BOONE, North Carolina, June 16 (TNSreact) -- Appalachian Voices issued the following news release on June 14, 2022: Community leaders from coal-impacted communities launched a joint effort to urge the Biden Administration to nominate and confirm a director for Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE). While $11.3 billion in new investments in the Abandoned Mine Lands program was allocated by the bipartisan infrastructure bill, the federal agency in charge of managing and dis  more

WASHINGTON, June 16 (TNStalk) -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary: * * * By James Andrew Lewis, senior vice president and director of the Strategic Technologies Program The United States is no longer the sole superpower, hegemon, or whatever term one prefers. This situation, accompanied by its military failures and domestic political turmoil, has led some to return to that ever-popular theme: the United States' decline. But the discussion of d  more

WASHINGTON, June 16 (TNSres) -- Earthjustice issued the following news release on June 15, 2022: * * * Earthjustice and Evergreen Action lay out the legal authorities and policy tools available to bring the U.S. federal fossil fuel program in line with President Biden's climate and environmental justice commitments * * * Earthjustice and Evergreen Action are releasing their first-ever joint policy report, Meeting the Moment: How President Biden Can Align the Federal Fossil Fuel Program to De  more

JERUSALEM, Israel, June 15 -- The European Commission issued the following remarks on June 14, 2022, by President Ursula von der Leyen during her visit to Israel: * * * Thank you for the warm welcome I receive here in Jerusalem. And indeed, the European Union and Israel share ties and unique bonds because we have a shared history and we share values. And therefore, I am very glad about - you mentioned it - the excellent cooperation we have in the different fields, like energy; culture; you men  more

JUNO BEACH, Florida, June 16 -- Florida Power and Light, a subsidiary of NextEra Energy, issued the following news release on June 14, 2022: NextEra Energy (NYSE: NEE) today announced Real Zero, the most ambitious carbon-emissions-reduction goal ever set by an energy producer, committing to eliminate carbon emissions from its operations by no later than 2045, while leveraging low-cost renewables to drive energy affordability for customers. Reaching the goal would require significant investment   more

DENVER, Colorado, June 15 (TNSreact) -- The Colorado Public Interest Research Group issued the following news release: Dozens of people gathered to show support for the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) to remove the I-25 Central expansion project and new highway lanes from its long-term plan, which it is finalizing in the next few months. The groups applauded CDOT's recent indication that highway expansion along this stretch of I-25 between 20th Street and Santa Fe Drive will not h  more

SYDNEY, Australia, June 16 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news release: Australia's new prime minister, Anthony Albanese, should adopt an ambitious human rights-centered foreign policy agenda and initiate urgent domestic rights reforms, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to Prime Minister Albanese and Foreign Minister Penny Wong. "Prime Minister Albanese has the opportunity to reshape Australia's regional reputation as a human rights leader," said Sophie McNeill, Australia r  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, June 16 -- Minnesota Senate Republicans issued the following statement on June 15, 2022: * * * Senator Andrew Mathews (R-Princeton), vice chair of the Senate Energy and Utilities Finance and Policy Committee, and Rep. Shane Mekeland (R-Clear Lake) made the following statement today in response to a new grid reliability report indicating that the Central United States power grid, which includes Minnesota, faces high risks of outages, both this summer and next few years. T  more

CHIPPENDALE, Australia, June 15 -- The Nature Conservation Council issued the following news release: Opening Narrabri gas field will not ease the short-term energy shortage but it will cause lasting environmental harm to the climate, water supplies and wildlife habitat. /1 "Minister Madeleine King's suggestions to fast track the Narrabri gas field will do nothing to solve the immediate energy supply shortfall, and it ignores the obvious need for domestic gas reservation," Nature Conservation   more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 16 -- The Ohio Environmental Council issued the following news release: Record high temperatures are causing dangerous conditions for communities across Ohio, following a series of major storms earlier this week. These extreme weather events contributed to more than 230,000 AEP customers losing power in Central Ohio starting on Tuesday, creating additional hardship for families. "The dangerous impacts of the climate crisis are not far off possibilities. Dangerous storms, e  more

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on June 15, 2022: Today in a Ways and Means Committee hearing, Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-WV) highlighted how President Joe Biden's disastrous economic policies have made life harder for women and working families in West Virginia. American households are paying $460 more per month to buy the same amount of goods and services as they did previously. She said, in part, "The real and very present conc  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, June 16 (TNSres) -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: People Power NC, a coalition of clean energy and social justice organizations, released a report card assessing Duke Energy's draft carbon plan for the Carolinas. Duke Energy, the investor-owned utility that serves more than 3.5 million North Carolina residents, filed its draft plan this May, in compliance with a mandate by the North Carolina Utilities Commission (NCUC). The final carbon plan will s  more

WASHINGTON, June 16 (TNSreact) -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release on June 15, 2022: The Race to Zero campaign, an initiative of the UN climate convention mobilizing actors outside of national governments, today released an updated set of criteria for its members, calling for the phaseout of all unabated fossil fuels as part of a just transition. The new criteria means that members of the initiative-including the investors, banks and insurers who are part of the Glasgow Financi  more

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, June 16 (TNSreact) -- The Southern Environmental Law Center issued the following news release on June 15, 2022: Today Virginia's State Corporation Commission (SCC) granted Dominion Energy's politically motivated request to suspend its rate adjustment for an emissions reduction program called the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). Dominion currently justifies an extra charge on customers' utility bills by claiming that it is necessary to offset the cost of Vir  more

NEW YORK, June 16 -- The United Nations issued the following remarks via video message on June 14, 2022, by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to the 6th Austrian World Summit in Vienna: * * * I thank the Austrian Government and Arnold Schwarzenegger for convening this important annual Summit. It comes at a pivotal moment. It is fifty years since the United Nations convened the Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment. But since then, few of our promises on the environment have been honou  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, June 16 -- West Virginia State Treasurer Riley Moore issued the following news release on June 15, 2022: West Virginia Treasurer Riley Moore today condemned President Joe Biden for sending letters to U.S. oil producers blaming them for high prices when the blame truly lies with the Administration's anti-fossil fuel agenda. "The President lecturing the oil industry about high prices is the height of hypocrisy," Treasurer Moore said. "If President Biden is looking for   more

WASHINGTON, June 16 (TNSpol) -- WildEarth Guardians issued the following news release on June 15, 2022: Environmental organizations sued the Bureau of Land Management today for issuing more than 3,500 oil and gas drilling permits in New Mexico and Wyoming during the first 16 months of the Biden administration in violation of the Endangered Species Act, the National Environmental Policy Act, and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act. The lawsuit was filed in the federal District Court of Wa  more