MOUNT VERNON, Iowa, Feb. 1 (TNSRes) -- Cornell College issued the following news release: Cornell College Professor Rhawn Denniston used to lie awake every night worrying about climate change. "I would just lie there for hours because I was so frustrated and anxious about climate change and all sorts of other environmental issues," he said. But with an increasing awareness among Americans of the magnitude of the dangers, recent scientific advances, the implementation of more solar and wind po  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following feature: By Katie Lange Army Maj. Carl Henry Dodd hadn't been an officer for long when he led a platoon of soldiers into a lopsided fight on a hillside in Korea. They were outnumbered and at a disadvantage, but Dodd's resolve pushed his men to give it their all and win the day. For that, he earned the Medal of Honor. Dodd was born April 21, 1925, in Cote, Kentucky, as the first of a dozen children born to Edward and Ru  more

NEW YORK, Feb. 1 (TNSPol) -- The Environmental Defense Fund issued the following statement by Lead Counsel Michael Panfil on Jan. 31, 2022: * * * "EPA released its proposed finding that is it 'appropriate and necessary' under the Clean Air Act to limit mercury and other toxic pollution from coal-fired power plants. This proposal will serve as a robust legal basis for the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards, which protect Americans from some extremely dangerous types of pollution - including mercu  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 (TNSPol) -- The Environmental Working Group issued the following news release on Jan. 31, 2022: The Environmental Protection Agency today announced a proposed rule restoring the legal foundation for limiting coal-fired power plants' mercury emissions under the Clean Air Act, a finding the Trump administration sought to axe. The rule reinstates the agency's finding that it is "appropriate and necessary" for EPA to regulate power plant emissions using authority established in   more

BRUSSELS, Belgium, Feb. 1 -- The European Union's European Court of Auditors issued the following news release on Jan. 31, 2022: Energy taxation can support efforts to combat climate change, but current tax levels do not reflect the extent to which different energy sources pollute. A review published today by the European Court of Auditors outlines how energy taxes, carbon pricing and energy subsidies contribute to achieving the EU's climate objectives. Even though renewable-energy subsidies al  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release on Jan. 31, 2022: The Department of the Interior today announced $1.15 billion in funding is available to states from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to create jobs cleaning up orphaned oil and gas wells across the country. This is a key initiative of President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which allocated a total of $4.7 billion to create a new federal program (https://www.doi.gov/pressrelea  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 (TNSPol) -- The League of Conservation Voters issued the following statement on Jan. 31, 2022: * * * In response to the affirmation of the Appropriate and Necessary Finding for the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards for power plants issued by the EPA today, the League of Conservation Voters (LCV) released the following statement from Senior Director of Government Affairs Matthew Davis: "We applaud the Biden-Harris administration for taking action to reaffirm the solid scienti  more

BILLINGS, Montana, Feb. 1 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana, Leif M. Johnson, issued the following news release on Jan. 31, 2022: Signal Peak Energy LLC, which admitted to willful violation of health and safety standards at its underground coal mine near Roundup by failing to report injuries to workers and improperly disposing mine waste, was sentenced today to pay a $1 million criminal fine and to three years of probation, U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson said. Signal Peak Energy   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 (TNSPol) -- The Natural Resources Defense Council issued the following statement on Jan. 31, 2022: * * * In a move to reverse a Trump-era rollback, the Environmental Protection Agency today proposed to restore its previous finding under the Clean Air Act that it is "appropriate and necessary" to regulate mercury, lead and scores of other hazardous air pollutants from coal- and oil-fired power plants. EPA had abandoned that determination under the previous administration. T  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 (TNSRep) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory issued the following web feature: By Kelsey Adkisson America's most critical piece of energy infrastructure-the grid-is more vulnerable than ever before. The reasons are two-fold: a shift in power source mix is affecting grid stability, combined with an uptick in natural disasters. When part of the grid goes out, it can cause a ripple effect across entire regions if not quickly corrected. That  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- Rep. Troy Carter, D-Louisiana, issued the following news release on Jan. 31, 2022: Thanks to funding from the recently passed Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021, Congressman Troy A. Carter Sr. announced today that Louisiana is eligible for a Phase One payment of $47,396,000 to clean up orphaned oil and gas wells across the state. Louisiana's lifetime investment from the law for this program is expected to be around $111.5 million, but the state might also recei  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- Rep. Conor Lamb, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release on Jan. 31, 2022: The U.S. Department of Interior announced that $1.15 billion in funding is available to states from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for oil and gas well cleanup. Representative Conor Lamb (PA-17) announced that Pennsylvania is eligible to receive up to $104 million in the first funding phase announced today. Lamb supported this program's inclusion in the infrastructure package, and joine  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Feb. 1 (TNSJou) -- Rice University issued the following news release: * * * Rice University lab uses computer models to advance environmentally friendly process * * * Rice University scientists are using machine-learning techniques to streamline the process of synthesizing graphene from waste through flash Joule heating. The process discovered two years ago by the Rice lab of chemist James Tour has expanded beyond making graphene from various carbon sources to extracting oth  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news: U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), sent a letter to U.S. Senate Banking Committee Chairman Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Ranking Member Pat Toomey (R-PA) voicing his opposition to the nomination of Ms. Sarah Bloom Raskin to be vice chair of supervision at the Federal Reserve.   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 (TNSPol) -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release on Jan. 31, 2022: President Biden's EPA announced a proposal to reverse the Trump Administration's decision eliminating the "appropriate and necessary" finding for regulating mercury and other hazardous air pollution from power plants. The move comes after an executive order signed by President Biden last year to review the Trump-era rollback and develop a new proposal. The Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS),  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 (TNSPol) -- The Union of Concerned Scientists issued the following statement on Jan. 31, 2022: * * * The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed restoring the "appropriate and necessary" finding underpinning the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS), which regulate mercury and other hazardous air pollutants from coal- and oil-burning power plants. The Trump administration had previously revoked this finding, leaving the MATS rule vulnerable to legal challen  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Feb. 1 -- West Virginia State Treasurer Riley Moore issued the following news release on Jan. 31, 2022: State Treasurer Riley Moore today announced he has joined a national coalition of State Treasurers, Auditors and Financial Officers to oppose President Joe Biden's nomination of Sarah Bloom Raskin to a key position with the Federal Reserve. "Sarah Bloom Raskin has made clear on multiple occasions that she wants to use the power of the Fed to direct capital based on  more

DENVER, Colorado, Feb. 1 (TNSPol) -- The Western Energy Alliance issued the following news release: Western Energy Alliance today submitted public comments to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regarding the proposed methane regulations under the Clean Air Act. The Alliance detailed how certain provisions of EPA's rule will be technically infeasible to implement, lead to higher energy prices for Americans, and will benefit foreign nations with less restrictive environmental regulations.   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on Jan. 31, 2022, entitled "Biden Administration Tackles Super-Polluting Methane Emissions": * * * When President Biden reestablished U.S. climate leadership on the world stage in Glasgow at the U.N. climate conference, he unveiled the U.S. Methane Emissions Reduction Action Plan. The ambitious action plan outlined how the United States will leverage all available tools to tackle super-polluting methane emissions - a major c  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- The White House issued the following transcript of a news briefing on Jan. 31, 2022, by Press Secretary Jen Psaki: * * * MS. PSAKI: Hi, everyone. Hello. Happy Monday. Okay, I just have two items for all of you at the top. During President Biden's first 11 months in office, American agricultural exports reached a record $160 billion, generating an estimated $342 billion in total economic output and supporting more than 1.2 million jobs here in the United States. While we'  more