NEW DELHI, India, March 29 -- The Centre of Indian Trade Unions issued the following news release on March 28, 2022: Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) congratulates the workers for their magnificent response and overwhelming participation in the first day of the Two days' General Strike called by the Joint Platform of Central Trade Unions, Independent Sectoral Federations/ Associations on 28th & 29th March, 2022. Hundreds of millions of workers participated in the strike and millions joined   more

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued the following statement by Commissioner Mark C. Christie on a decision (Docket Nos. CP20-50-000, et. al.) involving Columbia Gulf Transmission, Tennessee Gas Pipeline and Iroquois Gas Transmission System: * * * I concur with the order. I am entering essentially the same concurrence in this matter as in two other certificate cases that the Commission approves today.[1] The fundamental issues I ad  more

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following statement on the markup of six legislation. The legislation includes the Black Lung Benefits Improvement Act (H.R. 6102); Community Services Block Grant Modernization Act (H.R. 5129); Federal Firefighters Fairness Act (H.R. 2499); School Shooting Safety and Preparedness Act (H.R. 5428); Longshore and Harbor Workers' COVID-19 Compensation Act (H.R. 3114); and the Im  more

LONDON, England, March 29 (TNSJou) -- Imperial College London issued the following news: By Caroline Brogan Communications Division It is possible - and crucial - to help the building blocks of the modern world reach net zero, according to scientists writing in Nature. Cement and steel are essential ingredients of buildings, cars, dams, bridges and skyscrapers, but the industries creating them are among the dirtiest on the planet. Cement and steel production contribute 6.5% (2.3 billion tonn  more

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, March 29 (TNSRep) -- The International Renewable Energy Agency issued the following news release: Short-term interventions addressing the current energy crisis must be accompanied by a steadfast focus on mid- and long-term goals of the energy transition. High fossil fuel prices, energy security concerns and the urgency of climate change underscore the pressing need to move faster to a clean energy system, says World Energy Transitions Outlook 2022. Launched by   more

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement issued the following news release on March 28, 2022: The Biden-Harris Administration today submitted to Congress the President's Budget for fiscal year 2023. The President's Budget details his vision to expand on the historic progress our country has made over the last year and deliver the agenda he laid out in his State of the Union address--to build a better America, reduce the d  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce issued the following news release on March 28, 2022: The Biden-Harris Administration today submitted to Congress the President's Budget for fiscal year 2023. The President's 2023 Budget for the Department of Commerce makes historic investments to strengthen domestic supply chains through domestic manufacturing, help distressed communities recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, uplift minority-owned enterprises, and ensure that we have the too  more

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, issued the following news release: U.S. Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) joined his colleagues Pete Stauber (R-MN), Adrian Smith (R-NE), and Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX) to introduce legislation banning 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. "Russia has proven time and again that it is not interested in heeding calls f  more

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following transcript of an interview on Fox Business' Kudlow: Senator Portman joined FOX Business' Kudlow this afternoon to discuss Russia's ongoing attack on Ukraine. Portman called on the Biden administration to help other countries cut off President Putin's funding for his war by stopping their purchase of Russian oil and gas, by backfilling their needs with American energy. Portman noted that a large part of Russia's revenue sourc  more

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Rick Scott (R-FL) urged Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Chairman Richard Glick to rescind two recent policy statements that threaten investments in energy infrastructure, inappropriately expand the scope of the agency's regulatory authority, and "will directly harm Florida ratepayers." "It is undeniable that natural gas is critical to providing clean, reliabl  more

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, issued the following news release on March 28, 2022: U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), and Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) today urged the Biden administration to fully commit to implementing the "American Energy, Jobs & Climate Plan." With last week's announcement that the Biden administration intends to work with the European Union to help reduce European reliance on Russian natural gas, the senators are calling on the a  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 29 (TNSPol) -- The Southern Environmental Law Center issued the following news release: The Southern Environmental Law Center has filed a lawsuit against the Tennessee Valley Authority alleging that the federal utility violated the Freedom of Information Act when it refused to release unredacted records relating to its planned construction of methane gas plants and pipelines. TVA is currently planning to retire its remaining coal-fired power plants, but instead of r  more

WASHINGTON, March 29 (TNStalk) -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury issued the following statement on March 28, 2022: * * * The Biden-Harris Administration today submitted to Congress the President's Budget for FY 2023 and Treasury published its Strategic Plan for FY 2022-2026. The President's Budget details his vision to expand on the historic progress our country has made over the last year and deliver the agenda he laid out in his State of the Union address--to build a better America, red  more

BERKELEY, California, March 29 (TNSRes) -- The University of California Haas School of Business issued the following news release: With or without formal sanctions, oil buyers are shunning Russian crude, unwilling to buy from Russia even at a considerable discount. Russia is the world's second biggest oil exporter, so any change in Russian production is a major disruption to the global crude oil market. As a result, crude oil prices are above $110 per barrel, almost twice as high as one year a  more

ORONO, Maine, March 29 -- The University of Maine System issued the following news release: The University of Maine System (UMS) Board of Trustees approved the new collective bargaining agreements with two faculty unions and tenure for several faculty members on March 28 at the University of Maine. Chancellor Dannel Malloy will execute agreements for the Associated Faculties of the Universities of Maine (AFUM) and the Maine Part-Time Faculty Association (PATFA) once they have been ratified by   more

DUNEDIN, New Zealand, March 29 (TNSJou) -- The University of Otago issued the following news release: The genetic whakapapa of New Zealand's blue-eyed shags stretches back millions of years - outliving their close relatives throughout the Ice Age - University of Otago research has found. Their history has led lead author Dr Nic Rawlence, of the Department of Zoology, to call the humble seabird, with 17 different species and subspecies, "the canary in the Southern Ocean coal mine" in relation t  more