BISMARCK, North Dakota, Dec. 17 -- Gov. Doug Burgum, R-North Dakota, issued the following news: Gov. Doug Burgum and Lt. Gov. Brent Sanford this week marked the completion of their sixth year in office, reflecting on a year of addressing workforce challenges and other priorities, making progress on diversifying the economy and adding value to farm commodities, and supporting key developments in the state's energy industry. "This past year has proven yet again that North Dakotans are resilient   more

LONDON, England, Dec. 17 -- Global Witness, an organization that works to break the links between natural resource exploitation, conflict, poverty, corruption and human rights abuses worldwide, issued the following news release: As a senior figure in the leadership of Brookfield Asset Management, the UN's Special Envoy for Climate Action and Finance, Mark Carney, oversaw the offloading of land deforested by the company that is also linked to human rights abuses, and "slave-labour like" working   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: At a hearing of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee this week, Senator John Hoeven secured a commitment from Department of the Interior (DOI) Deputy Secretary Tommy Beaudreau to expedite review of a new federal mine plan for the Center Mine. The new plan is needed to provide certainty for BNI Coal and Minnkota Power Cooperative's continued operations. Without its approval, BNI and Minnkota   more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Dec. 16 (TNSres) -- The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis issued the following news release: The Adani Godda coal-fired power plant, due to start generation later this week (on 16 December) and fuelled by coal shipped from Adani's Carmichael mine in Australia, will supply very expensive power to Bangladesh that it simply can't afford, finds a new report by the Institute of Energy and Economic Financial Analysis (IEEFA). Author Simon Nicholas says it was kno  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: The United States Senate passed the bipartisan Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (WRDA), crafted by Arizona Senator Mark Kelly, as a part of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023. Through his leadership role on the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, Kelly secured provisions that cut bureaucratic red tape, expedite the completion of a key water restoration project c  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following statement on Dec. 16, 2022: * * * U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, released the following statement on the failed 47-47 vote to include bipartisan, comprehensive energy permitting reform as an amendment to the Fiscal Year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). "Once again, Mitch Mc  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Sen. Mike Braun, R-Indiana, issued the following news release on Dec. 16, 2022: A bill by Senator Mike Braun and Senator Bob Casey passed the U.S. Senate last night. The STREAM Act would authorize states to set aside up to 30 percent of their annual Abandoned Mine Land (AML) Reclamation Program grant into an account for treatment of acid mine drainage. "Indiana is one of the top coal producing states so it's important that abandoned mine lands are reclaimed to their full  more

BOONE, North Carolina, Dec. 17 (TNSgov) -- Appalachian Voices issued the following news release on Dec. 16, 2022: Last night, by unanimous consent, the U.S. Senate passed the Safeguarding Treatment for the Restoration of Ecosystems from Abandoned Mines Act that will ensure that billions of dollars in new money for abandoned coal mine cleanup can be used for ongoing acid mine drainage treatment. The STREAM Act, which was amended to also address mine fires and subsidence issues, now goes back to   more

GENEVA, Switzerland, Dec. 17 -- The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe issued the following news release: Ihor Terekhov, Mayor of Kharkiv, and Architect Norman Foster presented today details about the new Kharkiv reconstruction master plan approach. It will be based on five pilot projects, chosen in coordination with local residents, and will be developed based on 14 guiding principles discussed with the Kharkiv Group of Architects. A comprehensive summary document of this work is be  more