LONDON, England, July 12 (TNSres) -- BP plc, an oil and gas company, issued the following news release on July 11, 2022: * * * * bp and thyssenkrupp Steel form strategic collaboration to support decarbonisation of steel, including the supply of low carbon hydrogen and renewable power * The pair intend to jointly promote policies to support the development of low carbon hydrogen and green steel in Europe * * * bp and thyssenkrupp Steel today announced they have signed a memorandum of unders  more

WASHINGTON, July 12 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Census Bureau issued the following report (No. E20-ASM) in June 2022 entitled "Annual Survey of Manufactures: 2020. The report was written by Steven Roman, Myungjoon Noh, Nasrin Dalirazar, Malcolm Ogilvie and Rachel Regberg. Here are excerpts: * * * VALUE OF SHIPMENTS AND COST OF MATERIALS BY SUBSECTOR Value of shipments and cost of materials for manufacturing subsectors in the United States ranged from $4.0 billion to $827.1 billion and $1.9 billion  more

WASHINGTON, July 12 (TNSrep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Insight white paper on the rail labor dispute may involve the President and Congress (No. IN11966) on July 11, 2022, by transportation policy analyst Ben Goldman: * * * President Biden has until July 18 to create an Emergency Board to resolve a labor dispute affecting six major railroads and many smaller ones. Depending on what actions the President or Congress take, and the bargaining between railroads and  more

AUSTIN, Texas, July 12 (TNStalk) -- The Environmental Defense Fund issued the following statement on July 11, 2022, by Texas Political Director Colin Leyden: * * * The Texas grid operator asked that Texans voluntarily reduce their energy use as temperatures reach record highs across the state. "Many Texans woke up this morning feeling anxious about whether the power would stay on this afternoon. This heat is not an aberration -- climate change means it's becoming our day-to-day reality," sai  more

MELBOURNE, Australia, July 12 (TNSres) -- The Institute of Public Affairs issued the following news release: "David Crisafulli's pledge to adopt the Labor-Greens policy of net zero emissions by 2050 shows he is just another politician selling out the regions to appease the south-east elite," said Daniel Wild, Deputy Executive Director of the Institute of Public Affairs. A recent poll commissioned by the IPA showed 66% of Queenslanders want to pause net zero, more than any other state, as they   more

WASHINGTON, July 12 (TNSpol)(TNScapv) -- Friends of the Earth posted the following joint news release and letter with 13 organizations: Last week, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released a Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (DSEIS) addressing the implications of ConocoPhillips' Willow Project for America's Western Arctic. In response to the DSEIS, a coalition of the country's leading climate, conservation, and Indigenous organizations - including Alaska Soles Broadband - Gre  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, July 12 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: NETL technology initially used for carbon capture applications can play a significant role in removing toxic metals that flow from thousands of abandoned and active mines across the nation to pollute streams, destroy aquatic life and contaminate water supplies. Multi-functional Sorbent Technology (MUST) represents a game-changing, low-cost process to mitigate th  more

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy issued the following news release on July 11, 2022: The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) announced funding for two opportunities totaling $8 million to advance natural gas research coupled to methane mitigation and build new humanities-driven science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (HDSTEM) curricula at eligible U.S. colleges and universities. One opport  more

HOUSTON, Texas, July 12 (TNSjou) -- Rice University issued the following news release: * * * Rice chemists adapt instant process to make more valuable nanomaterials * * * Rice University scientists who "flash" materials to synthesize substances like graphene have turned their attention to boron nitride, highly valued for its thermal and chemical stability. The process by the Rice lab of chemist James Tour exposes a precursor to rapid heating and cooling to produce two-dimensional materials,  more

WASHINGTON, July 12 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following commentary to the Wheeling Intelligencer: * * * In an op-ed for The Wheeling Intelligencer, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, discussed her opposition to President Joe Biden's nominee to lead the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s Office of Air and Radiation, Joe Goffman. "Throughout the Obama administration, Jo  more

WASHINGTON, July 12 -- Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Mississippi, issued the following weekly report: It was only six years ago that Justice Antonin Scalia, the conservative titan on our nation's highest court, passed away unexpectedly. With the 2016 election months away, many feared that Hillary Clinton, if elected, would push the court far to the left. Thankfully, that did not happen. Under President Trump, Senate Republicans confirmed three highly qualified Supreme Court justices - a historic feat th  more

WASHINGTON, July 12 (TNSres) -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: The Sierra Club submitted motions to intervene to the United States' Department of Energy (DOE) protesting export authorizations for three separate fracked gas "LNG" export terminals: Lake Charles LNG, New Fortress LNG, and Plaquemines LNG. The motion to intervene on Plaquemines LNG was signed with the organization Healthy Gulf. The motion to intervene on New Fortress LNG, a proposed offshore "floating LNG" termi  more