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(September 18, 2026) AES is "going off the grid" that is sell all its public stock and will become a privately owned company Global Infrastructure Partners, subsidiary of BlackRock, and the EQT Infrastructure VI fund. Because utilities are regulated by the state, they cannot pass on the expense of the buyout by raising electric rates. It's not illegal, not even unethical because an individual or group of individual investors with enough money could buy all the public stock available. AES will still be the public operator, and you will see nothing change and will still get your bill from AES.

State regulators approve the sale of AES Ohio’s parent company The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio approved the acquisition of AES Ohio’s parent company by a consortium led by Global Infrastructure Partners and EQT Infrastructure VI, marking a key regulatory step in the $33 billion deal first announced in March and supporting continuity for customers and ...

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Hermeus Unveils Ramjet-X, a Low-Cost Test Vehicle for High-Mach Flight LOS ANGELES — September 9, 2026. Hermeus today announced it is developing Ramjet-X, a low-cost, expendable ramjet-powered vehicle designed for launch from its Quarterhorse aircraft. Once released, Ramjet-X will fly at high-Mach speeds.

(September 16, 2026) Congress never gave EPA the authority to remake America’s power grid. The Supreme Court confirmed that limit in West Virginia v. EPA.

In 2015, under the Obama administration, the EPA implemented the Clean Power Plan to regulate limits for CO2 emissions from coal and natural gas power plants, using its authority under the Clean Air Act, which allowed the agency to take actions to address air pollution problems. The move was designed to promote a shift away from coal to cleaner power sources, such as natural gas and renewables. The supreme court case was based on a challenge by West Virginia, one of the U.S.’ largest producers of coal, to the EPA’s initiative.

In its 6-3 decision written by Chief Justice John Roberts, the court found that the EPA did not have Congressional authority to devise emissions caps to promote a shift from high-emissions to low-emissions energy generation sources, and that the federal agency had not been granted authority by Congress to implement regulations with such “economic and political significance.” Roberts wrote:

“EPA claimed to discover an unheralded power representing a transformative expansion of its regulatory authority in the vague language of a long-extant, but rarely used, statute designed as a gap filler. That discovery allowed it to adopt a regulatory program that Congress had conspicuously declined to enact itself. “

The final rule strikes most of the 2024 Carbon Pollution Standards, which EPA has determined exceeded the agency's authority under the CAA by requiring control technologies that are not adequately demonstrated, effectively forcing plants to retire rather than setting standards they could actually meet. The 2024 rule also failed to account for the U.S. Supreme Court decision in West Virginia v. EPA, which barred EPA from misusing the CAA to manipulate Americans’ energy choices. The manipulation in the 2024 rule created inefficient uses of natural gas, adversely impacted the nation’s energy systems, and drove electricity prices up. The 2024 rule was another example of the Democrats’ war on America's natural resources and attempted to achieve the same unlawful fuel-shifting goals of the Obama-era Clean Power Plan.

Concurrently with today’s final rule, EPA is proposing to rescind all remaining GHG emissions requirements for power plants, which have imposed unnecessary requirements and drained the power sector’s resources, while producing virtually no benefit. Following the repeal of the 2009 Endangerment Finding, and the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, EPA’s proposal states that CAA Section 111 does not give the agency the authority to regulate power plant emissions based on climate change. Models continue to show that GHG emissions from power plants have no material impact on global climate change. In fact, if all carbon dioxides were eliminated tomorrow, there would be no meaningful climate impact.

Additionally, the targeted emissions are global in nature, and any potential public health harms are too uncertain, conjectural, remote, and convoluted to tie specifically to the U.S. power sector. Therefore, the agency is proposing it is out of its scope to regulate. If finalized, American businesses will be given certainty for the future, empowering them to unleash the full potential of American energy and provide it at an affordable price for families.

Baseload power is essential to the great American story, powering generations of manufacturing, good-paying jobs, and communities. Together, the coal and natural gas industries support hundreds of thousands of jobs and add tens of billions of dollars to the U.S. economy each year. The nation’s power plants provide reliable, affordable energy essential to national security, heating homes, and keeping schools lit. But for nearly two decades, the Obama and Biden administrations worked to destroy coal and natural gas, threatening our energy security and driving up costs for everyday Americans. In contrast, the Trump EPA has delivered billions in cost savings for baseload power.

Even though the Supreme Court has decided the EPA does not have the authority from Congress to regulate the power system of the nation based on the hypothetical statistical predictions a hundred years in the future. The environmental laws are only meant for EXISTING pollution that is causing EXISTING human health problems and have ALREADY destroyed the environment, not what might happen.

EPA Finalizes Repeal of 2024 Power Plant Regulations, Delivering $300+ Billion in Savings, Proposes Repeal of All Remaining Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards for Power Plants | US EPA Today, U.S. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced the repeal of the majority of the Biden administration's greenhouse gas requirements for U.S. power plants and proposed rescinding every remaining greenhouse gas standard for the power sector.

(September 15, 2026) General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc., one of the world’s largest drone producers, is growing near Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, with plans for new offices and 50 new jobs.

GA-ASI is expanding its footprint into a newer 22,000-square-foot building, with the backing of Beavercreek’s Synergy Building Systems, the company announced Monday, Sept. 14.

General Atomics is expanding to Synergy’s “Project Kona” building at 4123 Col. Glenn Highway.

General Atomics-ASI to expand footprint, jobs near Wright-Patterson Air Force Base General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. is expanding near Wright-Patterson Air Force Base with a new 22,000-square-foot facility, creating 50 new jobs and significantly increasing its local footprint to support UAS hardware, software, and autonomy development.

(September 5, 2026) The University of Louisiana Lafayette Supports Space X proposed Starbase Louisiana.

With historic SpaceX announcement, UL Lafayette is prepared to power Louisiana’s space future The University of Louisiana at Lafayette applauds the historic announcement that SpaceX will establish operations in Vermilion Parish and is fully prepared to support Louisiana’s emergence as a cen

(August 31, 2026) Coal fears Natural Gas because Natural Gas has won the battle of cleaner more efficient and more abundant fuel compared to anything out there from oil, nuclear, wind, and solar.

A Billion-Dollar Bet on Maybe, Built Next to Two Coal Plants That Already Work By Chris Hamilton

(August 30, 2026) Geography where the Sabine River meets the Gulf. Not eroding but building up like the Mississippi River Delta. This is also true where the Atchafalaya River meets the Gulf.

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(August 22, 2026) The geology of Illinois, typical of Ice Age erosion of the ancient mountain ranges long disappeared from the surface of the Midwest of North America.

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(August 21, 2026) Hybrid locomotive? Strictly speaking, all modern locomotives are "hybrid" drives, that is, they are diesel generators powering electric traction motors. The new thing is adding batteries to add power during acceleration and then storing the kinetic energy during braking, so that energy is not wasted as heat in the brakes. Substantially more efficient than the straight diesel electric, and because of the inherit size of a train, batteries can be part of the locomotive or can be placed in additional cars to store the enormous energy going down a mountain. It's an easy winner compared to battery only trains, the most stupid concept ever proposed for long distance rail. It's like a battery car versus a hybrid car or even better a plug-in hybrid, the best of both worlds.

CN testing three hybrid locomotives - Transportation Today CN testing three hybrid locomotives By Melina Druga  |   August 18, 2026   |   News © Shutterstock Montreal-based rail transportation company CN recently announced it is testing three locomotives and is working to transform two other locomotives into hybrid-electric platforms with AC tracti...

(August 20, 2026) My guess was right! I predicted that Space X wanted to set up a launch site in Vermillion Parish for the Space X Starship rockets. The chief reason is the site on the north shore of the Gulf is suited for north-south orbits.

"The coastal site southwest of Lafayette offers several logistical advantages for SpaceX. The remote area provides access to natural gas lines and proximity to the Intracoastal Waterway, which can accommodate heavy barges carrying rockets. Its position on the Gulf of Mexico is also suited for launching satellites along north-south orbits."

Gov. Jeff Landry announces Louisiana’s deal with SpaceX. Here’s when, more details. ABBEVILLE, La. (KLFY) — Gov. Jeff Landry invited Louisiana elected officials and business leaders to Abbeville Tuesday to announce plans by Elon Musk’s SpaceX to build a multibillion-do…