English fishing village told to boil water after a parasite outbreak sickens over 45 people

English fishing village told to boil water after a parasite outbreak sickens over 45 people

LONDON — A scenic fishing village in southwestern England was under instructions to boil its tap water for a third day on Friday after a parasite sickened more than 45 people in the latest example of Britain’s troubled water system. Around 16,000 homes and businesses in the Brixham area of Devon were told to boil … Read more

Half-million school buses in US could be an EV powerhouse feeding grid

Half-million school buses in US could be an EV powerhouse feeding grid

Zum EV charging station with school buses. Zum The night life of school buses is about to get more interesting. Zum, which provides student transportation including EV buses to 4,000 schools across the country, is partnering with the Oakland Unified School District to start selling power stored in EV batteries back to the California utility … Read more

AI could drive natural gas boom as utilities face surging electric demand

AI could drive natural gas boom as utilities face surging electric demand

A chimney from the Linden Cogeneration Plant is seen in Linden New Jersey April 22, 2022.  Kena Betancur | View Press | Corbis News | Getty Images Natural gas producers are planning for a significant spike in demand over the next decade, as artificial intelligence drives a surge in electricity consumption that renewables may struggle … Read more

Floating housing for LNG workers rejected by Squamish

Floating housing for LNG workers rejected by Squamish

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Plans to use a renovated cruise ship to house more than 600 workers as they build a liquefied natural gas facility near Squamish, B.C., have been voted down by the local council. The ship arrived in B.C. waters in January after a 40-day journey from Estonia, where … Read more

Microsoft, Brookfield to develop more than 10.5 gigawatts of renewable energy

Microsoft, Brookfield to develop more than 10.5 gigawatts of renewable energy

Microsoft Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Satya Narayana Nadella speaks at a live Microsoft event in the Manhattan borough of New York City, October 26, 2016. Lucas Jackson | Reuters Microsoft has signed a deal with Brookfield Asset Management to invest more than $10 billion to develop renewable energy capacity to power the growing demand for … Read more

Electricity, gas bills could rise given proposed tax change. Why? – National

Electricity, gas bills could rise given proposed tax change. Why? – National

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted March 5, 2024 1:36 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Electricity Canada is sounding the alarm over a proposed tax change it warns could see some private utilities saddled with millions in additional income taxes. Michael Powell, its vice-president of government relations, says that … Read more

Wisconsin lawmakers OK bill to tackle forever chemicals pollution, but governor isn’t on board

Wisconsin lawmakers OK bill to tackle forever chemicals pollution, but governor isn’t on board

MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin state Assembly passed a bill Thursday that would unlock $125 million to help municipalities and landowners cope with pollution from so-called forever chemicals. But Gov. Tony Evers isn’t on board. The Senate passed the Republican-authored legislation in November. The Assembly followed suit with a 61-35 vote on Thursday, the chamber’s … Read more

Public utilities fall short on wildfire risk mitigation

Public utilities fall short on wildfire risk mitigation

Five years and 2,500 miles apart, fires devastated thriving communities — and major U.S. utility companies stood at the center of the infernos. It’s a story increasingly familiar in the energy industry: Some utility companies don’t properly assess the risks wildfires pose to their operations. A failure to mitigate these risks can have disastrous consequences … Read more

Memphis utility lifts boil-water advisory after 5 days following deep freeze that burst pipes

Memphis utility lifts boil-water advisory after 5 days following deep freeze that burst pipes

Memphis’ water company lifted a boil-water advisory for more than 600,000 people Tuesday that was in place for five days due to freezing temperatures that caused pipes to break throughout the southern city. Memphis Light, Gas and Water said water quality tests have met state and federal standards, and home and business customers no longer … Read more

Online rumors partially to blame for drop in water pressure in Mississippi capital, manager says

Online rumors partially to blame for drop in water pressure in Mississippi capital, manager says

JACKSON, Miss. — Law enforcement agencies are investigating whether social media rumors about a potential water outage prompted people to quickly fill bathtubs with tap water in Mississippi’s capital during a cold snap and cause a drop in pressure that temporarily made faucets run dry for thousands of customers of the city’s long-troubled system. Taps … Read more