FREMONT – October 31, 2026 -- Emirates Flight Catering (EKFC) has been named Best Food Waste Initiative of the Year 2026 at the Middle East Waste & Recycling (MEWAR) Awards 2026 for diverting food waste from landfill across its Dubai operations with Power Knot LLC's LFC biodigester.

TORONTO – October 31, 2026 -- PowerBank Corporation (NASDAQ: PBK) shareholders approved a special resolution to consolidate the company's issued and outstanding shares at the annual general meeting held in Toronto on October 29, 2026, with the ratio to be determined by the directors.

All nominees listed in the management information circular dated September 23, 2026 were elected as directors. Shareholders also voted to appoint Deloitte LLP as auditors.

OAKLAND – October 30, 2026 -- The PG&E Corporation Foundation is awarding $500,000 to five community organizations in Northern and Central California, completing a five-year, $2.5 million investment in 25 organizations through its Better Together Nature Positive Innovation Grant Program.

Oakland – October 30, 2026 -- Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) has become the first energy utility in the world to earn accreditation from the Emergency Management Accreditation Program (EMAP), after meeting all 73 of the body's emergency management standards with zero nonconformances.

The independent, internationally recognized third-party accreditation covers preparedness, response and recovery. PG&E serves more than 16 million customers in Northern and Central California.

ATLANTA – October 30, 2026 -- Southern Company (NYSE: SO) will place its entire generation fleet, including nuclear, under a single executive from January 1, 2027, as part of a leadership overhaul announced by Chairman, President and CEO Chris Womack.

GREENSBURG, Pa. – October 30, 2026 -- The FirstEnergy Foundation is investing $115,000 in 14 Pennsylvania organizations that provide housing assistance and support services to people facing homelessness, domestic violence and other housing-related challenges.

NEW ORLEANS – October 30, 2026 -- Entergy (NYSE: ETR) Chair and CEO Drew Marsh and senior leaders will meet with investors at the Edison Electric Institute Financial Conference on Nov. 8-10.

Entergy serves more than 3 million customers across four states

The Fortune 500 utility generates, transmits and distributes electricity through operating companies in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. It employs approximately 12,000 people and is headquartered in New Orleans.

Münster – October 30, 2026 -- The partners of the GET H2 initiative have published a seven-point paper setting out measures to remove the bottlenecks slowing Germany's hydrogen ramp-up, supplementing the impulse paper the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWE) released on October 20.

SHANGHAI – October 30, 2026 -- Envision's Tianji weather foundation model ranked first overall in the latest AI Weather Quest, organized by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), outperforming nearly 20 top teams worldwide.

Tianji takes first place on every assessed metric for the 19-25 day window

Tianji led the variable-averaged ranking as well as the individual categories of near-surface temperature, mean sea level pressure and precipitation. All results apply to the 19-25 day forecast window.

OKLAHOMA CITY – October 30, 2026 -- Mammoth Energy Services (NASDAQ: TUSK) reported third-quarter 2026 revenue from continuing operations of $21.3 million, up 95% from $10.9 million a year earlier, and raised its full-year outlook for the third time this year.