Energy, Utilities & Waste

Entergy Announces the Recipients of The Power of America Scholarship Program

BEAUMONT, TX - It wasn’t that long ago that the United States and the world were collectively shocked by the terrorist events of Sept. 11. In the days and months following, many employees at Entergy expressed the desire to do something…anything…to help rebuild the liv...

UK'S Leading International Environmental Prize Opens for Entries

LONDON - The University of St Andrews and ConocoPhillips have announced the launch of the 2004 St Andrews Prize for the Environment. Applications are now invited from individuals, multi-disciplinary teams or community groups for the annual prize of $30,000 for the wi...

'Barefoot Solar Engineers' Project in Himalayas

LONDON - A project to bring much-needed energy to remote Himalayan villages in India using an army of 'barefoot engineers', has won the 2003 St Andrews Prize for the Environment.

The programme trains illiterate and semi-illiterate...

Entergy Celebrates Earth Day With Grants to Environmental Projects

NEW ORLEANS, LA - What benefit is there in a utility company investing in environmental programs? The answer is quite simple ... business thrives on good investments. And what investment offers a better return than a healthy environment? Entergy (NYSE: ETR) understand...

Deadline Set for Entergy Environmental Stewardship Grants 2003

NEW ORLEANS, LA - When you consider the massive impact of global warming on the environment, it seems almost impossible to think that one person can make a difference. But one person can, and Entergy wants to help by providing the fourth annual Environmental Stewardsh...

Entergy Praises Distribution of Energy Assistance Funding

New Orleans, LA - Entergy Corporation today praised the federal government's recent decision to distribute the funds budgeted last year for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program, but warned that more funding is necessary to meet the needs of the poor. ...

Entergy and Local Low-Income Advocates Prepare for 4th Annual Summit Utility To Meet With Advocates for the Poor and Elderly to Seek Common Ground

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana. - Entergy Corporation and more than 200 advocates for the poor and elderly in the region are preparing to meet for the Low-Income Customer Assistance Summit this week.

Executives from the utility and the advocates ...

Entergy Donates $1.2 Million to Create Savings Programs for Low-Income Families - Partners with Foundation for the Mid South to create Mid South IDA Initiative -

BEAUMONT, Texas - Entergy today announced that through a $1.2 million contribution, it is launching the creation of local Individual Development Account programs with the Foundation for the Mid South over the next two years. The Mid South IDA Initiative will provide asset b...

Partnership For Climate Action Companies Demonstrate Value Of Greenhouse Gas Trades

NEW YORK, New York - Partnership for Climate Action (PCA) members Dupont (NYSE:DD) and Entergy (NYSE:ETR) traded accumulated emissions reductions on November 1 to demonstrate that market-based trading can address global climate change.

Th...

Alliant Energy Integrated Services - Cogenex Receives 2002 Presidential Award; Fort Detrick Project Recognized for Leadership in Federal Energy Management

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, - On October 24, APS Cogenex, a joint venture of Cogenex (an Alliant Energy Integrated Services company) and Allegheny Power, and Fort Detrick received one of five 2002 Presidential Awards for Leadership in Federal Energy Management from the United States...