ASHLAND, Kentucky, March 22 -- Kentucky Power, an American Electric Power company, issued the following news release: The Kentucky Power Economic Growth Grant (KPEGG) program saw a flurry of activity near the end of 2021. More than $200,000 was awarded across Kentucky Power's service territory to key economic development partners. Hazard-Perry County Economic Development Alliance (HPCEDA) received a $25,000 KPEGG award for budgetary support of the organization. HPCEDA's mission is to attract,   more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, March 22 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: A six-year project managed with NETL oversight has culminated in the manufacture of commercial-scale nickel superalloy components that are needed for higher-efficiency thermal power plants. Launched in November 2015, the Advanced Ultra-Supercritical (AUSC) Component Testing (ComTest) Project, which was completed in late February 2022, has enabled domestic manuf  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy issued the following news release on March 21, 2022: The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) announced $2.4 million in funding for three projects to advance novel thermal and hydrogen energy storage technologies toward increased duration, reliability and affordability. The technologies will initially support transitioning of existing fossil assets to low carbon energy sys  more

WASHINGTON, March 22 (TNSPol) -- Project 21, a part the National Center for Public Policy Research issued the following news release: Members of the Project 21 black leadership network called President Biden's energy agenda an environmental injustice, noting that poor and minority Americans will be hurt the most by policies that restrict access to affordable energy. "Energy injustice on the part of the Biden Administration is driving energy poverty by keeping individuals and families from bein  more

SARASOTA, Florida, March 22 -- Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Florida, issued the following news release on March 21, 2022: In the face of skyrocketing gas prices, Congressman Vern Buchanan today unveiled a comprehensive energy plan to increase domestic production and reduce reliance on foreign oil. The 8-Point Buchanan Energy Independence Plan would expand domestic drilling on federal lands, encourage investment in nuclear and alternative energy and reverse wrongheaded policies that have stifled domes  more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, issued the following weekly column: Famously displayed on the desk of former President Harry S. Truman and often used by President Joe Biden both in office and on the campaign trail is the motto "The Buck Stops Here," meant to exemplify one of the most important attributes that leaders at all levels need to possess: accountability. Nowhere is this more important, and currently lacking, than in the Office of the President of the United States as  more

HOUSTON, Texas, March 22 (TNSJou) -- Rice University issued the following news release: * * * Rice study shows how proposed projects could eliminate need for coal, drastically cut pollution * * * Texas can be a model for the nation on how to effectively replace coal with wind and solar for the state's energy needs while meeting environmental goals, according to new research by Rice University engineers. The new work led by environmental engineer Daniel Cohan and senior computer science majo  more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced a $1,350,000 investment for the Youngstown Business Incubator (YBI) in Youngstown through the Appalachian Regional Commission's (ARC) Partnerships for Opportunity and Workforce and Economic Revitalization (POWER) Initiative. This will allow YBI to fund Lake to River Small Business Success (L2R SBS), a business technical assistance program aimed to work with Small to  more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced a $4,359,578 investment for three communities in southeast Ohio through the Appalachian Regional Commission's (ARC) Partnerships for Opportunity and Workforce and Economic Revitalization (POWER) Initiative. These investments will help create and retain jobs and train the region's workers and students. "Ohio workers can compete with anyone in the world when given th  more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced a $865,800 investment to the Village of Ripley through the Appalachian Regional Commission's (ARC) Partnerships for Opportunity and Workforce and Economic Revitalization (POWER) Initiative. This will allow the Village to fund the Freedom Landing Boat Dock Project to construct a 300-foot, two-tier boat landing and launch ramp on the Ohio River. "Ohio workers can com  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland and representatives from the Interagency Working Group (IWG) on Coal and Power Plant Communities visited several sites in Cabell, Fayette and Kanawha counties   more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on March 21, 2022: U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Representative David McKinley (R-WV) and Governor Jim Justice (R-WV) submitted the West Virginia Hydrogen Hub Working Coalition's official response to the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) first  more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- The Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee issued the following statement by Jan Thompson, president of the American Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor Memorial Society, involving a joint hybrid hearing with the House Veterans' Affairs Committee on March 8, 2022, on prisoners of war of Japan: * * * Thank you for allowing us to describe how Congress can meet the concerns of veterans of World War II's Pacific Theater. The American Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor Memorial S  more

BRUSSELS, Belgium, March 22 -- The United Nations Regional Information Center for Western Europe issued the following news: The UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, warns that the fallout from Russia's war in Ukraine not only risks upending global food and energy markets but can also have major implications for the global climate agenda. Mr. Guterres says that developing countries are getting slammed with record inflation, interest rate hikes and looming debt burdens. As major economies pu  more