WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 (TNSrpt) -- The Aspen Institute issued the following news release on Jan. 11, 2023: * * * Six leading experts from academia and industry join as new members. * * * The Aspen Economic Strategy Group (AESG) today released its annual policy volume, Economic Policy in a More Uncertain World, to mark the group's 5th anniversary. The volume is designed to provide policy-relevant evidence about current challenges facing the economy and is a culmination of the AESG's work over th  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 (TNStalk) -- Greenpeace International issued the following statement on Jan. 12, 2023: * * * In reaction to the announcement that Sultan al-Jaber, head of the state oil giant Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), one of the world's largest oil companies, will lead the COP28 climate talks in Dubai later this year, Tracy Carty, Global Climate Politics expert with Greenpeace International, said. "Greenpeace is deeply alarmed at the appointment of an oil company CEO to lead   more

CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, Jan. 13 (TNSres) -- The University of North Carolina's Gillings School of Global Public Health issued the following news: The UNC-Chapel Hill Graduate School's Impact Awards are designed to recognize the significance of graduate student research and their contributions to North Carolina in areas of education and economic, physical, social or cultural well-being. This year, five of the eleven recipients are from the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health. The   more

JERUSALEM, Israel, Jan. 13 -- The government of Israel issued the following news release: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, this evening (Wednesday, 11 January 2023), at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, presented the plan regarding price increases in the economy, including a series of steps to reduce the increases in the prices of electricity, water, fuel and property taxes, and assist the economically disadvantaged in dealing with the cost-of-liv  more

DULUTH, Minnesota, Jan. 13 -- Minnesota Power, a division of Allete, issued the following news release: Minnesota Power and Great River Energy will host a series of open houses in late January and early February where members of the public can learn more about the companies' joint Northland Reliability Project. Minnesota Power, a utility division of ALLETE Inc. (NYSE: ALE), and Great River Energy, a wholesale electric power cooperative, plan to build an approximately 150-mile, double-circuit 3  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 (TNSgov)(TNScapv) -- WildEarth Guardians posted the following news release on Jan. 11, 2023: More than 300 community groups today sent a letter to the Interior Department outlining nine concrete steps it has authority to take to bring public lands and waters management in line with climate science and the president's own climate promises. The letter comes on the heels of a recent lease sale in Alaska's Cook Inlet, the first held by the Interior Department since passage of t  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement issued the following news release on Jan. 12, 2023: The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement today announced more than $3.1 million in fiscal year 2022 funding from President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to create good-paying union jobs and catalyze economic opportunity by reclaiming abandoned mine lands in North Dakota. Millions of Americans nationwide liv  more

MISSOULA, Montana, Jan. 13 (TNSawa) -- The University of Montana issued the following news release: University of Montana graduate Clarise Larson didn't become a journalist by accident, saying she was drawn to the craft long before enrolling in her first class in the School of Journalism. "I've always had a really deep love for writing and a curiosity to learn more about other people and their lives," Larson said. This drive to tell compelling stories came to the fore often during her studies  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- Rep. Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release on Jan. 12, 2023: House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) delivered a speech on the House Floor in support of H.R. 22, Protecting America's Strategic Petroleum Reserve from China Act. Leader Scalise slammed the Biden Administration for putting our national security at risk by selling the United States' Strategic Petroleum Reserves to the Chinese Communist Party. Additionally, Leader Scalise called out   more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, Jan. 13 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, announced the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) awarded North Dakota more than $3.1 million for abandoned coal mine reclamation projects. The funding for this Abandoned Mine Land (  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Jan. 13 (TNSres) -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release on Jan. 12, 2023: Duke Energy Progress customers won't have to foot the entire cost of toxic coal ash cleanup after a settlement agreement between the Sierra Club and utility reduces the company's request for an 18.9% residential bill increase and prevents Duke from making customers pay $50 million for coal ash basin closure costs. Duke originally sought a total of about $100 million for closure cost  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 13 -- The United Nations issued the following remarks on Jan. 12, 2023, by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at the handover ceremony of the chairmanship of the Group of 77 developing countries and China: * * * I commend Ambassador [Munir] Akram's skilful stewardship of this group over the last year, including in the dramatic period of the floods in Pakistan. And I congratulate Cuba as it assumes the Chairmanship for 2023. I look forward to working with you over the coming year  more

COLOGNY, Switzerland, Jan. 13 (TNSrpt) -- The World Economic Forum issued the following news release: The current energy crisis is driving inflation, slowing economic growth and creating social turmoil. We cannot afford to compound this crisis by allowing our responses to derail the energy transition. Yet short-term backward steps, such as increasing production of electricity from coal or broad-based consumption subsidies, risk doing just that. A comprehensive reappraisal of energy systems is   more