WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 (TNSgov) -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release and letter, on Dec. 5, 2022: As West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin continues to promote his fossil fuel permitting scheme, more than 750 climate, environmental justice, public health, youth and progressive organizations sent a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Congressional leadership today opposing what they call a "cruel and direct attack on environmental justice communities." Despite the failur  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 (TNSgov) -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release on Dec. 5, 2022: Last Friday, clean energy advocates filed a lawsuit in the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals against the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for its approval of the Southwest Power Pool's (SPP) discriminatory capacity accreditation rules for wind and solar. Clean energy advocates allege SPP's capacity accreditation rules create an uneven playing field because the grid operator ignores the freq  more

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, California, Dec. 6 -- Economic Inquiry, a peer-reviewed journal from the Western Economic Association International that says it features economics, published research articles on the following topics in its January 2023 edition: ORIGINAL ARTICLES: * Compensating communities for industrial disamenities: The case of shale gas development * Coal demand, market forces, and U.S. coal mine closures * Electricity consumption changes following solar adoption: Testing for a solar r  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 (TNSgov) -- The Food and Water Watch posted the following news release and letter: As West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin continues to promote his fossil fuel permitting scheme, more than 750 climate, environmental justice, public health, youth, and progressive organizations sent a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Congressional leadership today opposing what they call a "cruel and direct attack on environmental justice communities." Despite the failure by Senate leaders to pas  more

WALTHAM, Massachusetts, Dec. 6 -- National Grid, an electricity and natural gas delivery company, issued the following news release: Piclo, the leading global marketplace provider for flexibility services, has started working with National Grid on a project to deliver an independent marketplace that widens and streamlines participation for all types of distributed energy resources (DERs) capable of providing flexibility services, otherwise known as non-wires alternatives (NWAs). The initial ph  more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Dec. 6 -- Public Service of New Mexico issued the following news release on Dec. 5, 2022: The rate case we filed today/December 5 reflects PNM's commitment to delivering Reliable, Clean, Affordable Energy.--- powering New Mexico's future while minimizing the impact on our customer's bill. This is the first base rate increase PNM has requested in six years. While prices for most goods and services have risen dramatically over the last few years, PNM has chosen to hold o  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- The Senate Indian Affairs Committee issued the following testimony by Pueblo of Laguna Gov. Martin Kowemy Jr., involving a hearing on Nov. 16, 2022, on water rights claims legislation: * * * My name is Martin Kowemy, Jr. and I am the Governor of the Pueblo of Laguna. The traditional name of the Laguna people is Kawaika, meaning lake people. I'm here today to discuss S. 4898, the Pueblos of Acoma and Laguna Water Rights Settlement Act of 2022. I'm going to tell you about  more