TUNIS, Tunisia, Sept. 23 -- The African Development Bank issued the following news release on Sept. 22, 2022: The battle to stop global warming from rising above the catastrophic 1.5 degree Celsius received a boost on Wednesday as the newly launched Global Leadership Council got down to business during the 77th session of the UN General Assembly in New York. The Council is made up of a diverse and growing coalition of global leaders including the President of the African Development Bank Dr Ak  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 (TNSgov) -- Environment America posted the following news release: Sen. Joe Manchin (WV) proposed on Wednesday new legislation aimed at speeding up the permitting and construction of energy projects, including pipelines, mining and transmission lines. Key provisions of the bill: * Instruct federal agencies to regularly identify and propose new "categorical exclusions"- projects or project types that would no longer be subject to environmental and public review under the Na  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources issued the following testimony by Jeremiah O'Brien, vice president of the Morro Bay Commercial Fishermen's Organization, involving a field hearing on Sept. 8, 2022, entitled "Power in the Pacific: Unlocking Offshore Wind Energy for the American West." O'Brien is also a member of the Morro Bay Harbor Advisory Board. * * * My name is Jeremiah O'Brien, and I am the vice president of the Morro Bay Com  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- The House Oversight and Reform Committee issued the following testimony by Mary Varson Cromer, deputy director of Appalachian Citizens' Law Center, involving a hybrid hearing on Sept. 15, 2022, entitled "Fueling the Climate Crisis: Examining Big Oil's Prices, Profits and Pledges": * * * Thank you Chairpersons Maloney and Khanna, Ranking Members Comer and Herrell, and all of the members for this opportunity to testify about the impacts of the recent flooding in Eastern K  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- The House Oversight and Reform Committee issued the following writtem statement by Environmental Progress President Michael D. Shellenberger involving a hybrid hearing on Sept. 15, 2022, entitled "Fueling the Climate Crisis: Examining Big Oil's Prices, Profits and Pledges": * * * I share this committee's concern with climate change and misinformation. It is for that reason that I have, for more than 20 years, conducted energy analysis, worked as a journalist, and advoca  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- The House Oversight and Reform Committee issued the following testimony by Hoopa Valley Tribe member Thomas Joseph involving a hybrid hearing on Sept. 15, 2022, entitled "Fueling the Climate Crisis: Examining Big Oil's Prices, Profits and Pledges": * * * The Indigneous Environmental Network (IEN) is an Indigenous-led 501(c)3 organization working with Tribes and Indigenous communities in the US and globally. Although Indigneous Peoples continue to do remarkable work adap  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- The House Oversight and Reform Committee issued the following testimony by Isabella Weber, an assistant professor of economics at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, involving a hybrid hearing on Sept. 15, 2022, entitled "Fueling the Climate Crisis: Examining Big Oil's Prices, Profits and Pledges." Weber is also a fellow at the Berggruen Institute and an associate in research at Harvard's Fairbank Center. * * * My name is Isabella Weber. I am Assistant Professor o  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- Rep. Scott Peters, D-California, issued the following news release: Rep. Scott Peters (CA-52) issued the following statement in response to a staggering new analysis released by Princeton University's Rapid Energy Policy Evaluation and Analysis Toolkit (REPEAT). The study concluded that if we fail to build clean energy transmission at a faster pace, over 80% of the potential emissions reductions produced by the Inflation Reduction Act will not occur. Additionally, withou  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: During remarks delivered on the Senate floor this week, Senator John Hoeven outlined how the Biden administration's policies are undermining U.S. energy security and causing persistent record-high inflation for American consumers and businesses. The senator called on the administration to empower greater domestic energy production, utilizing all of the nation's abundant energy resources, including coal,  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Sept. 22, 2022: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $5,324,217 from the Economic Development Administration (EDA) Coal Communities Commitment Program for the Mason County Public Service District. The funding was made possible through the American Rescue Plan and will support the construction of a new wastewater treatment plant to serve the Nucor s  more

OAKLAND, California, Sept. 22 (TNSawa) -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: A Tennessee congressman who has been a leader on energy and social justice issues, a Native American environmental activist, and a photographer who has captured the beauty of America's national parks and national monuments are among those receiving awards from the Sierra Club this year. The organization's top honor, the Sierra Club Changemaker of the Year Award, goes to Winona LaDuke, who lives and wor  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 (TNSgov) -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: The Senate voted 69-27 to ratify the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol, finalizing the amendment that was first agreed upon by 150 nations in 2016. The Kigali Amendment aims to phase out the use of dangerous hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), potentially avoiding half a degree Celsius of warming by the end of the century. Hydrofluorocarbons have become the fastest-growing greenhouse gasses in the U.S. and are em  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 (TNStalk) -- The Sierra Club issued the following statement on Sept. 21, 2022: * * * Media outlets reported today that major US banks including JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, and Morgan Stanley are threatening to leave the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ) over concerns that updated criteria around financing of new fossil fuel projects may make the banks vulnerable to legal challenges from fossil fuel-aligned politicians. The Sierra Club's Fossil-Free Fin  more

NEW YORK, Sept. 23 (TNStalk) -- The U.S. Department of State issued the following foreign news center briefing on Sept. 21, 2022, by Jose W. Fernandez, under secretary for economic growth, energy and the environment, on efforts to promote energy security: * * * Summary * Under Secretary Fernandez updates media on U.S. diplomatic and programmatic efforts to strengthen global energy security and accelerate the transition to clean energy * * * MODERATOR: Hello and welcome to the Foreign Press   more

NEW YORK, Sept. 23 -- The United Nations issued the following text of a video message on Sept. 21, 2022, by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to the Bloomberg X Climate Champions Summit: * * * I thank Michael Bloomberg, Special Envoy for Climate Solutions and Ambition, for convening this important meeting. I was recently in Pakistan, where I was horrified at the devastation and suffering caused by the unprecedented floods. Today it is Pakistan, but climate catastrophe is knocking on everyone  more