LARAMIE, Wyoming, March 23 (TNSRes) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: Eugene Holubnyak is the latest center of excellence director in the University of Wyoming School of Energy Resources (SER), taking the helm in the Hydrogen Energy Research Center (H2ERC). Holubnyak is charged with managing SER's efforts to identify and quantify the relative competitive advantages of Wyoming in an emerging low-carbon hydrogen economy. "I am extremely excited about this opportuni  more

WINNIPEG, Manitoba, March 23 (TNSRep) -- The International Institute for Sustainable Development issued the following news release: Rich countries must end oil and gas production by 2034 to keep the world on track for 1.5 C and give poorer nations longer to replace their income from fossil fuel production, finds a new report from a leading climate scientist at the University of Manchester released today. It proposes different phaseout dates for oil- and gas-producing countries in line with the  more

WASHINGTON, March 23 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following commentary to the Casper Star Tribune: * * * After two weeks of war and a bipartisan push in Congress, President Biden finally banned imports of Russian oil, natural gas, and coal. The idea was simple: an energy superpower like America should not fund Putin's killing machine. This is a good start, but it is not enough. As this editorial page argued l  more

WASHINGTON, March 23 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on March 21, 2022: U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), Representative David McKinley (R-W.Va.-01), and Governor Jim Justice (R-W.Va.) submitted the West Virginia Hydrogen Hub Working Coalition's official response to the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) first step in the process to select winning hydrogen hubs funded by the bipartisan Infrastructure Investmen  more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, 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 Coalition's official response to the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) first step in the process to select winning hydrogen hubs funded by the bipa  more

WASHINGTON, March 23 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following opening statement at a hearing on March 8, 2022, entitled "Examining Mandatory Arbitration in Financial Service Products": * * * Today's hearing is in hybrid format. Last Thursday, President Biden signed the "Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act" - a bipartisan bill to stop corporations from denying their workers the cho  more

BRIDGE CITY, Texas, March 22 -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: Sierra Club and Port Arthur Community Action Network (PACAN) are urging Entergy Texas to think beyond its limited proposal to purchase renewable energy credits (RECs) by also establishing a community solar program that would actually invest in local residents and jobs. Entergy, a utilities company with almost 3 million customers in Texas and other Southern states, is seeking permission from the Public Utility Co  more

LONDON, England, March 22 -- The World Coal Association issued the following news release: The World Coal Association (WCA) has told a global commodities summit in Switzerland that it is time to rethink our approach to the Energy Transition from one of prescribed pathways and fuel choices to one which embraces diversity and all low emissions technologies. Speaking at the FT (Financial Times) Global Commodities Summit in Lausanne today, the WCA CEO, Michelle Manook, said the events leading up t  more

GENEVA, Switzerland, March 23 -- The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe issued the following news release: To support Bishkek in moving towards more sustainable, inclusive and resilient urban growth, the UNECE is advancing several smart sustainable city projects in partnership with the capital of Kyrgyzstan. Bishkek faces multiple challenges, ranging from rapid population growth, continued expansion of informal settlements, degradation of urban infrastructure, deterioration of the e  more

MANCHESTER, England, March 23 (TNSRes) -- The University of Manchester issued the following news release on March 22, 2022: Rich countries must end oil and gas production by 2034 to keep the world on track for 1.5 C and give poorer nations longer to replace their income from fossil fuel production, finds a new report from a leading climate scientist at The University of Manchester released today. It proposes different phase-out dates for oil and gas producing countries in line with the Paris A  more

WASHINGTON, March 23 -- The White House issued the following transcript of a news briefing on March 22, 2022, by Deputy Press Secretary Chris Meagher and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan: * * * MR. MEAGHER: Hello, everyone. Good afternoon. As you can see things are changing and moving pretty rapidly around here today. Obviously, we've had some last-minute adju- -- adjustments to the briefing, which is why I'm up here today. I know folks might have some questions after the statement tha  more