MELBOURNE, Australia, May 12 (TNSRes) -- The Institute for Public Affairs issued the following news release: "Both major parties fail to understand the significant economic and social impacts that a policy of net zero emissions by 2050 will have on the Hunter's workers and community," said Daniel Wild, Director of Research at the Institute of Public Affairs. Today the Prime Minister is in the Hunter Valley where he announced $50 million in funding for research and research partnerships with th  more

PARIS, France, May 12 (TNSRes) -- The International Energy Agency issued the following news release: Poland has made serious progress in improving the security and sustainability of its energy system in recent years. However, a major acceleration in its clean energy transition is needed to tackle the emissions resulting from coal's dominant role in the power sector, according to the latest policy review by the International Energy Agency. Poland aims to cut emissions through increased use of r  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release on May 11, 2022: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today wrote to Tennessee Valley Authority CEO Jeffrey Lyash about plans to transition away from coal-fired electricity generation by building a new fossil gas plant, which would require the construction of a new gas pipeline. Congressman Cohen urged a re-thinking of the plan and an increased focus on clean, renewable energy. The letter reads in part: "Buildin  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Sen. Michael F. Bennet, D-Colorado, issued the following news release on May 11, 2022: Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet introduced the National Energy Community Transition Act to support economic development and diversification in communities across Colorado that have historically relied on fossil fuel-related power generation, production, or extraction and now face significant declines in tax revenue that sustain core public services, such as hospitals and schools. "  more

MEMPHIS, Virginia, May 12 -- The Southern Environmental Law Center issued the following news release: Emails between state officials reveal that the Tennessee Valley Authority waited at least six months to tell the public - including affected communities and city leaders - about its plans to truck toxic coal ash created at its Allen Fossil Plant to the South Shelby Landfill in South Memphis. In an email (https://southernenvironment.sharefile.com/share/view/3b766fedc25f4489/fo1bf044-df1c-4a65-b  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Surface Transportation Board issued the following decision (Docket No. FD 36559) entitled "Action Environmental Systems, LLC, DH Property Holdings, LLC And Bridge Industrial, LLC - Petition For Declaratory Order": Digest:/1 This decision concludes that certain tracks that were located on property owned by Action Environmental Systems, LLC, located in Bronx County, N.Y., are spur tracks excepted from Board licensing under 49 U.S.C. Se  more