BRUSSELS, Belgium, March 16 -- The European Commission issued the following remarks on March 15, 2022, by Executive Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis at an Economic and Financial Affairs Council news conference: * * * As Russia's aggression continues against Ukraine, we are continuing to mount pressure from our side. As Bruno already mentioned, as of today the EU will stop treating Russia as a Most Favoured Nation at the World Trade Organization. This is an unprecedented move and it is backed  more

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- The European Union Delegation to the U.S. issued the following commentary: * * * By Josep Borrell High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy / Vice-President of the European Commission Putin's war against Ukraine has already caused thousands of death but also major economic damages globally. We need to handle the impact of this third asymmetric shock in 15 years, at home and abroad. EU leaders agreed at the informal summit in Ver  more

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, March 16 (TNSRep) -- The Global Reporting Initiative issued the following news release: How can a sector that is responsible for 30% of global carbon emissions be held to account for its impacts, including ensuring that coal companies meet growing stakeholder demands for transparency in how they align with the low-carbon transition? Published today, GRI 12: Coal Sector 2022 is the authoritative, internationally applicable standard for coal organizations to communica  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change issued the following written testimony by Patrick B. Ford, business development director of the Frontier Group of Companies, involving a virtual hearing on Feb. 15, 2022, entitled "Back from the Brink: Restoring Brownfield Sites to Economic Engines": * * * It takes an average of 14 different funding streams to develop a brownfield: It takes fourteen (14) different funding streams to repurpose a  more

MELBOURNE, Australia, March 16 -- The Institute for Public Affairs issued the following news release: "While any form of tax relief is welcome, cuts to fuel excise will be negated within days due to Australia's lack of energy production and dependence on foreign oil," said Daniel Wild, Director of Research at the Institute of Public Affairs. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission's latest petrol monitoring report has cited Russia's invasion of Ukraine, OPEC's refusal to boost crude  more

PARAMUS, New Jersey, March 16 -- Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) announced his All-of-the-Above Energy Plan to help get oil and gas prices down in New Jersey and nationwide, and to make life more affordable for Jersey families. Gottheimer's plan outlines how to help lower gas and home heating oil prices by 1.) tapping into existing domestic oil wells, 2.) domestic oil producers ramping up production as soon as possi  more

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- Rep. David McKinley, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Congressman David B. McKinley, P.E. (WV-01), joined Energy and Commerce Committee members on letters questioning three environmental groups with financial ties to a San Francisco-based organization called the Sea Change Foundation, regarding Russian funding and influence over U.S. environmental advocacy organizations. "For years, there have been reports of Russia funding extreme environmental orga  more

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Rep. Harold Rogers, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release: U.S. Rep. Hal Rogers (R-KY) and U.S. Rep. Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA) recently introduced bipartisan legislation to expedite approved benefits from the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund for coal miners with black lung disease. The John "J.L." White Ensuring Timely Black Lung Benefits Act (H.R. 6791) is named in memory of a former coal miner from Williamsburg, Kentucky who passed away before receiving the  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, March 16 -- Gov. Jim Justice, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on March 15, 2022: Gov. Jim Justice announced today that, under his leadership, West Virginia reached the 2nd-highest export growth rate of any state in the nation for 2021. "Our days of being 50th in every category coming and going are over. Nowadays, more and more often, West Virginia is ranking at the very top of the list of states, especially when it comes to how our state is growing  more