Public Policy & Government News

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Bloom Energy (NYSE: BE) continued its season-long partnership with ESPN Radio's College Football Campus Tour this week in Oxford, Mississippi, ahead of Saturday's Georgia-Ole Miss matchup. Ahead of the game, Bloom visited Oxford Fire Department Station 1 at 399 McElroy Drive and presented a $10,000 donation to the Firefighter Community Fund, a nonprofit established by members of the Oxford Fire Department to support local families facing food insecurity. The F...

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--HGP Intelligent Energy, LLC ("HGP"), a nuclear technology company, today announced it has submitted a letter of intent to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), the first formal step toward regulatory review of its technology for pressurized water reactors, the most common type of U.S. nuclear plant. One of the fastest ways to add electricity is to “uprate” existing nuclear plants, letting them produce more power from the reactors they already have. In October, t...

OTTAWA, Ontario--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BIOTECanada welcomes measures in Budget 2026 that can help strengthen Canada’s life sciences sector, including expanded support for research and development, new investment incentives and additional funding for strategic sectors, including biomanufacturing. “Expanding SR&ED eligibility to include certain regulatory approval and intellectual property costs is an important step for biotechnology companies,” said Wendy Zatylny, President and CEO of BIOTECanada...

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cancer Grand Challenges today announced the first cohort of international teams selected to join AURORA, a pioneering project that aims to help scientists make faster progress against cancer’s toughest challenges using AI. AURORA will test how AI co-scientists can work alongside researchers, helping them analyse vast amounts of data, generate new ideas and identify the most promising experiments at a speed and scale far beyond what is currently achievable through human...

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oklo Inc. (NYSE: OKLO) (“Oklo” or “the Company”), an advanced nuclear technology company, today announced a strategic manufacturing agreement with U.S. Forged Rings, Inc. (USFR) to support the long-term deployment of Oklo's Aurora powerhouses through access to planned domestic manufacturing capacity for large reactor components. The agreement aims to help Oklo address a potential manufacturing bottleneck for future deployments by reserving planned domestic...

OTTAWA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CUPE, Canada’s largest union, says the 2026 federal budget is the next step in selling what Canadians have built over generations to billionaire investors. The result: cuts to jobs and vital public services that workers and their families depend on. Letting private investors profit from public services like health care and from infrastructure like airports makes life harder and less affordable for workers, and leaves Canada unprepared for the economic challenges ahead....

IRVING, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fluor Selected for Advanced Small Modular Reactor Project in Washington State...

ANAHEIM, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Willdan Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: WLDN) announced today that it has been selected by the New York Power Authority (NYPA) as one of the 26 service providers for the Energy Services Program. The providers will service the program under ten-year value contracts, with projects assigned to qualified providers as needed. Willdan’s services may include energy audits, retro-commissioning, design-bid-build, design-build, and other energy-related services for NYPA customers....

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--KBRA assigns a long-term rating of AAA to the State of Connecticut Special Tax Obligation Bonds, Transportation Infrastructure Purposes, 2026 Series B. KBRA additionally affirms the long-term rating of AAA for the State's outstanding Special Tax Obligation Bonds, Transportation Infrastructure Purposes. The rating Outlook is Stable. Key Credit Considerations The rating actions reflect the following key credit considerations: Credit Positives Diverse pledged revenue sou...

BRIDGEPORT, W. Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Harvest Care Medical, LLC, operator of Country Grown Cannabis, today announced that all 10 of its state-licensed medical cannabis dispensaries across West Virginia have received federal registrations from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). The registrations are part of the DEA's initial issuance of federal registrations to qualifying medical marijuana dispensaries following the implementation of a new federal regulatory framework for certain sta...