MANILA, Philippines, March 19 -- The Asian Development Bank issued the following news release on March 17, 2022: Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Masatsugu Asakawa today reiterated the importance of a just and inclusive transition to a low-carbon future and stressed the need for urgent collective action against climate change at an event organized under the G20 Presidency of Indonesia. "The battle against climate change will be won or lost in Asia and the Pacific," said Mr. Asakawa at th  more

BRISBANE, Australia, March 19 -- The Australian Marine Conservation Society issued the following news release: News of a widespread but variable bleaching event unfolding in multiple regions on the Great Barrier Reef, announced today by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, is devastating for everyone connected with our global icon and shows the Morrison government's woeful efforts on climate action are failing our Reef, the Australian Marine Conservation Society says. AMCS Great Barri  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 (TNSRep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R45997) updated on March 17, 2022, entitled "Federal Regional Commissions and Authorities: Structural Features and Function" by economic development policy analyst Julie M. Lawhorn: * * * SUMMARY This report describes the structure, activities, legislative history, and funding history of the seven federal regional commissions and authorities: * the Appalachian Regional Commission; * the Delt  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 (TNSRes) -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news on March 18, 2022: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), in coordination with the U.S. Department of Labor and the AFL-CIO, today announced the launch of a national workforce development strategy for lithium-battery manufacturing. As part of a $5 million investment, DOE will support up to five pilot training programs in energy and automotive communities and advance workforce partnerships between industry and  more

BRUSSELS, Belgium, March 19 -- The European Commission issued the following statement on March 18, 2022, by President Ursula von der Leyen at the 8th Cohesion Forum: * * * Millions of Ukrainians are seeking shelter in the European Union - torn from their families and country by Putin's bombs. The scenes of war are devastating. But the images of European citizens welcoming refugees show another picture - they show hope. Ukraine and the European Union have never been closer. Until Ukrainians   more

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, March 19 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis issued the following analysis on March 18, 2022, by senior writer Tu-Uyen Tran: * * * Two years since crisis began, prices still rising, shipments still delayed Article Highlights Costs for raw materials are up 40 percent, manufactured components are up 30 percent Waits for supply shipments drag into months, even years Businesses report stockpiling supplies, changing vendors, changing processes to cope * * * When  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Rep. Raul M. Grijalva, D-Arizona, chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, issued the following statement on March 17, 2022: * * * Chair Raul M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today issued the following statement on the release of draft guidance from the U.S. Department of the Interior outlining how states should apply for grant funds to plug and reclaim orphaned oil and gas wells. The initial $775 million in grant funding is part of the $4.7 billion that was included in   more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- The House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials issued the following testimony by Ian Jefferies, president and CEO of the Association of American Railroads, involving a hybrid hearing on March 8, 2022, entitled "Stakeholder Views on Surface Transportation Board Reauthorization": * * * On behalf of the members of the Association of American Railroads (AAR), thank you for the opportunity to testify on these importa  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, March 19 -- Gov. Eric J. Holcomb, R-Indiana, issued the following news release: Governor Eric J. Holcomb, Adjutant General R. Dale Lyles and Secretary of Commerce Brad Chambers will lead an economic development trip to Slovakia and Israel beginning March 27, building on the governor's focus of increasing Indiana's international engagement and cultivating new business relationships and people-to-people ties in central Europe and the Middle East. While encouraging collabora  more

FAYETTEVILLE, West Virginia, March 19 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release on March 18, 2022: Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland visited West Virginia today, where she and Senator Joe Manchin highlighted the investments in President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to address legacy pollution and abandoned mine lands, create good-paying union jobs, help communities eliminate dangerous conditions, and lay the foundation for future economic development.  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy issued the following news release on March 18, 2022: The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) announced $2.2 million in funding for a project that will produce high-strength, lightweight building materials made from domestic coal waste. The waste will be sourced from active coal preparation facilities or existing waste storage structures and converted into building  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Rep. David McKinley, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Congressman David B. McKinley, P.E. (WV-01) participated in a joint meeting of the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Natural Resources and House Select Climate Republicans for a special forum, Pain at the Pump: Biden's War on American Energy, to discuss President Biden's anti-American energy policies that have driven record-high gas prices and aided Putin's invasion of Ukraine. "The Biden Administ  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Rep. Harold Rogers, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release: U.S. Rep. Harold "Hal" Rogers applauds the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) for investing $4.7 million in Eastern Kentucky projects that will boost healthcare, workforce training, tourism and leadership development in the region. The funding is part of the POWER (Partnerships for Opportunity and Workforce Economic Revitalization) Initiative to spur economic development in coal communities, which was   more

ISSAQUAH, Washington, March 19 -- Rep. Kim Schrier, D-Washington, issued the following news release on March 18, 2022: Today Congresswoman Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08) announced that because of her efforts, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Northwest Seaport Alliance (NWSA) will be partnering on a new pop-up container yard to ease congestion at the Port of Seattle. The 49-acre "pop-up" site will accept dry agricultural or refrigerated containers for temporary storage. The NWSA is t  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (KS) joined Senator John Barrasso (WY) and colleagues in introducing legislation to ban imports of Russian uranium. "Imports from Russia and its allies, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, account for nearly half of the uranium powering the United States' nuclear plants. This high level of dependence on foreign uranium was threatening our national interest and national security be  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration issued the following news release on March 18, 2022: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced the Department's Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $2.36 million grant to Pikeville Medical Center, Inc., Pikeville, Kentucky, for the provision of new equipment that will be used to meet patient demand and critical healthcare needs. The EDA investment is funded out of the A  more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, March 19 (TNSRes) -- The University of Nevada Las Vegas campus issued the following news release on March 18, 2022: * * * Vladislav Zhitny, an emigrant from the Ukraine, has had 18 papers appear in a variety of publications * * * When 12-year-old Vladislav Pavlovich Zhitny immigrated with his family from Ukraine to Las Vegas in 2006, he didn't speak a word of English. Today, he's less than two months from graduating from the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV as th  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, March 18 (TNSsro) -- The Public Service Commission of West Virginia issued the following order (Case No. 21-0810-E-PC): APPALACHIAN POWER COMPANY and WHEELING POWER COMPANY, public utilities. Petition for consent and approval to enter into Ownership and Operating Agreements for the Mitchell Plant. COMMISSION ORDER The Commission grants, in part, a motion to amend the procedural schedule. BACKGROUND On November 19, 2021, Appalachian Power Company and Wheeling Power  more