WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 (TNSrep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R46615) on Aug. 24, 2022, entitled "Clean Water Act Section 401: Overview and Recent Developments:" * * * (Continued from Part 1 of 3) Policy Issues and the 2020 Final Rule Certification Timeframes Section 401 requires that certifying authorities act on a certification request "within a reasonable period of time (which shall not exceed one year) after receipt of such request."/39 If a certify  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 (TNSrep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R46615) on Aug. 24, 2022, entitled "Clean Water Act Section 401: Overview and Recent Developments:" * * * (Continued from Part 2 of 3) Actions Under the Biden Administration President Biden's actions immediately upon taking office affected the reconsideration of the 2020 Final Rule. On January 20, 2021, President Biden issued an executive order (E.O. 13990) which directed the heads of all agen  more

COAL TOWNSHIP, Pennsylvania, Aug. 26 -- Geisinger Health issued the following news release: Construction at Geisinger Shamokin Area Community Hospital to expand and renovate the emergency room (ER) is entering its final phase of work. In late August, the hospital's public ER entrance will reopen for anyone needing emergency services. Visitors and those seeking other hospital services should continue to use the hospital's main entrance. The ER entrance had been temporarily relocated to the hos  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 (TNSres) -- The Consumer Energy Alliance issued a 2-page fact sheet in May 2022 entitled "Ohio Emissions Analysis." * * * OHIO EMISSIONS ANALYSIS OHIO EMISSIONS ARE DECLINING While the nation's increased energy production has received a great deal of media focus in recent years, little has been written about the significant emission reductions and overall environmental improvement, both in Ohio and across the nation. The World Health Organization identifies outdoor air e  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news on Aug. 25, 2022: The Interagency Working Group (IWG) on Coal and Power Plant Communities and Economic Revitalization today announced the creation of a new Four Corners Rapid Response Team (RRT), bringing together 11 federal agencies and their regional staff to partner with local officials and community leaders in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah as they navigate the region's energy transitions and transformati  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 (TNSgov) -- Earthjustice posted the following news release on Aug. 25, 2022: Environmental, civil rights, and community groups today filed a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in federal court for letting hundreds of toxic coal ash landfills off the hook from complying with important federal health and environmental protections. Earthjustice mined databases buried in EPA archives and found that the agency exempted at least half a billion tons of coal   more

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Aug. 26 (TNSgov) -- Earthjustice posted the following news release on Aug. 25, 2022: Earthjustice filed a federal lawsuit today on behalf of Sierra Club, Friends of the Earth, and Greenpeace USA challenging the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) approval of Peregrine, an exploratory drilling program entering its third year in the Western Arctic in Alaska. The complaint takes the agency to task for its failure to consider the greenhouse gas consequences of burning the oil the d  more

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Aug. 26 (TNSgov) -- Friends of the Earth posted the following news release: Earthjustice filed a federal lawsuit today on behalf of Sierra Club, Friends of the Earth, and Greenpeace USA challenging the Bureau of Land Management's approval of Peregrine, an exploratory drilling program entering its third year in the Western Arctic in Alaska. The complaint takes the agency to task for its failure to consider the greenhouse gas consequences of burning the oil the developer hopes   more

NEW YORK, Aug. 26 (TNStalk) -- Human Rights Watch issued the following commentary: * * * Australia's New Oil and Gas Approvals Show 'Climate Wars' Aren't Over By Sophie McNeill, Australia Researcher The new Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has been working hard to convince the world that Australia will now take climate action seriously, after the nation spent nearly a decade as an international climate pariah under the previous government. On election night in May, Albanese pledge  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Aug. 26 -- The Indiana Senate Republicans issued the following news release: State Sen. Jean Leising (R-Oldenburg) will serve as chair of the Indiana State Fair Advisory Committee and a non-voting member of the Indiana State Fair Commission, and as a member of several other study committees in preparation for the 2023 legislative session. Leising's other assignments include the 21st Century Energy Policy Development Task Force and the Medicaid Advisory Committee. "The I  more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Aug. 26 (TNSres) -- The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis issued the following news release: The transition to a resilient electricity grid with increasing amounts of cheaper, variable renewable energy will require reforms to the scheduling and dispatch of power, some of which can potentially help electricity distribution companies (DISCOMS) save billions of dollars, finds a new report by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA). "I  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release on Aug. 25, 2022: The Department of the Interior today announced it has awarded an initial $560 million from President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to 24 states to begin work to plug, cap and reclaim orphaned oil and gas wells. Millions of Americans across the country live within a mile of an orphaned oil and gas well. Eligible states have indicated that there are over 10,000 high-priority well  more

TAMPA, Florida, Aug. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the following news release: * * * Action follows deadly 2017 incident where molten slag fatally burned 5 workers * * * A federal court has ordered Tampa Electric Co. to implement a safety compliance plan audited by an independent third party, pay a $500,000 penalty and be subject to 36 months of probation after Tampa Electric pleaded guilty to willfully violating an OSHA standard, whi  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Aug. 26 -- Portland General Electric, an electric utility company, issued the following news release: Portland General Electric (PGE) contractors will safely knock down the 656-foot-tall stack and boiler at the Boardman coal plant - Oregon's last coal fired power plant, which ceased operations in 2020. This milestone event, which will feature remarks from Eastern Oregon community representatives and local clean energy leaders, is an opportunity to acknowledge Boardman's role i  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Aug. 26 (TNSres) -- Princeton University issued the following news on Aug. 25, 2022: The Inflation Reduction Act, passed in the Senate and House of Representatives and signed into law by President Biden last week, is the largest bill ever to address climate change, along with its provisions for healthcare and tax programs. According to research from the REPEAT project run by Jesse Jenkins' ZERO lab at Princeton University, climate investments from the IRA are likely to l  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Aug. 26 (TNSgov) -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release on Aug. 25, 2022: The City Council in Kansas City, Missouri voted 11-1, with one absent, to pass Resolution 220596, formally adopting its Climate Protection & Resiliency Plan (CPRP) that establishes a roadmap to drastically cut greenhouse gas emissions while centering public health and climate considerations in City policy and operations. The vote took place after the City's Transportation, Infrastructu  more

PARIS, France, Aug. 26 -- The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development issued the following news release: South Africa needs to step up its reform efforts to avoid its economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic losing steam, according to a new OECD report. Persistent weaknesses in productivity growth and the negative impact of Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine on purchasing power through the rise in food and energy prices continue to weigh on economic activity. The lat  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy issued the following news release on Aug. 25, 2022: Today the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) released a Request for Information (RFI) on the characterization, treatment and cleaning, and management of effluent waters from oil and natural gas development and production, along with legacy wastewaters associated with thermal power generation. Water is critical to a  more