LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, July 1 -- Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge issued the following news release: Rutledge issued a statement following the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency. The Court held 6-3 that the EPA does not have the authority, through the Clean Air Act, to restructure the country's entire energy industry by mandating the closure of coal power plants and requiring companies to invest in or purchase so-called "green" energy prod  more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, July 2 -- The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on July 1, 2022: Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) Director John J. Kim today announced the opening of Illinois' Electric Vehicle (EV) Rebate Program. The program was created under the Climate and Equitable Jobs Act (CEJA) passed by the General Assembly and signed by Governor Pritzker in the fall of 2021. Individuals can now access and complete an application for a rebat  more

BRISTOL, England, June 28 (TNSres) -- The University of Bristol issued the following news release: Innovations in St Philips, Bristol 200 years ago mirror transformations to the way we live and work today according to a new report by the University of Bristol. 'Avon Street Gasworks and Bristol Gas Industry' marks the start of a move into Bristol Temple Quarter Enterprise Campus for Bristol Digital Futures Institute (BDFI) and examines the social and industrial history of their new buildings.   more

EVANSTON, Illinois, July 1 (TNSres) -- Northwestern University issued the following news release on June 30, 2022: * * * Northwestern faculty say stakes are now higher for businesses, institutions * * * This morning, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a 6-3 ruling in West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency that curtailed the executive branch of the federal government's ability to broadly regulate the emissions of fossil fuel-burning power plants that contribute to climate change, dealing  more

WASHINGTON, July 2 (TNSRep) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey issued the following report entitled "West Virginia and Landsat": Here are excerpts: * * * ABSTRACT Many may recall "Take Me Home, Country Roads," made famous by John Denver, leads with the lyric "almost heaven, West Virginia, Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River." The descriptors are apt. Nicknamed the "Mountain State," West Virginia inspires thoughts of coal mining or logging in the Appalachian Mo  more