ANKARA, Turkey, June 14 (TNSres) -- The World Bank issued the following news release: Turkiye stands to reap $146 billion in savings over 20 years if it takes effective and appropriate actions to boost resilience and adaptation against the impact of climate change and to mitigate economy-wide emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases, says a pioneering World Bank report released today. The benefits would come largely from reductions in fuel imports and health benefits from reduced  more

WASHINGTON, June 13 (TNSrep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R45239) on June 9, 2022, entitled "Interstate Natural Gas Pipeline Siting: FERC Policy and Issues for Congress": * * * (Continued from Part 1 of 3) Gas Pipeline Siting Challenges Over the last decade, proposals for new interstate natural gas pipelines have become increasingly controversial. Many certificate applications have been subjected to heavy public scrutiny, and some have faced signific  more

CHIPPENDALE, Australia, June 14 -- The Nature Conservation Council issued the following news release: The Nature Conservation Council has urged the NSW Planning Department to reject the expansion of Dendrobium coal mine in Sydney's drinking water catchment. South32's previous application to expand the mine was rejected by the Independent Planning Commission in 2021 because of unacceptable long-term, irreversible impacts on the city's water supply. The company has modified and resubmitted it  more

KENT, Ohio, June 14 (TNSper) -- Kent State University issued the following news: Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has appointed Christian Palich of Plain City, Ohio, to the Kent State University Board of Trustees. Palich will serve through May 16, 2031. He succeeds Virginia Addicott, who completed her nine-year term on the Board. A Kent State alumnus, Palich currently works in Columbus, Ohio, as vice president of government and external affairs for Eagle Forge Services Company LLC, an energy company oper  more

WASHINGTON, June 14 (TNSreact) -- The Natural Resources Defense Council issued the following statement on June 13, 2022: * * * The Department of Energy (DOE) released updated efficiency standards for household furnaces that are fossil-fuel-fired today that will result in billions of dollars in energy bill savings and prevention of millions of tons of carbon pollution. The rule will require new furnaces to meet a minimum efficiency standard of 95 percent efficiency. If adopted within DOE's pro  more

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- Rep. Jared Huffman, D-California, issued the following news release: Congressman Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael) released the following statement regarding the Surface Transportation Board's (STB) decision to deny the North Coast Railroad Company's application. "We just received great news from the Surface Transportation Board: the scheme by a shadowy out-of-state LLC to revive an abandoned rail line through the Eel River canyon and start exporting coal to Asia has been rej  more

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Washington, issued the following news release: Eastern Washington Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05) joined Fox News' Neil Cavuto on Saturday to discuss how President Biden's anti-American energy agenda is forcing energy prices to skyrocket. American families are struggling to pay to fill their gas tanks and the price of everything they buy is going up, including food. To improve people's standard of living, we must unleash Americ  more

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana, issued the following news release and letter on June 13, 2022: U.S. Senator Steve Daines is challenging HSBC's decision to suspend a high ranking executive over comments made about the purported financial risks posed by climate change. In a letter to the bank's CEO Noel Quinn, Daines expressed concern the suspension was deeply misguided and possibly a breach of United States law. "Based on the company's prior approval of Mr. Kirk's remarks,   more

WASHINGTON, June 14 (TNSres) -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: The Sierra Club and partners submitted comments into the Cumberland DEIS docket along with a commissioned Synapse report outlining a better path forward for TVA to replace retiring coal generation with renewable energy, battery storage, and energy efficiency commitments. Synapse completed a system-wide modeling analysis for TVA's power generation to determine how TVA's plans to move forward with combined-cycle   more