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Tipoffs for Beckley, West Virginia (coal) Newsletter for Friday November 04, 2022 ( 10 items )  

Climate Change Issues Research Articles in October 2022 Edition
BASEL, Switzerland, Nov. 4 -- Climate Change, a peer-reviewed journal, posted research articles on the following topics in its October 2022 edition: Original Papers: * Tailoring climate information and services for adaptation actors with diverse capabilities * Evidence for three distinct climate change audience segments with varying belief-updating tendencies: implications for climate change communication * Women political empowerment and vulnerability to climate change: evidence from 169 c  more

Climatic Change Journal Issues Research Articles in October 2022 Edition
BASEL, Switzerland, Nov. 4 -- Climatic Change, a journal that says it features climatic variability and change, including its descriptions, causes, implications and interactions, posted research articles on the following topics in its October 2022 edition: Original Papers: * Tailoring climate information and services for adaptation actors with diverse capabilities * Evidence for three distinct climate change audience segments with varying belief-updating tendencies: implications for climate   more

Congressional Research Service Issues Insight White Paper on Rail Labor Dispute Could Result in Work Stoppages
WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 (TNSrep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Insight white paper on the rail labor dispute could result in work stoppages (No. IN11966) on Nov. 3, 2022, by transportation policy analyst Ben Goldman: * * * On August 16, 2022, a three-person Emergency Board appointed in July by President Biden issued its recommendations to resolve a labor dispute affecting over 100,000 employees of six major railroads and many smaller ones. The two sides reached a tentat  more

Economic Importance Of UK Minerals Overlooked Say MPA And CBI Minerals Group
LONDON, England, Nov. 4 (TNSrpt) -- The Mineral Products Association issued the following news: The economic importance of UK-sourced essential minerals is the focus of a new strategy document launched by the CBI Minerals Group and the Mineral Products Association (MPA). Minerals and mineral products represent the largest flow of materials in the economy - around 1 million tonnes every day - and they form the foundation for construction, manufacturing and the infrastructure needed for a greene  more

Energy & Fuels Journal Issues Research Articles in Nov. 3, 2022 Edition
WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 -- Energy and Fuels, a peer-reviewed scientific journal from the American Chemical Society that says it publishes research in the intersection of chemistry and chemical engineering and non-nuclear energy and fuels, published research articles on the following topics in its Nov. 3, 2022 edition: REVIEWS: * Graphene/Graphene Derivatives from Coal, Biomass, and Wastes: Synthesis, Energy Applications, and Perspectives * Polymer Electrolytes for Al-Air Batteries: Current State   more

Environmental Integrity Project: New Report - Most Power Plants Violating Federal Rules Mandating Cleanup of Toxic Coal Ash Dumps
WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 (TNSgov)(TNSrpt) -- The Environmental Integrity Project posted the following news release on Nov. 3, 2022: Seven years after EPA imposed the first federal rules requiring the cleanup of coal ash waste dumps, only about half of the power plants that are contaminating groundwater agree that cleanup is necessary, and 96 percent of these power plants are not proposing any groundwater treatment. Only one plant out of 292 is planning a comprehensive cleanup. The failure of the vas  more

Gov. Glenn Youngkin: Technical Textile Manufacturer to Establish Facility in Southwest Virginia
RICHMOND, Virginia, Nov. 4 -- Gov. Glenn Youngkin, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: Governor Glenn Youngkin today announced that Ronald Mark Associates, Inc. (RMA), a leader in custom resin and vinyl fabric formulations and technical services, will invest $13.5 million to establish a manufacturing operation in Tazewell County. The company will occupy the former Komatsu Mining Corp. facility at 1081 Hockman Pike in Bluefield. Virginia successfully competed with North Carolina and S  more

Greenpeace Finds TotalEnergies Emissions Almost 4 Times Higher Than Reported
PARIS, France, Nov. 4 -- Greenpeace International issued the following news release on Nov. 3, 2022: According to new estimate calculations by Greenpeace France, released just days before COP27, TotalEnergies' carbon emissions could be almost four times higher than what the company is reporting. In the report, titled 'TotalEnergies' carbon footprint: accounts are not good', researchers recalculated the greenhouse gas emissions of French oil and gas major TotalEnergies./1 Francois Chartier, oil  more

Hoeven Working To Secure Approval Of BNI Mine Plan
WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release on Nov. 3, 2022: Senator John Hoeven traveled to Washington, D.C. this week to convene a meeting between North Dakota energy producers, including representatives from Minnkota Power Cooperative and BNI Coal, and Department of the Interior (DOI) officials to urge for the approval of a new federal mine plan for the Center Mine. The new plan is needed to provide certainty for BNI and Minnkota's continued oper  more

USDA: Biden-Harris Administration Expands Rural Partners Network To Four More States And Puerto Rico
WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release on Nov. 3, 2022: U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack and Ambassador Susan Rice, White House Domestic Policy Advisor, today announced the expansion of the Rural Partners Network (RPN) to 17 communities in four more states and Puerto Rico. RPN is an all-of-government program that partners with rural people to access resources and funding to create local jobs, build infrastructure, an  more