WASHINGTON, June 30 (TNStalk) -- The American Clean Power Association issued the following agency statement on June 29, 2022: * * * The clean energy industry now employs as many people as the natural gas and coal industries combined. The USEER report from the Department of Energy confirms the rapid growth of clean energy jobs across the country as the American energy transition continues. In 2021 the solar, wind, and energy storage sectors employed more than 442,900 full-time workers - an inc  more

WASHINGTON, June 29 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Economic Analysis issued the following news release on June 29, 2022: Real gross domestic product (GDP) decreased at an annual rate of 1.6 percent in the first quarter of 2022, according to the "third" estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the fourth quarter of 2021, real GDP increased 6.9 percent. The "third" estimate of GDP released today is based on more complete source data than were available fo  more

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on June 28, 2022: * * * By Frank Verrastro, senior adviser (non-resident) and Albert Helmig, non-resident senior associate with the Energy Security and Climate Change Program On June 14, President Biden sent letters to several U.S. refining companies addressing the issue of rising fuel prices and urging the industry to alleviate the consumer pain at the pump, which has become both an econ  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, June 30 (TNSjou) (TNSres) -- Environment Georgia Research and Policy Center issued the following news release: Methane gas - commonly referred to as "natural" gas - has been piped through our communities for heating and cooking for a century, and for just as long, has been subject to dangerous leaks. On Thursday, Environment Georgia and Frontier Group released a new report that finds from 2010 through nearly the end of 2021, almost 2,600 gas pipeline incidents occurred in the   more

LONDON, England, June 30 -- Friends of the Earth UK issued the following statement on June 29, 2022: * * * Commenting on today's Progress Report by the independent Climate Change Committee (CCC), which finds major failures in the government's delivery programmes towards meeting its climate goals, Friends of the Earth's head of policy Mike Childs, said. "With its own advisor warning that only two fifths of its carbon reduction plans are credible, it's clear that the UK government is falling wo  more

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- The House Science, Space and Technology Committee issued the following testimony by Carbon Mapper CEO Riley M. Duren involving a hybrid hearing on June 8, 2022, entitled "Detecting and Quantifying Methane Emissions from the Oil and Gas Sector". Duren is also a research scientist at the University of Arizona. * * * I am Riley Duren, Chief Executive Officer of Carbon Mapper, a non-profit organization with a mission to deliver actionable and transparent global methane and   more

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- The House Science, Space and Technology Committee issued the following testimony by Brian Anderson, director of the National Energy Technology Laboratory at the Energy Department, involving a hybrid hearing on June 8, 2022, entitled "Detecting and Quantifying Methane Emissions from the Oil and Gas Sector": * * * Chairwoman Johnson, Ranking Member Lucas, and distinguished members of the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, thank you for the opportunity to discuss   more

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- The House Science, Space and Technology Subcommittee on Research and Technology issued the following testimony by Karen St. Germain, director of the Earth Science Division at NASA, involving a joint hybrid hearing with the Subcommittee on Environment on June 23, 2022, entitled "Assessing Federal Programs for Measuring Greenhouse Gas Sources and Sinks": * * * I am Dr. Karen St. Germain, Director of NASA's Earth Science Division, and I am pleased to appear before you to sh  more

MELBOURNE, Australia, June 30 (TNSres) -- The Institute of Public Affairs issued the following news release: "Australia's deepening energy crisis of chronic supply shortages and skyrocketing prices is a direct and immediate result of the policy of net zero emission by 2050, and Australian's want to hit the pause button," said Gideon Rozner, Director of Policy at the Institute for Public Affairs. A new poll commissioned by the Institute of Public Affairs, reinforces that a majority of Australia  more

EVANSVILLE, Indiana, June 30 -- CenterPoint Energy issued the following news release on June 28, 2022: CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (NYSE: CNP) today announced its Indiana-based electric utility business, CenterPoint Energy Indiana South, received approval for the construction of natural gas generation from the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC), a key step in the company's long-term electric generation transition plan. CenterPoint Energy intends to construct two natural gas combustion tu  more

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- Rep. Mike Levin, D-California, issued the following news release on June 29, 2022: U.S. Representatives Mike Levin (D-CA) and Katie Porter (D-CA) sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan requesting he take a number of executive actions to update and strengthen clean air and water standards, particularly actions that are still within the EPA's power regardless of the Supreme Court's upcoming decision in West Virginia v. EPA. The le  more

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, West Virginia, June 30 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on June 29, 2022: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) today made two stops in Greenbrier County, addressing a coal leadership summit, followed by a tour of Mountain Steer Meat Company. First, Senator Capito spoke at a coal leadership summit at The Greenbrier to address coal advocates, industry leaders, and elected officials from across West Virginia and the cou  more

DEVILS LAKE, North Dakota, June 30 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release on June 29, 2022: At a roundtable discussion with local leaders and members of the Devils Lake Chamber of Commerce today, Senator John Hoeven outlined the need to support U.S. energy and agriculture producers, both to help get inflation under control and to strengthen national security. To this end, Hoeven is pressing the Biden administration to reverse course on its harmful environmental   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 30 (TNSres) -- The 350.org posted the following joint news release with four organizations on June 29, 2022: The co-signers are FoE Japan, Market Forces, Kiko Network and Rainforest Action Network. * * * Japanese corporations have faced a record number of shareholders backing proposals calling for greater action and transparency on meeting net-zero carbon emissions targets. Today, and over the past week, shareholders representing $22 billion USD (3 trillion yen) i  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, June 30 -- The Virginia Senate Democrats issued the following news and letter on June 29, 2022: Today in a press conference, Virginia House and Senate Democrats demand Governor Glenn Youngkin cease his hyper-partisan attacks on Virginia's independent Boards and Commissions following his most recent insistence on politicizing community colleges. On June 17, 2022, Governor Youngkin sent a letter (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Fws8CXSjsaRlUtsaRYh_tAXgODOxcOrt/view) to the   more