CHICAGO, Illinois, March 26 (TNSPol) -- The American Gas Association issued the following news release: The Interstate Natural Gas Association of America, The Natural Gas Supply Association, The American Gas Association, and the Independent Petroleum Association of America, on behalf of the people and companies they represent which produce, transport, and deliver domestically produced natural gas, wrote President Joseph R. Biden to support the Administration's recent actions to hold Russia acco  more

NEW YORK, March 25 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news release: On March 18 a South African court issued a landmark judgment declaring that Mpumalanga province's unsafe level of air pollution is in breach of residents' section 24(a) constitutional right to an environment that is not harmful to their health and well-being, along with other constitutional rights. Mpumalanga's deadly air is a consequence of South Africa's heavy reliance on coal-fired power generation, which produces p  more

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, D-Texas, issued the following news release: Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) joined b fellow Congressmen Adrian Smith (NE-03), Pete Stauber (MN-08), and Henry Cuellar (TX-28), to introduce legislation banning uranium imports from Russia. According to the Energy Information Administration, the United States imported 16% of its total uranium purchases from Russia in 2020. "The U.S. has the resources and capacity to produce uranium here at home a  more

HINDMAN, Kentucky, March 26 -- Rep. Harold Rogers, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release on March 25, 2022: U.S. Rep. Hal Rogers (KY-05) joined state and local officials today in Knott County for a ground-breaking ceremony at the Mine Made Adventure Park to add a multi-purpose building, campground sites and cabins. The 60,000-acre park, developed by former surface mining, now interconnects off-road trails from Knott County to Breathitt, Floyd, Magoffin and Perry counties. "This project  more

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Rep. Pete Stauber, R-Minnesota, issued the following news release: Congressman Pete Stauber (R-MN), joined by his colleagues Congressmen Adrian Smith (R-NE), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX) and Henry Cuellar (D-TX), introduced legislation to ban imports of uranium from Russia. According to the Energy Information Administration, the United States purchased more than 34 million pounds of Uranium from 2016-2020. "It's more important now than ever for the United States to achieve m  more

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, issued the following news release on March 24, 2022: U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) joined Rob Schmitt Tonight to discuss President Biden's decision to reduce reliance on Russian oil, the Biden Administration's declaration that Russia has committed war crimes, and more. See below for highlights. On President Biden's designation of members of the Russian military as war criminals: "I don't know what took [President Biden] so long. There are  more

BELGRADE, Serbia, March 25 -- The World Bank issued the following news release: Serbia is expanding green investments, seeking to spur a post-COVID recovery and build resilience against future shocks, especially for its most vulnerable citizens. To help Serbia advance its strategic goals to decarbonize the economy and include more citizens in the energy transition, the World Bank Board of Directors approved today a $50 million equivalent loan for the Scaling Up Residential Clean Energy (SURCE)   more

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Chair of the Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Safety, and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), today commented on the announcement from President Biden and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on the creation of a joint Task Force to reduce Europe's dependence on Russian fossil fuels through, in part, a re  more

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- The White House posted the following joint statement by the G7 leaders on Russia's unprovoked war of aggression against Ukraine: * * * 1. We, the Leaders of the G7, met today in Brussels at the invitation of the German G7 Presidency, to further strengthen our cooperation in light of Russia's unjustifiable, unprovoked and illegal aggression and President Putin's war of choice against independent and sovereign Ukraine. We will stand with the government and people of Ukrai  more