BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 16 (TNSRes) -- The 350.org issued the following news release: Urgewald, Reclaim Finance, 350.org Japan and 25 other NGO partners published research on the financiers and investors behind the global coal industry. The Global Coal Exit List (GCEL) showed that commercial banks channeled over US $1.5 trillion to the coal industry between January 2019 and November 2021. The research displays all corporate lending and underwriting for the 1032 companies on the GCEL. Their  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation issued the following news release: The Bureau of Reclamation selected two winners in phase 2 of the Rust Busters Prize Competition. High Barrier Controlled Release Rust Buster Coating will receive $65,000, and Coal Tar Enamel Spray will receive $35,000. This prize competition seeks to extend the life and protect steel water structures by reducing rust and corrosion. Reclamation has awarded more than $4 million in  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Feb. 16 (TNSRep) -- The Citizens Utility Board issued the following news release: While officials in the fossil fuel industry have long insisted that investments in coal and natural gas are necessary to keep electricity bills low and the lights on, a consumer watchdog group on Tuesday said that its first-ever analysis of state-by-state energy data casts doubt on those claims. In fact, Electric Utility Performance: A State-By-State Data Review shows that consumers appear to p  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. RS20871) on Feb. 2, 2022, entitled "Iran Sanctions": * * * (Continued from Part 2 of 5) Financial/Banking Sanctions U.S. efforts to shut Iran out of the international banking system were a key component of the 2010-2016 international sanctions regime. Targeted Financial Measures During 2006-2016, the Department of the Treasury conducted a campaign--which it termed "targeted financial measures"--to pe  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 (TNSPol) -- Earthjustice issued the following statement on Feb. 15, 2022: * * * In response to the House Natural Resources Committee hearing today on the Environmental Justice for All Act (H.R. 2021), Equitable and Just National Climate Platform, a coalition of environmental justice and national environmental groups, released the following statement. "We offer our strong support for the Environmental Justice for All Act (H.R. 2021) and urge House Natural Resources Committe  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 -- The House Oversight and Reform Committee issued the following testimony by Katie Tubb, a senior policy analyst at the Heritage Foundation, involving a hybrid hearing on Feb. 8, 2022, entitled "Fueling the Climate Crisis: Examining Big Oil's Climate Pledges": * * * My name is Katie Tubb. I am a senior policy analyst at The Heritage Foundation. The views I express in this testimony are my own and should not be construed as representing any official position of The Heritage  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 (TNSPol) -- The League of Conservation Voters issued the following statement on Feb. 15, 2022: * * * In response to the House Natural Resources Committee hearing today on the Environmental Justice for All Act (H.R. 2021), the Equitable and Just National Climate Platform, a coalition of environmental justice and national environmental groups, released the following statement. "We offer our strong support for the Environmental Justice for All Act (H.R. 2021) and urge House N  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Feb. 15, 2022: U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), Representative David McKinley (R-W.Va.-01), and Governor Jim Justice (R-W.Va.) announced the launch of the West Virginia Hydrogen Hub Working Group to collaborate and support a strong West Virginia candidate to be chosen to develop a hydrogen hub, funded through $9.5 billion allocated to the U.S. Department of  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Feb. 15, 2022: U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Representative David McKinley (R-WV) and Governor Jim Justice (R-WV) announced the launch of the West Virginia Hydrogen Hub Working Group to collaborate and support a strong West Virginia candidate to be chosen to develop a hydrogen hub, funded through $9.5 billion allocated to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) by the b  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 15, 2022: U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Representative David McKinley (R-WV) and Governor Jim Justice (R-WV) announced the launch of the West Virginia Hydrogen Hub Working Group to collaborate and support a strong West Virginia candidate to be chosen to develop a hydrogen hub, funded through $9.5 bi  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on Feb. 15, 2022: * * * Biden-Harris Administration Advances Cleaner Industrial Sector to Reduce Emissions and Reinvigorate American Manufacturing The Biden-Harris Administration is announcing new actions across agencies to support American leadership on clean manufacturing--including low-carbon production of the steel and aluminum we need for electric vehicles, wind turbines, and solar panels, and the clean concrete we ne  more

BILLINGS, Montana, Feb. 16 (TNSPol) -- WildEarth Guardians issued the following news release: Citing the impacts of coal mining to clean water and water supplies in the Yellowstone River, a federal judge late last week preliminarily ruled the Trump administration illegally approved an expansion of the Rosebud strip mine in southeast Montana. In a preliminary recommendation, a U.S. Magistrate Judge found the federal Office of Surface Mining illegally approved an expansion of the Rosebud strip m  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Feb. 16 (TNSJou) -- Yale School of Environment issued the following news: Shifting to electric vehicles in the future will reduce emissions due to less burning of gasoline in internal combustion engines. But a significant share of this benefit will continue to be offset without complementary policies designed to lower emissions from the sources of electricity that come online to meet additional demand. That's the finding of a new study co-authored by Yale School of the E  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 (TNSRes) -- The Zero Emission Transportation Association issued the following news: The Zero Emission Transportation Association (ZETA) sent a letter to the United States Postal Service (USPS) Board of Governors, urging them to halt the federal procurement process of next-generation delivery vehicles (NGDVs) until the myriad problems and defects in USPS's final environmental impact statement (EIS) are resolved. The final EIS determined that USPS should procure a 90% gas-pow  more