WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 (TNStalk) -- The Center for International Environmental Law issued the following statement on Aug. 7, 2022: * * * Following the Senate's passage of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) Senior Attorney Steven Feit issued the following response. "Solving the climate crisis requires eliminating fossil fuels, and the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 simply does not do this. The investments in renewable energy, electrification, an  more

BRISTOL, England, Aug. 9 -- Environmental Research Communications, a peer reviewed journal that focuses on Earth's system, including atmosphere, biosphere, lithosphere and hydrosphere, posted research articles on the following topics in its July 2022 edition: Papers: * Important role of turbulent wind gust and its coherent structure in the rapid removal of urban air pollution * Statistical modeling of monthly maximum temperature in Senegal * A robust statistical analysis of the role of hydr  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 (TNStalk) -- Greenpeace issued the following statement on Aug. 7, 2022, by Co-Executive Director Ebony Twilley Martin: * * * In response to the Senate passage of the Inflation Reduction Act and the proposed permitting bill, Greenpeace USA Co-Executive Director Ebony Twilley Martin said: "The Inflation Reduction Act includes much needed investment in renewable energy, and a down payment on the union jobs we need to propel a green economy. But it is also a slap in the face to  more

LEIPZIG, Germany, Aug. 9 (TNSres) -- The Max Planck Institute for Chemistry posted the following joint news release with Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research: During the first lockdown of the coronavirus pandemic, soot concentrations in the atmosphere over Western and Southern Europe almost halved. This is apparent from the comparison of two measurement campaigns carried out by the German research aircraft HALO in 2017 and 2020. A new study suggests that around 40 percent of the reductio  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news: Senate Democrats voted for higher inflation, higher taxes, and to keep more American energy locked in the ground as part of their reckless tax and spending spree. U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), issued the following statement: "The Democrats' war on American energy co  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Aug. 7, 2022: The U.S. Senate passed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, a legislative package to fight inflation, lower prescription costs for seniors, invest in domestic energy production and manufacturing, and reduce carbon emissions by roughly 40 percent by 2030. The bill also takes historic steps to force Wall Street and corporations to pay their fair share - it makes a historic reduction to the deficit  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following statement on Aug. 7, 2022: * * * U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) released the below statement today after voting against a reckless tax-and-spending spree package, which Democrats passed on a party-line vote by circumventing regular order. "Senate Democrats just voted to raise taxes on working families, kill West Virginia's coal industry, and empower the IRS to spend more time snooping around Ma  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- Sen. Robert Casey Jr., D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) is announcing that Senate Democrats passed the historic Inflation Reduction Act to lower health care and prescription drug costs for families and older adults, ensure American manufacturing is at the forefront of clean energy industry, reduce energy costs while tackling the climate crisis, and slash the deficit by making big corporations pay their fair share. Senator Cas  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, issued the following news release on Aug. 6, 2022: Today on the floor, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) discussed Senate Democrats' reckless tax-and-spending bill that will be voted on later this weekend. Excerpts of Sen. Cornyn's remarks are below. "It sprung to life unbeknownst, I believe, to virtually all the Democratic senators except for Senator Manchin and Senator Schumer." "Privately his Democratic colleagues assured me this was not happe  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Tim Kaine delivered a speech on the U.S. Senate floor to discuss black lung benefits in the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. The legislation would permanently extend the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund excise tax at a higher rate, providing certainty for miners, miner retirees, and their families who rely on the fund to access benefits. In Virginia, thousands of miners and their families have rece  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on Aug. 7, 2022: Senator James Lankford (R-OK) today offered an amendment to the Democrats' so-called "Inflation Reduction Act" of 2022 to exempt traditional energy cost recovery allowances, including percentage depletion, intangible drilling costs, geological and geophysical expenditures, natural gas gathering lines, and others from the book minimum tax. Lankford continues to push for measures to ensure tr  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) released the following statement on the U.S. Senate passing the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. The historic legislation will address record inflation by paying down our national debt, lowering healthcare costs, and increasing American energy production to provide relief at the pump and bolster energy security  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Aug. 7, 2022: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) released the following statement on the U.S. Senate passing the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. The historic legislation will address record inflation by paying down our national debt, lowering healthcare costs, and increasing American energy production to provide relief at the pump and bolster energy security. The legislation will now move to the U.S. Hou  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- Sen. Richard C. Shelby, R-Alabama, issued the following statement on Aug. 7, 2022: * * * U.S. Senator Richard Shelby (R-Ala.), Vice Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today introduced an amendment (#5418) to H.R.5376, the Democrats' reconciliation bill, that would require the Secretary of Interior to complete pending metallurgical and thermal coal lease applications in an effort to unleash domestic energy sources and lower infrastructure costs in light of th  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Mississippi, issued the following weekly report on Aug. 7, 2022: President Biden's new tax-and-spend legislation is totally disconnected from the needs of our country. After causing massive inflation with last year's $1.9 trillion stimulus bill, President Biden and his party are now pushing a massive tax hike on job creators and working Americans, all but guaranteeing that we will sink further into a recession. For months, Democrat Senator Joe Manchin  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 (TNSres)-- The U.S. State Department issued the following fact sheet on Aug. 8, 2022: * * * The United States and the Republic of South Africa The United States and South Africa enjoy a strategic partnership with a strong network of people-to-people relationships with businesses, non-governmental organizations, universities, cultural institutions, and individual citizens. As a global voice, strong and vibrant democracy, and a country built on its commitment to human rights  more