporate Sustainability at American Electric Power Co. Inc. describes what this looks like her from her perspective. To learn more about the conversations, NAEM members are having, visit us online at www.naem.org.

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As a public interest attorney and law professor, I've admired Justice Antonin Scalia's strong intellect and passion even if I don't share his legal philosophy and sometimes think that his "vivid" writing style is neither civil nor constructive for the courts. As a compassionate person, I join with others in mourning his passing. As a dedicated environmentalist, I recognize the breath of fresh #Air that this turn of events infuses into the federal courts' review of the Clean Power Plan, ...

As a public interest attorney and law professor, I've admired Justice Antonin Scalia's strong intellect and passion even if I don't share his legal philosophy and sometimes think that his "vivid" writing style is neither civil nor constructive for the courts. As a compassionate person, I join with others in mourning his passing. As a dedicated environmentalist, I recognize the breath of fresh #Air that this turn of events infuses into the federal courts' review of the Clean Power Plan, ...

Just days after the federal court of appeals in Washington rejected their bid to block President Obama's Clean Power Plan, the #coal #Industry and its political allies are pleading for immediate relief from the U.S. Supreme Court. Coming after a string of failed attempts to stop the #carbon #Pollution standards, the polluters' latest gambit faces long odds. Jumping over an appeals court that's in the midst of reviewing federal regulations is a highly unusual, perhaps unprecedented maneuver. The ...

Just days after the federal court of appeals in Washington rejected their bid to block President Obama's Clean Power Plan, the #coal #Industry and its political allies are pleading for immediate relief from the U.S. Supreme Court. Coming after a string of failed attempts to stop the #carbon #Pollution standards, the polluters' latest gambit faces long odds.

Jumping over an appeals court that's in the midst of reviewing federal regulations is a highly unusual, perhaps unprecedented maneuver. The ...

Six weeks from the Paris Climate Summit, this was the week that incumbent fossil interests pulled back from their long-held line of defense, the argument that reliance on #coal and #oil was essential for global prosperity, #growth and stability, and that #climate risks would simply have to be endured. Instead two powerful forces seem poised to sweep the global #Community towards a potential solution to the #climate crisis.

The first game-changer is the now seemingly inexorable shift in ...

(London, England: 10.20.2015) Six weeks from the Paris Climate Summit, this was the week that incumbent fossil interests pulled back from their long-held line of defense, the argument that reliance on #coal and #oil was essential for global prosperity, #growth and stability, and that #climate risks would simply have to be endured. Instead two powerful forces seem poised to sweep the global #Community towards a potential solution to the #climate crisis.   The first game-changer is the now ...

American Electric Power released its 2014 Social Performance Summary, highlighting the company's investment in the #Communities we serve.

SOURCE: AEP - American Electric Power
DESCRIPTION:American Electric Power released its 2014 Social Performance Summary, highlighting the company’s investment in the #Communities we serve.
At AEP, being a responsible #Corporate citizen means supporting the #Communities where our employees and customers live and work. AEP employees provided thousands of hours of volunteer support for local organizations in 2014. In Central Ohio alone, AEP and the IBEW Local 1466 employees provided funding to the ...

The economics of clean #Energy technology are rapidly changing and, as a result, fossil fuel and #electric utility companies are increasingly concerned about the rise of cheap clean energy. In response, these industries have financed attacks on pro-clean #Energy laws policies across the country, specifically targeting #Renewable #Energy standards and net metering policies. Energy & Policy Institute's new report exposes the strategies, front groups, and people used by the fossil fuel and utility ...

Co-authored by Ed FitzGerald, Cuyahoga County Executive and Democratic Nominee for Governor Of Ohio

As Ohio goes, so goes the nation -- and until recently, Ohio led the nation with an #Energy policy that spurred #economic #growth in the #Renewable #Energy #Industry and promoted middle class consumer interests. However, this spring that policy ground to a halt as John Kasich became the first governor in the country to freeze state #Renewable #Energy and efficiency standards by signing into law Senate Bill ...

This summer is likely to see a series of attacks by #Industry opponents of a U.S. plan to curb #carbon emissions from #power plants in a bid to stir voter anger ahead of elections in November, when voters in states such as Kentucky and West Virginia may determine whether Democrats keep control of the Senate.

On Monday, the Environmental Protection Agency is expected to propose new rules to crack down on #power plant emissions, part of President Barack Obama's efforts to combat global ...

A diverse group of over 150 companies, including AT'T, Motorola, Siemens, Volvo and Wyndham Worldwide, have urged President Obama to approve construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. Companies signing the letter include many one would expect ' fossil fuel companies such as Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Exxon Mobil and Shell; utilities such as American Electric Power and [...]

Now that the EPA has released its draft #carbon #Pollution standard for new #power plants, #coal apologists -- those who are left, anyway -- are doing their best chest-clutching
Fred Sanford impressions.
Why is no one taking their cries of doom seriously? Because #coal already had no future. In the 21st century, investing in a new coal-fired #power plant makes as much sense as building a typewriter factory. The market has already decided that #coal is no longer competitive.
In ...

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China may be the single biggest driver in high-voltage direct current (HVDC) #power grids, but we're still seeing the technology bridge hard-to-cross barriers in other countries as well, whether in the San Francisco Bay, or across the Red River that divides the Texas (ERCOT) and Oklahoma (SPP) #power grids.

Right now, those two grids are tied together by the 30-year-old "Oklaunion" HVDC link #power exchange facility - a testament to the fact that using direct current is not a ...

SOURCE: AEP - American Electric Power
DESCRIPTION:A grant from the AEP Foundation is one reason that Southern Appalachian brook trout is once again swimming in Virginia's Little ...