WASHINGTON, June 15 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following report (No. USDL-22-1174) on June 14, 2022: The Producer Price Index for final demand increased 0.8 percent in May, seasonally adjusted, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. This rise followed advances of 0.4 percent in April and 1.6 percent in March. (See table A.) On an unadjusted basis, final demand prices moved up 10.8 percent for the 12 months ended in May. In May,  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 2 of 3) Recent Executive Orders The development of energy pipelines has been a focus of the last four presidents. The Bush, Obama, Trump, and Biden Administrations issued a series of executive orders directed at the federal permitting of infrastructure pro  more

MELBOURNE, Australia, June 15 (TNSres) -- The Institute of Public Affairs issued the following news release: "The energy supply crisis being inflicted on Australia's eastern seaboard is not an accident; it is a core design feature of the policy of net zero emissions by 2050, which is still supported by both major political parties," said Daniel Wild, Director of Research at the Institute of Public Affairs. IPA research and analysis has identified that over the next decade at least six coal-fir  more

AUGUSTA, Georgia, June 15 (TNSjou) -- The Medical College of Georgia issued the following news release: A graph of how long Americans sleep forms a U-shaped pattern across our lives, with age 40 being the low point and hours of sleep starting to creep back up about age 50, Medical College of Georgia investigators report. Our sleep efficiency, which basically means how much of the time we devote to sleeping that we actually sleep, tends to decrease across our lifetime, but investigators were su  more

WASHINGTON, June 15 -- Rep. Kim Schrier, D-Washington, issued the following news release: The House has passed the Ocean Shipping Reform Act, a bipartisan bill co-sponsored by Congresswoman Kim Schrier, M.D. (WA-08) to decrease supply chain bottlenecks and make sure U.S. goods are making it to their overseas markets. The bill, already voted through the Senate, passed the House last night with overwhelming bipartisan support and now heads to the President's desk. "Hay and fruit producers in the  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, June 14 -- West Virginia State Treasurer Riley Moore issued the following news release on June 13, 2022: State Treasurer Riley Moore today announced he has sent notices to six financial institutions informing them they could be placed on the state's Restricted Financial Institution List after his Office made an initial determination that the institutions appear to be engaged in boycotts of fossil fuel companies. "Earlier this year our Office proposed, and the Legisla  more