WASHINGTON, July 16 -- The Environmental Working Group issued the following news release and letter: The explosion of U.S. cryptocurrency mining operations and the electricity needed to power the computer-based financial transactions are hiking energy bills and greenhouse gases, according to a congressional investigation released today. The seven largest crypto mining companies in the U.S. consume enough electricity to power every residence in Houston, the nation's fourth largest city, with a   more

WASHINGTON, July 16 (TNStalk) -- The Food and Water Watch issued the following statement on July 15, 2022: * * * News broke last night that Senator Joe Manchin has effectively terminated the possibility of Congress passing a budget reconciliation bill that includes any action on climate and clean energy. In response, Food & Water Watch Executive Director Wenonah Hauter issued the following statement: "With coal baron Joe Manchin's despicable but unsurprising decision to prevent even meager   more

BRUSSELS, Belgium, July 16 (TNSres) -- Oil Change International issued the following news release on July 15, 2022: Today the Belgian export credit agency (ECA), Credendo, published a new policy to shift public finance out of fossil fuels and into clean energy. The policy is meant to implement a commitment that Belgium made alongside 33 other countries and 5 institutions at the United Nations climate conference in Glasgow last year. The group promised to end international public finance for fos  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, July 16 (TNSpol) -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release on July 15, 2022: Yesterday, the Georgia Supreme Court denied Sierra Club's petition to review a 2019 Public Service Commission (PSC) decision that gave Georgia Power almost unlimited power to collect fees from customers for coal ash clean up, despite the utility's prior knowledge that coal ash contaminates groundwater. This decision follows a multi-year legal battle in which Sierra Club appealed the origina  more

WASHINGTON, July 16 (TNStalk) -- The Sierra Club issued the following statement on July 15, 2022: * * * Late last night, it was reported that Senator Joe Manchin is abandoning the effort to make critical investments in climate action, clean energy, and environmental justice. At a time when families are facing rising energy costs and pain at the pump, a budget reconciliation package would put money back in the pockets of the workers who are most impacted by economic inequity and the costs of cl  more

WASHINGTON, July 16 (TNStalk) -- The Sunrise Movement issued the following statement on July 15, 2022: * * * In response to the news that Senator Manchin will not support any new climate spending, Sunrise Movement Executive Director Varshini Prakash, released the following statement. "This is nothing short of a death sentence. Our democracy is broken when one man who profits from the fossil fuel industry can defy the 81 million Americans who voted for Democrats to stop the climate crisis. It'  more