SASKATOON, Saskatchewan, March 2 (TNSRes) -- The University of Saskatchewan issued the following news release on March 1, 2022: With Saskatchewan's north home to a boreal forest that's larger than Germany, and its south making up nearly half of Canada's cropland, the province's agriculture and lumber industries alone annually produce about 24 million tonnes of biomass residue. University of Saskatchewan (USask) researcher Dr. Ajay Dalai (PhD) is working with a Calgary-based industry, Tidewater  more

NAIROBI, Kenya, March 3 -- The United Nations issued the following remarks by Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed at the official opening of the high-level segment of the resumed 5th session of the U.N. Environment Assembly: * * * As we gather here at the United Nations Environment Assembly, I would like to begin by thanking President Uhuru Kenyatta. I would also like to thank the Government of Kenya for hosting this crucial meeting and underscoring the importance of the state of the envir  more

GENEVA, Switzerland, March 3 -- The International Organization for Standardization issued the following news: The ISO member for Australia says that standards are needed to help reduce emissions and move towards carbon neutrality with a focus on an innovative use of hydrogen technology. The road is a long one. Australia has highly developed primary industries, including coal, and that gives it one of the highest-per-head outputs of CO2 in the world. That provides some idea of the scale of Aust  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, March 3 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) progress on a $4 million plan to pursue a technology for recovering rare earth elements (REEs) and other critical minerals from coal ash, has its roots in a ground-breaking project spearheaded by NETL and private partner - Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI). The DOD's action is an example of how NETL leverages cooperative partnerships   more

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- Rep. Bill Johnson, R-Ohio, issued the following statement: * * * Congressman Bill Johnson released the following statement after President Joe Biden's State of the Union speech. These are serious times both here at home and around the world. And tonight, I didn't hear a speech that met the challenges of this moment. Most of the world now understands that energy security is national security. Europe's rush to green energy policies have put the continent under the thumb  more

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- Rep. David McKinley, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on March 2, 2022: Congressman David B. McKinley, P.E. (WV-01) applauded today's Abandoned Mine Land Grant award announcements made by Governor Jim Justice and Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Harold Ward. Three projects announced today are located in North Central West Virginia and the Northern Panhandle. "All across West Virginia, there are legacy mining sites that are holding back n  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Rep. David McKinley, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Congressman David B. McKinley, P.E. (WV-01), who serves as ranking member on the Subcommittee on Environment, on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, released a statement regarding a case, West Virginia v. EPA, challenging the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) regulatory overreach, which was argued today before U.S. Supreme Court. "West Virginians know better than most the cost of EPA over  more

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Senator James Lankford (R-OK) joined every Republican member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources to send a letter to President Biden outlining 10 steps he and Congress can take to regain America's energy dominance. Following President Biden's State of the Union address last night, Lankford addressed Biden's proposal to reduce gas prices and how releasing the strategic petroleum reserve  more

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee issued the following testimony by Armond Cohen, executive director of the Clean Air Task Force, involving a hearing on Feb. 9, 2022, on the American Nuclear Infrastructure Act (S. 2373) and the STRANDED Act (S. 1290). The STRANDED Act is the Sensible, Timely Relief for America's Nuclear Districts' Economic Development Act. * * * My name is Armond Cohen and I am Executive Director of the Clean Air Task Force (CATF), an en  more

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee issued the following testimony by Maria Korsnick, president and CEO of the Nuclear Energy Institute, involving a hearing on Feb. 9, 2022, on the American Nuclear Infrastructure Act (S. 2373) and the STRANDED Act (S. 1290). The STRANDED Act is the Sensible, Timely Relief for America's Nuclear Districts' Economic Development Act. * * * I am Maria Korsnick, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Nuclear Energy Institu  more

UTRECHT, Netherlands, March 3 (TNSJou) -- Utrecht University issued the following news: In the open ocean, far from the coast, live very special creatures called sea butterflies. These tiny animals carry a shell that the sea butterflies make from the mineral aragonite. The shell is very sensitive to climate change. As CO2 in the atmosphere increases, it causes acidification of the oceans. The sea butterfly's shell has to take the first hit. Because of this acidification, aragonite, and thus the  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, March 3 -- Gov. Jim Justice, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on March 2, 2022: Gov. Jim Justice and West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (WVDEP) Sec. Harold Ward held a virtual ceremony today to announce the recommendation of nine AML Economic Revitalization Program projects that will utilize over $24.7 million in federal grant funding for economic development at abandoned mine land sites across the state. "Today is a really great d  more