WASHINGTON, D.C. - Seven years ago, a Missouri doctor discovered a troubling pattern at a microwave popcorn plant in the town of Jasper. After an additive was modified to produce a more buttery taste, ...

ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA - PPL Corp. of Allentown said it plans to sell its natural gas distribution business, PPL Gas Utilities Corp., and its propane business, Penn Fuel Propane. The natural-gas ...

PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA - Santa Claus and other supporters of proposed legislation comprising the Energy Independence Strategy (EIS handed out compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFL) at Independence ...

OTTAWA, CANADA - An effective Canadian climate change plan must target the entire economy and not just heavy industry, according to a federal advisory report that recommends a national cap-and-trade ...

CARY, NORTH CAROLINA - ABB announced that the companyÂ’s North American corporate headquarters will be moved to Cary, North Carolina from Norwalk, Connecticut. The move is effective immediately, ...

Electricity generation is a process that involves the production of electrical power through various sources. In the United States, power production from utility-scale generators was about 4.1 ...

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - TransCanada has agreed to buy a large New York power plant from utility National Grid for around $2.9 billion. National Grid is divesting the 2,480 megawatt gas-fired Ravenswood ...

HILO, HAWAII - One of the most expensive public works projects in Big Island history was awarded to a Houston firm that has been vying to build a garbage-to-energy incinerator for the county similar ...

SAUDI ARABIA - Saudi Arabia will require more than $200 billion over the next 15 years in the power generation and water desalination sectors as the growing middle-class population and the ongoing ...

KANSAS - A yearlong dispute over two proposed coal-fired power plants in southwest Kansas appears headed back for a Kansas Supreme Court review because of an administrative ruling. The ruling by the ...

BEIJING, CHINA - The Chinese government is considering stricter approval rules for wind power projects to cool heady growth in the sector, a Chinese newspaper said, following a report that the country ...

VICTORVILLE, CALIFORNIA - Disturbance of archaeological sites is a possibility during the construction of the city's massive new hybrid gas-solar power plant north of the airport. At a recent meeting ...