BARBERTON, Ohio, Feb. 3 -- Babcock and Wilcox Enterprises, a provider of energy and environmental technologies and services for the power and industrial markets, issued the following news: Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc. ("B&W" or the "Company") (NYSE: BW) announced that it has acquired Fossil Power Systems, Inc. ("FPS"), a leading designer and manufacturer of hydrogen, natural gas and renewable pulp and paper combustion equipment including ignitors, plant controls and safety systems based i  more

OAKLAND, California, Feb. 3 (TNSPol) -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release on Feb. 2, 2022: Environmental groups filed a formal notice today of their intent to sue the Environmental Protection Agency to force it to update limits on soot, sulfur and nitrogen air pollution. The standards must be reviewed and updated every five years to account for the latest science on the risks and threats to human health and the environment. But the agency last updated any of  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 (TNSPol) -- The Competitive Enterprise Institute issued the following coalition joint letter by Myron Ebell, director of the Center for Energy and Environment, John Berlau, senior fellow and director of finance policy, and Thomas J. Pyle, president of the American Energy Alliance: Dear Chairman Brown and Ranking Member Toomey, As public policy groups who fight for free markets, sound science, and affordable energy, we write in opposition to the nomination of Sarah Bloom Rask  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- The Competitive Enterprise Institute issued the following news release: The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) signed onto a letter by the American Energy Alliance (AEA) opposing the White House's nomination of Sarah Bloom Raskin to be Vice Chair for Supervision at the Federal Reserve. Writing to Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Pat Toomey (R-PA), the chairman and ranking member of the Senate Banking Committee, AEA President Thomas Pyle and CEI experts Myron Ebell an  more

BRUSSELS, Belgium, Feb. 3 -- The European Commission issued the following fact sheet on Feb. 2, 2022, entitled "Questions and Answers on the European Union Taxonomy Complementary Climate Delegated Act Covering Certain Nuclear and Gas Activities": * * * 1. Rationale for the Delegated Act The goal of the EU Taxonomy is to prevent greenwashing and to help investors identify economic activities in line with our environmental and climate objectives. Shifting towards renewable energy is essential f  more

BRUSSELS, Belgium, Feb. 3 -- The European Commission issued the following news release on Feb. 2, 2022: The European Commission has today presented a Taxonomy Complementary Climate Delegated Act on climate change mitigation and adaptation covering certain gas and nuclear activities. The College of Commissioners reached a political agreement on the text, which will be formally adopted once translations are available in all EU languages. A great deal of private investment is needed for the EU to  more

BRUSSELS, Belgium, Feb. 3 -- The European Commission issued the following remarks on Feb. 2, 2022, by Commissioner Mairead McGuinness at a news conference the European Union's Taxonomy Complementary Climate Delegated Act: * * * I think today we are taking another important step in the transition to a climate neutral economy. We do need to use all the tools at our disposal to achieve climate neutrality. Because we have less than 30 years to get there, so we need to act now. As governments an  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Feb. 3 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news on Feb. 2, 2022: The latest edition of Water-Energy Nexus News is packed with research efforts undertaken by NETL and its partners to deliver world-class technology solutions that enhance the nation's energy foundation while helping to protect water resources for future generations. This quarter's newsletter explores the development of ProteusLib, an open-source l  more

NEW YORK, Feb. 3 (TNSJou) -- NYU Langone Health, an academic medical center affiliated with New York University, issued the following news release: Researchers have discovered a mechanism that may explain why people with COVID-19 lose their sense of smell. Published online February 1 in the journal Cell, the new study finds that infection with the pandemic virus, SARS-CoV-2, indirectly dials down the action of olfactory receptors, proteins on the surfaces of nerve cells in the nose that detect  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement issued the following news release: One of the most obvious tell-tale signs of abandoned coal mine pollution is mine drainage. A bright orange oxidized iron or a milky white aluminum, that spreads to local waterways devastating habitats and ecosystems. How is this issue solved? OSMRE, States, and Partners will commonly use constructed wetlands. They are a unique solution that remove m  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Feb. 3 -- The Pennsylvania Treasurer issued the following news release: Treasurer Stacy Garrity, leading a coalition of state fiscal officers from across the country, has called on President Joe Biden to withdraw his nominee to become the federal government's top banking supervisor, Sarah Bloom Raskin. "This nominee is a risk to reliable energy companies and the millions of people who are employed by them here in Pennsylvania and across the country. She has claimed th  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: With Build Back Better's historic climate provisions stalled in the Senate, U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) this afternoon dusted off his ragged Time to Wake Up poster and delivered his 280th climate speech on the Senate floor. Whitehouse's remarks ended a year-long hiatus from delivering weekly speeches calling on Congress to pass a legislative solution to climate change. Whitehouse deta  more