WASHINGTON, May 6 (TNSPol) -- Earthjustice issued the following joint news release with 63 environmental groups: Environmental groups across the country are urging Senator Schumer to schedule confirmation votes as soon as possible for Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) nominees Dr. Carlton Waterhouse and Professor David Uhlmann. These highly qualified nominees have the broad support of environmental and environmental justice organizations, representing millions of people throughout the count  more

BERKELEY, California, May 6 (TNSRes) -- As You Sow Foundation issued the following news release: Berkshire Hathaway Wednesday released voting results from its recent annual general meeting where 47% of independent shareholders (26.5% overall), holding more than $43 billion in shares, voted in favor of a greenhouse gas reduction proposal filed by investor representative As You Sow. The resolution asks Berkshire to issue a report addressing if and how it intends to measure, disclose, and reduce   more

BOONE, North Carolina, May 6 (TNSPol)(TNScapV) -- Appalachian Voices issued the following joint news release with 25 organizations: Twenty-six organizations, businesses and local governments from coal mining communities sent a letter to leaders of the Senate and House Appropriations Committees calling for increased funding to the Abandoned Mine Land Economic Revitalization (AMLER) Program for Fiscal Year 2023 as Congress works to draft the next appropriations bill. "The AML Economic Revitaliza  more

DETROIT, Michigan, May 6 (TNSPol) -- Earthjustice issued the following news release: As the result of a settlement agreement secured by the Sierra Club and Earthjustice in a Clean Air Act enforcement case, DTE Energy is giving a combined $2.7 million to ten community-based environmental justice projects in River Rouge, Ecorse, and the 48217 zip code aimed at improving public health and reducing environmental impacts. The projects were chosen by a five-member Community Environmental Action Commi  more

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- Energy and Fuels, a peer-reviewed scientific journal from the American Chemical Society that says it publishes research in the intersection of chemistry and chemical engineering and non-nuclear energy and fuels, published research articles on the following topics in its May 5, 2022 edition: REVIEWS: * Progress in Development of Photocatalytic Processes for Synthesis of Fuels and Organic Compounds under Outdoor Solar Light * Mini Review of Catalytic Reactive Flash Volatil  more

BASEL, Switzerland, May 5 -- Environmental Science and Pollution Research, a peer-reviewed journal from the European Chemical Society that says it serves the international community in environmental science and related subjects with emphasis on chemical compounds, published research articles, including the following topics, in its Vol. 29, No. 22 edition: Review Articles: * Passive Samplers, an Important Tool for Continuous Monitoring of the COVID-19 Pandemic * Solar parabolic dish collector  more

WASHINGTON, May 6 (TNSPol) -- The Environmental Working Group issued the following news release: The Environmental Working Group and other organizations are urging the New York Senate to pass legislation that would impose a two-year pause on new "proof of work" cryptocurrency miners who are seeking to revive shuttered fossil fuel power plants to generate electricity for their operations. The legislation, approved last week by the state Assembly, would apply only to bitcoin mining operations se  more

FRANKFORT, Kentucky, May 5 -- The Kentucky Public Service Commission issued the following news release on May 4, 2022: Today the Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC or Commission) approved, with modifications, the proposed acquisition of Kentucky Power Company (Kentucky Power) by Liberty Utility Co. (Liberty). Kentucky Power is a subsidiary of American Electric Power (AEP). The Case number is 2021-00481. This follows the Commission's orders on May 3 regarding Kentucky Power's ownership in   more

MANSFIELD, Pennsylvania, May 5 (TNSRes) -- Mansfield University issued the following news: The full return of students to campus for the 2021-22 academic year brought back the excitement of student-based research at Mansfield University's Grant Science Center. Junior and senior students in the biology program, within the Department of Natural Sciences, have worked diligently throughout the year on their Mansfield University-supported independent research projects. Several students presented the  more

CHIPPENDALE, Australia, May 5 -- The Nature Conservation Council issued the following statement on May 4, 2022: * * * The conservation movement welcomes Deputy Premier Paul Toole's announcement today that the Wollombi and Kangooli-Gangadi areas will not be released for coal exploration or development. /1 "While today's announcement will be a tremendous relief for many, the government has effectively sentenced the community of Wollar to 'death by coal mining' by approving an operational relea  more

CAMBRIDGE, England, May 6 (TNSRes) -- BirdLife International issued the following research news: Together with 40 other civil society stakeholders BirdLife strongly cautions against pursuing false solutions. This includes building more fossil gas infrastructure, leading to stranded assets, reactivating or extending the operation of coal, burning more trees or crops for energy - something that will simply increase emissions and pollution compared to fossil fuels and harm food security. While we  more

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources and Senate Finance Committees, joined the Council on Foreign Relations to discuss the energy security crisis, addressing climate, trade policy, and other matters related to U.S. national security. On Energy Operation Warp Speed... "So we've called for what we call an Operation Warp Speed on energy. And it was said to   more

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, issued the following news release on May 4, 2022: Senator Kelly continued his record of delivering for Arizona's water priorities with the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW) passage of the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (WRDA), a bill passed every two years by Congress to authorize water resource development projects by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Kelly, a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, ad  more

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on May 5, 2022: U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm testified before the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee about the Administration's budget request for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for Fiscal Year 2023. During the hearing, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Committee, highlighted the need for the U.S. to  more

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Policy issued the following testimony by Western Energy Alliance President Kathleen Sgamma involving a hybrid hearing on April 26, 2022, entitled "Child Care and Other Policy Tools to Combat Bottlenecks and Inflation": * * * Since day one, President Biden has pursued a climate change agenda meant to constrain American oil and natural gas production and consumption. Starting with the cancelation of the K  more

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Surface Transportation Board issued the following decision (Docket No. FD 36312) entitled "Oakland Global Rail Enterprise - Operation Exemption - In Oakland, Cal.": Digest:/1 This decision initiates a proceeding under 49 U.S.C. Sec. 10502(b) and holds the proceeding in abeyance. On February 4, 2022, Oakland Global Rail Enterprise (OGRE), a noncarrier, filed a petition under 49 U.S.C. Sec. 10502 for exemption from the prior approval r  more