BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 4 (TNSgov) -- Ceres, a non-profit organization that is mobilizing many of the world's largest companies and investors to take stronger action on climate change, water scarcity and other global sustainability challenges, issued the following news release on Oct. 3, 2022: As Gov. Glenn Youngkin presents the 2022 Virginia Energy Plan today, the corporate sustainability organization Ceres is urging his administration to heed the call of major companies with operations in  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 (TNSrep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Legal Sidebar white paper on the recent appellate decisions of interest to lawmakers, Sept. 26-Oct. 2, 2022 (No. LSB10834) on Oct. 3, 2022, by deputy assistant director Michael John Garcia and legislative attorney Kristen Hite: * * * The federal courts issue hundreds of decisions every week in cases involving diverse legal disputes. This Sidebar series selects decisions from the past week that may be of part  more

EUGENE, Oregon, Oct. 4 (TNSgov) -- The Western Environmental Law Center posted the following news release on Oct. 3, 2022: Late Friday, Billings Federal District Court Judge Susan Watters ruled that a massive expansion of the Rosebud coal strip-mine was approved illegally. The expansion was approved in June 2019 by the federal Office of Surface Mining (OSM), and allowed Western Rosebud Mining, LLC (WRM) to strip-mine a new area, known as Area F. The court ruled that OSM failed to consider the   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 -- The Federal Maritime Commission issued the following initial decision approving settlement agreement (Docket No. 21-10) on Oct. 3, 2022: * * * ORANGE AVENUE EXPRESS, INC., Complainant v. HAPAG LLOYD AG, Respondent. ORDER OF: Erin M. WIRTH, Chief Administrative Law Judge. INITIAL DECISION APPROVING SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT/1 On September 15, 2022, Complainant Orange Avenue Express, Inc. and Respondent Hapag Lloyd AG ("Hapag Lloyd") filed a joint motion for approval of confi  more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Oct. 4 -- Gov. JB Pritzker, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Douglas Matzner will serve as a Member on the Illinois State Medical Board./* Matzner has served his community for over 40 years, emphasizing a holistic approach to wellness in his chiropractic practice. He is currently a member of the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners, and he previously served on the Illinois Medical Licensing Board. He received his Bachelor of Science from Eastern Illinois  more

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, Oct. 4 (TNSgov) -- The Southern Environmental Law Center posted the following news release on Oct. 3, 2022: Governor Glenn Youngkin unveiled his 2022 Energy Plan, calling for - among other things - the repeal of Virginia's Clean Cars Standards, expedited approval of gas pipelines, and requiring the Virginia Clean Economy Act to be reevaluated and reauthorized in 2023, and every five years thereafter. "The misguided call to repeal Clean Cars standards would scrap the   more

PARIS, France, Oct. 4 (TNSrpt) -- The International Energy Agency issued the following news release: * * * European demand for LNG sets off global competition for supplies, even as demand tumbles in Europe and Asian growth stalls, according to latest IEA market report * * * Russia's continued curtailment of natural gas flows to Europe has pushed international prices to painful new highs, disrupted trade flows and led to acute fuel shortages in some emerging and developing economies, with the  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Oct. 4 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Oct. 3, 2022: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) joined Economic Development Administration (EDA) Assistant Secretary Alejandra Castillo to announce $62.8 million from the U.S. Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration to the Appalachian Climate Technology (ACT Now) Coalition, led by the Coalfield Development Corporation. This investment will support job and economic growth  more

LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 4 (TNSrpt) -- The Natural Resources Defense Council issued the following news release: A new report outlines the most feasible and ambitious set of policies that would help Michigan reduce greenhouse gases and health-harming pollution while putting the state on a strong path for meeting its climate goals. The "2030 Report: How Michigan Should Meet Its Climate Change Goals" builds on the state's climate roadmap--the "MI Healthy Climate Plan" --which charts the course for   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 (TNSrept) -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: The Sierra Club released the second version of their Dirty Truth Report. A year and a half ago, the organization analyzed the plans of 77 utilities owned by the 50 companies most invested in fossil fuel generation and found that while the majority of the utilities had stated goals of significant carbon reduction over the next few decades, there was a colossal gap between their ongoing practices and the steps they  more