WASHINGTON, April 12 (TNSRep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following in focus (No. IF12071) updated on April 11, 2022, entitled "Russia's Trade Status, Tariffs, and WTO Issues". The paper was written by Cathleen D. Cimino-Isaacs, international trade and finance specialist, Liana Wong, international trade and finance analyst, and Nina M. Hart and Brandon J. Murrill, legislative attorneys. * * * Following Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine, the Senate and House passed H.R.   more

WASHINGTON, April 13 (TNSPol)(TNSCapv) -- The Environmental Defense Fund issued the following news release: Environmental Defense Fund and a broad coalition of other groups is calling on EPA to reaffirm its finding that it is appropriate and necessary to limit mercury and other toxic pollution from coal and oil-fired power plants. EPA has been accepting public comment on its proposal, which reinstates a robust legal basis for the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards - safeguards against extremely d  more

AMES, Iowa, April 12 (TNSRes) -- Iowa State University issued the following news release: Who would have thought that a city in the Czech Republic would inspire a study of small towns in Iowa? That city is Ostrava, and the study is led by an Iowa State University researcher who found that the city's ability to persevere despite economic change and population decline is surprisingly translatable to rural Iowa. Kimberly Zarecor, professor of architecture, is head of the Rural Shrink Smart Proje  more

LIVERMORE, California, April 11 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news release: The national economy is reenergizing, quite literally. In 2021, Americans used 5% more energy than in 2020, according to the most recent energy flow charts released by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). Each year, LLNL releases flow charts that illustrate the nation's consumption and use of energy. In 2021, Americans used 97.3 quads (quadril  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 13 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey issued the following news release: Attorney General Maura Healey led a coalition of 23 states and cities in filing comments in support of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) proposal to reaffirm that it is "appropriate and necessary" under the federal Clean Air Act to regulate mercury and other toxic air pollution from coal- and oil-fired power plants. That determination, first made over 20 years ago, is  more

LONDON, England, April 13 -- Occupational and Environmental Medicine, a peer-reviewed journal that says it covers developments in occupational and environmental health from the Faculty of Occupational Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians, published research articles on the following topics in its May 2022 edition: ORIGINAL RESEARCH: * Prevalence and predictors of obesity among women in the fire service * SARS-CoV-2 surveillance strategy in essential workers of the Madrid City Council  more

MENLO, Iowa, April 13 -- President Biden issued the following remarks on April 12, 2022, during his visit to POET Bioprocessing on lowering energy costs for working families: * * * THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very, very much. Now, as I was campaigning here in Iowa and made that commitment -- I don't think anybody heard, but we're back. We're back. And I -- my name is Jon- -- Joe Biden. I work for Congresswoman Axne. (Laughter.) There she is. I learned a long time ago, when she says, "I have a...  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, April 13 (TNSJou) -- NASA's Space Telescope Science Institute issued the following news release: * * * 4-Billion-Year-Old Relic From The Early Solar System Is Headed This Way Denizens of deep space, comets are among the oldest objects in the solar system. These icy "Lego blocks" are leftover from the early days of planet construction. They were unceremoniously tossed out of the solar system in a gravitational pinball game among the massive outer planets. The kicked-out co  more

TRIANGLE, Virginia, April 13 (TNStalk) -- The United Mine Workers of America issued the following statement: * * * United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) International President Cecil E. Roberts issued the following statement today. "We are more than a year into the strike at Warrior Met Coal. The company has forced Alabama miners and their families through a year of uncertainty and financial hardship while losing a billion dollars in potential sales. Clearly, this company cares more about the  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, April 13 (TNSJou) -- The University of Illinois Chicago campus issued the following news release: Silica exposure is a driving force behind rising rates of coal workers' pneumoconiosis, according to a new study published by occupational health experts at the University of Illinois Chicago and their collaborators. The study is the first to compare the pathology and mineralogy of the disease, which is commonly called black lung disease, across generations. It is also the first  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, April 12 (TNSEco) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: The Center for Carbon Capture and Conversion (CCCC) in the University of Wyoming's School of Energy Resources recently broke ground on a demonstration house made of coal-derived carbon building materials and char bricks. The house is being built in tandem with a second house made from conventional building products and Pacific Clay bricks. The coal-derived bricks are made using low-energy, eco-f  more

LONDON, England, April 12 -- The World Coal Association issued the following news release: A major global mining conference in South America has been told that current global energy vulnerabilities can be minimised through sustainable mining and open minds. Speaking at the Latin American Mining Conference on Friday 8 April, World Coal Association CEO, Michelle Manook, said the recent scourge of energy challenges which included shortages, blockages, price surges and geopolitical shifts, showed   more