WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 -- CodePink, a grassroots peace and social justice movement working to end U.S.-funded wars and occupations, to challenge militarism globally, issued the following news release: CODEPINK organizers Olivia DiNucci and Nancy Mancias both disrupted the Debt Restructuring meeting at the IMF/World Bank annual gathering in Washington D.C. on Tuesday, October 11, 2022. The two were ejected from the meeting after they unfurled a banner that read "IMF/World Bank: CANCEL ALL DEBTS."   more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Oct. 15 (TNSres) -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news on Oct. 14, 2022: * * * Jones discusses Bruce Tucker's experience at MCV in 1968 within the context of the long mistreatment of Black people in health care. * * * In writing "The Organ Thieves: The Shocking Story of the First Heart Transplant in the Segregated South," author and journalist Chip Jones had one goal: To tell the story of how Bruce Tucker was "ensnared in a deadly web of medical re  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Oct. 15 -- Rainforest Action Network posted the following news release: AXIS Capital recently became the first insurer in North America to adopt a policy stipulating that it will not underwrite projects without ensuring clients have obtained the right to Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) of impacted Indigenous communities. This sets a best practice globally for insurers' policies on Indigenous rights. AXIS' new policy, which was published in the company's broad  more

NORTON, Virginia, Oct. 15 -- Gov. Glenn Youngkin, R-Virginia, issued the following news release on Oct. 14, 2022: Governor Glenn Youngkin announced on Friday he will propose $10 million in the upcoming budget to create the Virginia Power Innovation Fund for research and development of innovative energy technologies, including nuclear, hydrogen, carbon capture and utilization, and battery storage. The Governor also announced $5 million of this funding will advance the goal laid out in the recent  more

MANDAN, North Dakota, Oct. 15 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release on Oct. 14, 2022: Senator John Hoeven today marked the grand opening of the North Dakota Association of Rural Electric Cooperatives (NDAREC) and Bismarck State College's (BSC) new lineworker training facility in Mandan. The more than 26,000 sq. ft. facility will build on the 50 years of partnership between the college and NDAREC. It includes an indoor training area with 44-foot ceiling clearance  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 -- The House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis issued the following statement by Philip Rossetti, a senior fellow for energy and environment at the R Street Institute, involving a hearing on Sept. 29, 2022, entitled "A Big Climate Deal: Lowering Costs, Creating Jobs, and Reducing Pollution With the Inflation Reduction Act": * * * Thank you for inviting me to testify on the policy effects of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). My name is Philip Rossetti, and I am a senio  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 -- The House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis issued the following testimony by Samantha Sloan, vice president of global policy at First Solar, involving a hearing on Sept. 29, 2022, entitled "A Big Climate Deal: Lowering Costs, Creating Jobs, and Reducing Pollution With the Inflation Reduction Act": * * * Good afternoon Chair Castor, Ranking Member Graves, and distinguished members of the Committee. My name is Samantha Sloan, and I am the Vice President of Global Pol  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 -- The International Monetary Fund issued the following press briefing on Oct. 13, 2022: * * * PARTICIPANTS: ILAN GOLDFAJN, Director of Western Hemisphere Department, International Monetary Fund MARIA CANDIA ROMANO, Communications Officer, International Monetary Fund GUSTAVO ADLER, Deputy Division Chief of Research Department, International Monetary Fund ANNA IVANOVA, Deputy Division Chief in the Regional Studies Division, Western Hemisphere Department, International mo  more

SYDNEY, Australia, Oct. 14 -- The Investor Group on Climate Change issued the following news release on Oct. 13, 2022: Climate Action 100+, the world's largest investor engagement initiative on climate change, has released an interim set of Net Zero Company Benchmark assessments of its focus companies. This is the second round of Benchmark assessments to be published in 2022/1. The timing of this release marks a change of the analysis and reporting cycle for the Net Zero Company Benchmark asse  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Internal Revenue Service issued the following notice (No. 2022-43), which appeared in IRS Internal Revenue Bulletin No. 2022-42 on Oct. 17, 2022: * * * SECTION 1. PURPOSE This notice provides guidance regarding an extension of the replacement period under Sec. 1033(e) of the Internal Revenue Code for livestock sold on account of drought in specified counties. SECTION 2. BACKGROUND .01 Nonrecognition of Gain on Involuntary Conversi  more

FRANKFORT, Kentucky, Oct. 15 (TNSsro) -- The Kentucky Public Service Commission issued the following order (Case No. 2022-00268) on Oct. 14, 2022: * * * In the Matter of: An Electronic Examination of the Application of the Fuel Adjustment Clause of Big Rivers Electric Corporation From November 1, 2021 Through April 30, 2022 COMMISSION STAFF'S SECOND REQUEST FOR INFORMATION TO BIG RIVERS ELECTRIC CORPORATION Big Rivers Electric Corporation (BREC), pursuant to 807 KAR 5:001, is to file with th  more

FRANKFORT, Kentucky, Oct. 15 (TNSsro) -- The Kentucky Public Service Commission issued the following order (Case No. 2022-00267) on Oct. 14, 2022: * * * In the Matter of: An Electronic Examination of the Application of the Fuel Adjustment Clause of Duke Energy Kentucky, Inc. From November 1, 2021 Through April 30, 2022 COMMISSION STAFF'S SECOND REQUEST FOR INFORMATION TO DUKE ENERGY KENTUCKY, INC. Duke Energy Kentucky, Inc. (Duke Kentucky), pursuant to 807 KAR 5:001, is to file with the Comm  more

FRANKFORT, Kentucky, Oct. 15 (TNSsro) -- The Kentucky Public Service Commission issued the following order (Case No. 2022-00264) on Oct. 14, 2022: * * * In the Matter of: An Electronic Examination of the Application of the Fuel Adjustment Clause of East Kentucky Power Cooperative, Inc. From November 1, 2021 Through April 30, 2022 COMMISSION STAFF'S SECOND REQUEST FOR INFORMATION TO EAST KENTUCKY POWER COOPERATIVE, INC. East Kentucky Power Cooperative, Inc. (EKPC), pursuant to 807 KAR 5:001,   more

FRANKFORT, Kentucky, Oct. 15 (TNSsro) -- The Kentucky Public Service Commission issued the following order (Case No. 2022-00263) on Oct. 14, 2022: * * * In the Matter of: An Electronic Examination of the Application of the Fuel Adjustment Clause of Kentucky Power Company From November 1, 2021 Through April 30, 2022 COMMISSION STAFF'S SECOND REQUEST FOR INFORMATION TO KENTUCKY POWER COMPANY Kentucky Power Company (Kentucky Power), pursuant to 807 KAR 5:001, is to file with the Commission an e  more

FRANKFORT, Kentucky, Oct. 15 (TNSsro) -- The Kentucky Public Service Commission issued the following order (Case No. 2022-00266) on Oct. 14, 2022: * * * In the Matter of: An Electronic Examination of the Application of the Fuel Adjustment Clause of Louisville Gas & Electric Company from November 1, 2021 Through April 30, 2022 COMMISSION STAFF'S SECOND REQUEST FOR INFORMATION TO LOUISVILLE GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY Louisville Gas and Electric Company (LG&E), pursuant to 807 KAR 5:001, is to fi  more

BOONE, North Carolina, Oct. 15 (TNSgov) -- Appalachian Voices posted the following news release: On Friday morning, Gov. Glenn Youngkin and a select group of invitees gathered near Norton to announce the governor's "moonshot" plan to site a small modular nuclear reactor on former coal mine land in Southwest Virginia. The announcement comes as a surprise to many key stakeholders in the region, and no local citizen groups were informed about the governor's visit -- nor have any been invited to pa  more

TUNIS, Tunisia, Oct. 15 -- The African Development Bank issued the following news release on Oct. 14, 2022: The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a grant of a grant of $2.5 million to the Mozambican government to develop renewable energy resources. The grant, from the Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA), administered by the Bank, will be used to implement the Mozambique Renewable Energy Integration Program (MREP). "With the support of the Sustainable  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Oct. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: NETL's researchers will showcase the Lab's work to identify and address the nation's greatest energy, environmental and economic challenges during the 2022 Resource Sustainability Project Review Meeting, scheduled for Oct. 25-27 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Among the presentations scheduled is "Predicting Pollutant Generation in the Subsurface to Inform Produced  more