WASHINGTON, June 7 (TNSpol) -- The American Energy Alliance issued the following news release: American Energy Alliance (AEA), the country's premier pro-consumer, pro-taxpayer, and free-market energy organization, launched a five-figure digital advocacy initiative pushing back against efforts by a small group of U.S. Senators to enact a new national energy tax. Despite the fact that inflation is the highest it's been in forty years and the U.S. economy contracted in the first quarter of 2022,   more

OXFORD, England, June 7 -- Annals of Works Exposures and Health , a peer-reviewed journal from the British Occupational Hygiene Society that says it covers epidemiological studies and their effects on human health and well-being, published research articles on the following topics in its June 2022 edition: ORIGINAL ARTICLES: * Impact of Variability in Job Coding on Reliability in Exposure Estimates Obtained via a Job-Exposure Matrix * Exposure Determinants in the French Database COLCHIC (198  more

LONDON, England, June 7 (TNSres) -- Article 19 issued the following news release: The United Kingdom's plans to usher in a National Security Bill could pose a risk to journalists and civil society organisations, potentially exposing them to heavy sentences, including life imprisonment, and threatening the right to freedom of expression. As the UK Parliament's House of Commons prepared the second reading of the bill, which would replace parts of the Official Secrets Act, on 6 June, ARTICLE 19 a  more

WASHINGTON, June 7 (TNSrep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Insight white paper (No. IN11934) updated on June 6, 2022, entitled "2022 Summit of the Americas" by Peter J. Meyer, Latin American and Canadian affairs specialist: * * * The United States is hosting the Ninth Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles from June 6-10, 2022. The Summits of the Americas, held roughly every three years, serve as opportunities for the Western Hemisphere's heads of government to engag  more

DETROIT, Michigan, June 7 -- DTE Energy issued the following news release: DTE Energy, Michigan's largest electric utility company, today announced that its Blue Water Energy Center, a state-of-the art 1,150 megawatt (MW) combined-cycle natural gas-fired power plant has begun commercial operation. Built on existing company property in East China Township, Mich., the plant will provide cleaner, reliable and affordable power for 850,000 customer homes in southeast Michigan. "Today marks an impor  more

WASHINGTON, June 7 -- Rep. Kathy Castor, D-Florida, chair of the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis, issued the following statement on June 6, 2022: * * * Chair Kathy Castor of the Select Committee on the Climate Crisis released the following statement on Monday after the Biden Administration announced a new executive action to lower energy costs for consumers and spur American clean energy manufacturing, including by authorizing use of the Defense Production Act (DPA) to accelerate   more

MELBOURNE, Australia, June 7 (TNSres) -- The Institute of Public Affairs issued the following news release: A new poll commissioned by free market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs has identified that a majority of Australians support building nuclear power plants in Australia. "Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton should come together and show leadership to repeal the ban on nuclear power in Australia, which can provide low-cost and reliable base-load po  more

MELBOURNE, Australia, June 7 (TNSres) -- The Institute of Public Affairs issued the following news release: "Australia's leaders need to wake up to the reality of the net zero-led energy crisis that is driving our manufacturing sector to the brink of collapse," said Dr Kevin You, Research Fellow at the Institute of Public Affairs. As reported in The Australian: the increasing cost and dwindling supply of coal, compounded with the unreliability of renewables, is driving massive increases in who  more

JERUSALEM, Israel, June 7 -- The government of Israel issued the following news release: The natural gas platform 'Karish FPSO' arrived today (Sunday, June 5, 2022) at its designated location in Israel's Exclusive Economic Zone, approx. 80 km off the shores of Israel, having made its way for five weeks from the shipyards in Singapore, where it had been built over the course of the past years. The platform was navigated from the Far East through the Gulf of Suez to the Mediterranean Sea. Minist  more

WASHINGTON, June 7 (TNStalk) -- The Sierra Club issued the following statement on June 6, 2022: * * * President Biden will announce a two year exemption on the collection of tariffs for solar panels from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam and invoke the Defense Production Act to further increase solar panels and other clean energy technologies. The announcement comes as the Commerce Department continues its solar panel investigation forced by a single small U.S. solar company. In respo  more

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, June 7 -- The United Nations Environment Programme issued the following news release: Individuals, communities, civil society, businesses and governments around the world today marked World Environment Day under the theme #OnlyOneEarth, with official celebrations held in Stockholm and host country Sweden announcing a ban on issuing new licenses for the extraction of coal, oil, and natural gas from 1 July this year to protect people and planet. Announcing the ban at the offic  more

WASHINGTON, June 7 -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on June 6, 2022: * * * President Biden Takes Bold Executive Action to Spur Domestic Clean Energy Manufacturing Historic Actions Include Authorizing Defense Production Act to Lower Energy Costs, Strengthen Power Grid, and Create Good-Paying Jobs Today's clean energy technologies are a critical part of the arsenal we must harness to lower energy costs for families, reduce risks to our power grid, and tackle the urgent crisi  more