JACKSON, Michigan, May 19 (TNSres) -- Consumers Energy issued the following news release on May 18, 2022: Consumers Energy today announced agreements to add 300 megawatts of clean energy - enough to power about 150,000 homes -- from two Michigan solar projects being developed in Genesee and Hillsdale counties. The solar developments are part of the company's Clean Energy Plan to dramatically increase renewable energy, eliminate coal electricity by 2025 and achieve net zero carbon emissions by   more

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 18 -- Ecojustice issued the following news release: Ecojustice is in court on behalf of Keepers of the Water and the West Athabasca Watershed Bioregional Society to uphold the Minister of Environment and Climate Change's decision to send the proposed Vista coal mine expansion for a federal impact assessment. Ecojustice and its clients are also fighting back against Coalspur's attempt to relitigate a Federal Court decision on the Vista coal mine expansion. Coals  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, May 19 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on May 18, 2022: The Biden Administration through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded $254.5 million in Brownsfields Grants to 256 communities. Today's grants are supported by President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which provides a total of $1.5 billion to advance environmental justice, spur economic revitalization, and create jobs by cleaning up contaminated, polluted,  more

LENEXA, Kansas, May 18 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on May 17, 2022: The Biden administration, through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), announced that Denison, Iowa, has been selected to receive $400,000 of the $254.5 million in Brownfields grants for 265 selected communities. Denison was selected for community-wide assessment work and the development of reuse plans for sites including the Denison Municipal Utility Power Plant and Aven  more

BRUSSELS, Belgium, May 19 -- The European Commission issued the following fact sheet on May 18, 2022: * * * Questions and Answers on the REPowerEU Communication 1. Why is the Commission proposing the REPowerEU Plan? Russia's unprovoked and unjustified military aggression against Ukraine has massively disrupted the world's energy system. It has caused hardship as a result of high energy prices and it has heightened energy security concerns, bringing to the fore the EU's over-dependence on gas  more

BRUSSELS, Belgium, May 19 (TNSres) -- The European Commission issued the following news release on May 18, 2022: The European Commission has today presented the REPowerEU Plan, its response to the hardships and global energy market disruption caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine. There is a double urgency to transform Europe's energy system: ending the EU's dependence on Russian fossil fuels, which are used as an economic and political weapon and cost European taxpayers nearly Euros100 billio  more

BRUSSELS, Belgium, May 18 -- The European Committee of the Regions issued the following news release: Markku Markkula (FI/EPP), member of Espoo City Council and President of the Helsinki Region, has drafted the European Committee of the Regions' opinion on European missions. The opinion was adopted at the CoR plenary session on 27-28 April. In this interview, Markkula explains how the missions can contribute to the EU's efforts to accelerate the green and digital transitions and move towards cl  more

WASHINGTON, May 18 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies issued the following statement by Commerce Secretary Gina M. Raimondo involving a hearing on May 12, 2022, on the fiscal 2023 budget request: * * * Thank you for this opportunity to discuss President Biden's Fiscal Year 2023 Budget Request for the U.S. Department of Commerce. The priorities reflected in this Budget build upon the important investments you enacted in Fiscal Year 2022 t  more

WASHINGTON, May 19 -- The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy issued the following testimony by Tom Kiernan, CEO and general manager of Grant County Public Utility District, involving a hybrid hearing on May 12, 2022, entitled "Modernizing Hydropower: Licensing and Reforms for a Clean Energy Future": * * * Thank you for the opportunity to testify on the importance of modernizing hydropower. I am privileged to serve as the CEO and General Manager of Grant County Public Utility Dist  more

WASHINGTON, May 19 -- The House Small Business Subcommittee on Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Workforce Development issued the following testimony by Boom Supersonic CEO Blake Scholl involving a hybrid hearing on May 12, 2022, entitled "Moving Upwards and Onwards: The Workforce and Innovation Needs of the Aviation and Aerospace Industry": * * * My name is Blake Scholl, Founder and CEO of Boom Supersonic. Thank you for inviting me to testify before you on entrepreneurship; the importance of i  more

FRANKFORT, Kentucky, May 19 -- The Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet issued the joint following news on May 18, 2022: Governor Andy Beshear and Energy and Environment Cabinet Secretary Rebecca Goodman today announced that three Kentucky communities have been selected by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to receive over $1.4 million in grant funding to assess "brownfields" - industrial and commercial properties that are known or suspected to contain a hazardous substance, poll  more

WASHINGTON, May 19 (TNSPol) -- The Western Watersheds Project issued the following joint news release with eight organizations on May 18, 2022: Climate, conservation and community groups from across the country filed administrative protests today challenging the Biden administration's plans to resume oil and gas leasing in June, saying the president should end new leasing to heed his own climate goals while protecting communities, water and wildlife. The June lease sales, which follow the admi  more

WASHINGTON, May 18 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement issued the following news release on May 17, 2022: The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement announced today $122.5 million in fiscal year 2022 funding for Abandoned Mine Land Economic Revitalization grants. The six Appalachian states with the highest number of unfunded high priority abandoned mine land problems and three Tribes with approved AML programs are eligible   more

WASHINGTON, May 19 -- Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Illinois, issued the following news release and letter: Last night, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL-08) joined Representatives Scott Peters (CA-52), Kathy Castor (FL-14), Sean Casten (IL-06), Deborah Ross (NC-02), Donald Beyer Jr (VA-08), Mike Levin (CA-49), Susie Lee (NV-03), Emanuel Cleaver II (MO-05), and Jared Huffman (CA-02) in leading 75 of their colleagues in a letter to President Biden on the harmful impacts on the solar industry of   more

WASHINGTON, May 19 (TNStalk) -- The Solar Energy Industries Association issued the following statement and letter: * * * Following is a statement from Abigail Ross Hopper, president and CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) on a letter from 85 members of the U.S. House of Representatives to President Biden and Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo on the meritless tariff circumvention case: "Lawmakers across the political spectrum, acting on behalf of their constituents, are makin  more

COLUMBIA, Missouri, May 19 (TNSjou) -- The University of Missouri issued the following news release: As a researcher of student mental health and well-being, Keith Herman has found that, in general, offering students more positive encouragement rather than negative reprimands not only reduces disruptive student classroom behavior but can also improve students' academic and social outcomes. However, in a recent study, Herman found that in the midst of traumatic societal events - such as a neigh  more

BRUSSELS, Belgium, May 18 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury issued the following remarks on May 17, 2022, by Secretary Janet L. Yellen at the Brussels Economic Forum: * * * Thank you for inviting me to speak at the Brussels Economic Forum. I am honored to be giving the Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa lecture. It is fitting that our discussions today focus on building the economy of the next generation, given the uncertainty about the future of the global economy inherent in the present geopoliti  more

WASHINGTON, May 18 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration issued the following news release on May 17, 2022: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department's Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $2 million grant to The Wilds, Cumberland, Ohio, to build a 60-acre recreational vehicle campground at the wildlife conservation center in Muskingum County, Ohio. This grant is funded by the American Rescue Plan. This grant  more

WASHINGTON, May 18 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration issued the following news release on May 17, 2022: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department's Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $2.4 million grant to the city of Jackson, Ohio, to upgrade its water and wastewater infrastructure. This grant is funded by the American Rescue Plan and EDA's $300 million Coal Communities Commitment. This grant will suppo  more

WASHINGTON, May 18 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration issued the following news release on May 17, 2022: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced the Department's Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding $7.7 million in American Rescue Plan grants to support West Virginia as it recovers from the economic impacts of the coronavirus pandemic. This grant is funded by the American Rescue Plan and EDA's $300 million Coal Communities Com  more

WASHINGTON, May 18 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration issued the following news release on May 17, 2022: The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding an $800,000 grant to Thrive West Central, Terre Haute, Indiana, to capitalize and administer a Revolving Loan Fund. This grant is funded by the American Rescue Plan and EDA's $300 million Coal Communities Commitment. This grant will provide gap financing to small, lo  more

RIVERSIDE, California, May 19 (TNSres) -- The University of California Riverside campus issued the following news: Capturing a community's history, narrated through songs composed and interpreted by local musicians, has been at the heart of Xochitl C. Chavez's career. Chavez, an assistant professor of ethnomusicology with UC Riverside's Department of Music, is working as a co-principal investigator on a project titled "Soundscapes of the People: A Musical Ethnography of Pueblo, Colorado." This  more

WASHINGTON, May 19 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release and letter: With hundreds of large-scale solar projects on hold in Maine and across the country as the U.S. Department of Commerce investigates potential trade violations, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and more than 80 of her House colleagues are urging President Joe Biden and his administration to quickly reach a preliminary decision. In a letter, the Members urge the Administration to take the lar  more