BOONE, North Carolina, June 10 (TNSpol) -- Appalachian Voices issued the following news release on June 9, 2022: Yesterday, the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) announced a new enforcement initiative to better protect miners from exposure to dangerous levels of respirable silica dust on the job while the agency continues working on a new rule limiting this exposure. Appalachian Voices is supportive of the measures outlined in the initiative, and we call on the agency to do more  more

BERKELEY, California, June 9 (TNSres) -- As You Sow Foundation issued the following news release: As You Sow's shareholder resolution asked Comcast to prepare a report on the contrast between the adoption of strong climate policies for its operations versus high carbon investments in its employee retirement investment plan. The proposal earned a 6% vote at Comcast's annual general meeting, achieving the threshold needed to continue dialog with the company and resubmit the resolution next year i  more

CARDIFF, Wales, June 10 -- Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining, a journal that says it features information on fuels and energy from the Society of Chemical Industry, published research articles on the following topics in its May/June 2022 edition: Original Articles: * Development of a microwave-assisted solvent extraction process for the extraction of high-value carotenoids from Chlorella biomass * Anaerobic digestion of cornmeal - the effect of crude enzyme extract and co-digestion with   more

WASHINGTON, June 10 (TNSres) -- The Environmental Integrity Project issued the following news release: The soaring price of natural gas, driven in part by the war in Ukraine, is encouraging the development of 25 liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal projects in the U.S. that could emit more than 90 million tons of greenhouse gases a year, according to state and federal permits reviewed by the Environmental Integrity Project. That's as much climate-warming pollution as from about 18 milli  more

LONDON, England, June 10 -- The European Union's European Bank for Reconstruction and Development issued the following news: When you think of Bosnia and Herzegovina, what first comes to mind is often its troubled history. You probably do not think of the green economy and solar power. But Menprom, a leading meat producer in the north east of the country, is trying to change that perception. With support from the European Union (EU) and the EBRD, Menprom has installed solar panels in its facto  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Rep. Alma S. Adams, D-North Carolina, chair of the House Education and Labor Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, issued the following opening statement at a hearing on May 25, 2022, entitled "Examining the Policies and Priorities of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration": * * * Today's hearing is an opportunity to discuss how to strengthen workers' compensation programs which play an essential role in assisting workers disabled or fallen ill from their job  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release on June 9, 2022: The Senate Judiciary Committee today advanced the nominations of John Z. Lee, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Seventh Circuit; Salvador Mendoza, Jr., to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit; Stephen Henley Locher, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Iowa; Nancy L. Maldonado, to be United States District Judge for the Northern Distric  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Rick Scott, R-Florida, issued the following news release: Senator Rick Scott introduced the bicameral Keeping Russia's Energy and Military Liable for Invading its Neighbors (KREMLIN) Act to prohibit federal agencies from doing business with any entity that contracts with Putin's evil regime or his cronies in the Russian natural gas, oil, and coal sector. The prohibition would remain in effect until the President of the United States certifies that an agreement has be  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, cosponsored the Safeguarding Treatment for the Restoration of Ecosystems from Abandoned Mines (STREAM) Act introduced by U.S. Senators Bob Casey   more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following news release and letter: Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), along with their colleagues Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) on Tuesday sent a letter to CNH Industrial's Chief Executive Officer Scott Wine expressing support for over 1,000 UAW workers currently on strike in Racine, Wisconsin and Burlington, Iowa demanding the company negotiate a   more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Surface Transportation Board issued the following decision (Docket No. FD 36622) entitled "Evansville Western Railway Inc. - Temporary Trackage Rights Exemption - Illinois Central Railroad Company": Digest:/1 This decision waives the requirement that a notice of exemption be filed 30 days prior to consummating a transaction and allows the temporary trackage rights exemption in this docket to take effect immediately. Decided: June 8,  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Surface Transportation Board issued the following notice (Docket No. FD 36622) entitled "Evansville Western Railway Inc. - Temporary Trackage Rights Exemption - Illinois Central Railroad Co.": Evansville Western Railway, Inc. (EVWR), a Class II railroad, has filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 C.F.R. Sec. 1180.2(d)(8) for the acquisition of temporary trackage rights, for overhead operations, over approximately 11.7 miles of  more