MERRILLVILLE, Indiana, June 6 -- NiSource, a regulated utility company, issued the following news: NiSource Inc. (NYSE: NI) today announced that its Board of Directors appointed Deborah Hersman to the board. Hersman is an experienced safety executive, having served as Chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and CEO of the National Safety Council and, since January, as Chief Safety Officer at Waymo LLC, the self-driving car technology subsidiary of Alphabet Inc. "Deborah is more PR

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-California, issued the following news release: Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and 15 of their collegues reintroduced the Carbon Pollution Transparency Act, legislation to ensure the federal government implements a science-based process to account for the cost of carbon pollution in regulations through a standard metric. The bill was first introduced in the last Congress, and today's version makes important updates, more PR

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-California, issued the following statement welcoming Dan Meyer, who will serve as Chief of Staff of the Republican Leader's office: "Dan Meyer has spent his career helping shape conservative Republican policy solutions and lead the fight for them every day. "From his time working with Speaker Gingrich and the Republican Revolution that won the House to leading to President George W. Bush's legislative affairs operation to his contin more PR

EDISON, New Jersey, June 6 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: * * * - Trump's corporate giveaway will increase consumer electricity bills by $12 billion a year * * * Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) and Barry Edison Sloane, Thomas Edison's great-grandson, held a press conference to condemn the Trump Administration's rollback of lightbulb efficiency standards that reduce energy consumption and save consumers billions of dollars each year.  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Sen. Michael F. Bennet, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * - Legislation Would Hinder Trump Administration Efforts to Weaken Climate Protections * * * Today, on World Environment Day, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet led 16 of his colleagues in reintroducing the Carbon Pollution Transparency Act, legislation to ensure the federal government implements a science-based process to account for the cost of carbon pollution in regulations through a stand more PR