NORTON, Virginia, Jan. 20 -- Appalachian Voices issued the following news release on Jan. 19, 2023: Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards, Appalachian Voices and the Sierra Club announced a settlement with A&G Coal Corporation, owned by the family of West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice, to help ensure the reclamation of three large surface coal mines in Wise County, Virginia. The community groups are represented by attorneys with Sierra Club, Appalachian Mountain Advocates and the Morris Law Office  more

AUBURN, Alabama, Jan. 20 (TNSfund) -- Auburn University issued the following news: Auburn University researchers are leading a $2 million Department of Energy grant that aims to produce hydrogen from blended feedstock, such as legacy waste coal, forest residues and municipal solid waste. "The benefits of converting waste coal, biomass and food waste are twofold," said Sushil Adhikari, professor of biosystems engineering and principal investigator for the proposal. "First, it will help us to re  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 (TNSres) -- The Environmental Working Group posted the following news release on Jan. 19, 2023: Electricity generation in the U.S. will cross a critical threshold some time this year or next, according to new government projections: One-fourth of the supply will start coming from solar, wind and other renewable sources. In its latest Short-Term Energy Outlook, the Energy Information Agency, or EIA, expects power generation from renewables - mostly solar and wind - will redu  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 20 (TNSres) -- Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory issued the following news: * * * The clean energy transition depends heavily on lithium, but mining this element is not "clean." We must not fall into the same traps from which we are trying to free ourselves. * * * The race toward net-zero emissions depends heavily on lithium -- to power electric vehicles, to store wind and solar power. This element of the periodic table is one of the main protagonists of   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Insight white paper on Russia's war against Ukraine - European Union responses and U.S.-EU relations (No. IN11897) on Jan. 17, 2023, by European affairs specialist Kristin Archick: * * * Russia's War Against Ukraine: European Union Responses and U.S.-EU Relations The 27-member European Union (EU) has implemented a wide range of policy responses to Russia's war against Ukraine, launched in 2022. EU actions and coor  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Office of Workers' Compensation Programs issued the following news release on Jan. 18, 2023: The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a notice of proposed rulemaking by its Office of Workers' Compensation Programs to revise regulations governing the standards related to self-insurance by coal mine operators. The proposed rule would update the standards coal operators must meet to self-insure, modernize and streamline the application proce  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Jan. 19, 2023: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it is seeking public comment on its proposal to address environmental justice, climate change, and PFAS contamination in its National Enforcement and Compliance Initiatives (NECIs). Every four years, EPA selects national initiatives to focus resources on serious and widespread environmental problems where federal enforcement can   more

WESTERVILLE, Ohio, Jan. 20 (TNSgov) -- The National Ground Water Association posted the following news release: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is soliciting public comment and recommendations on the National Enforcement and Compliance Initiatives (NECIs) for fiscal years 2024-2027. The EPA focuses enforcement and compliance resources on the most serious and widespread environmental problems by developing and implementing national program initiatives. The initiatives are a mix of thos  more

STRASBOURG, France, Jan. 19 -- The European Commission issued the following remarks on Jan. 18, 2023, by President Ursula von der Leyen at the European Parliament plenary on the conclusions of a European Council meeting: * * * First of all, let me wish a very happy birthday to you, President Metsola. I am sure I am speaking for all Members of this House when I say how much I admire the strength and the resolve you bring to your position as President of the European Parliament. Because this kin  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 (TNSgov) -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release on Jan. 19, 2023: Environmental and community groups sued the U.S. Department of Transportation today over its approval of the Sea Port Oil Terminal (SPOT), a proposed massive Gulf Coast deepwater oil export facility off the coast of Brazoria County, Texas. SPOT would be the largest offshore export terminal in the United States, with the capacity to export 2 million barrels of crude oil per day -- a 50% increase   more

FOREST KNOLLS, California, Jan. 20 (TNSgov) -- The Turtle Island Restoration Network posted the following news release on Jan. 19, 2023: Environmental and community groups sued the U.S. Department of Transportation today over its approval of the Sea Port Oil Terminal, also known as SPOT, a proposed massive Gulf Coast deepwater oil-export facility off the coast of Brazoria County, Texas. SPOT would be the largest offshore export terminal in the United States, with the capacity to export 2 milli  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 (TNSgov) -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release on Jan. 19, 2023: Environmental and community groups sued the U.S. Department of Transportation today over its approval of the Sea Port Oil Terminal, also known as SPOT, a proposed massive Gulf Coast deepwater oil-export facility off the coast of Brazoria County, Texas. SPOT would be the largest offshore export terminal in the United States, with the capacity to export 2 million barrels of cru  more

WEST POINT, New York, Jan. 20 -- The U.S. Military Academy issued the following news: By Retired Col. Diane Ryan, Ph.D. Former Behavorial Sciences and Leadership Academy Professor Frances Hesselbein, transformational leader, Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient and former Class of 1951 Chair for the Study of Leadership in the Department of Behavioral Sciences and Leadership (BS&L) at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, passed away peacefully on Dec. 11, 2022, at her home in Easton, Pen  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement issued the following news release on Jan. 19, 2023: The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement today announced more than $5.8 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 Missouri. Millions of Americans nationwide live le  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Jan. 20 (TNStalk) -- Portland General Electric, an electric utility company, issued the following news release letter on Jan. 19, 2023: * * * Dear Oregon, In January, we reflect on the successes and challenges of the past year and look to opportunities in the year to come. As we enter 2023, Portland General Electric's commitment to a clean energy future and our dedication to customers and the community remains steadfast. Our journey to decarbonization - an 80% reduction in   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 (TNSrpt) -- The Progressive Policy Institute issued the following news release: A new issue brief authored by the Progressive Policy Institute's Paul Bledsoe argues the United States can help become a clean energy superpower by leveraging both green innovations and exports of low-emitting U.S.-made natural gas. The issue brief is the first of a series authored by Mr. Bledsoe on the role of U.S. natural gas in the ongoing domestic and global clean energy transition, and is   more

DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan. 19 -- The United Nations issued the following remarks on Jan. 18, 2023, by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at the World Economic Forum: * * * Thank you very much for your welcome and thank you, dear President [Klaus] Schwab, for your kind words. It is very good to be back in Davos, and once again in person. Your theme perfectly sets out the dilemma of today's world: We need cooperation, yet we face fragmentation. I am not here to sugar-coat the scale of that chall  more

COLOGNY, Switzerland, Jan. 20 -- The World Economic Forum issued the following news release on Jan. 18, 2023: In a special address at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2023, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz reaffirmed Germany's goal of attaining climate neutrality, or net-zero greenhouse gas emissions, by 2045. While the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 initially appeared to throw a spanner into German and European ambitions for the transition to renewables, Scholz sees Russia's  more

COLOGNY, Switzerland, Jan. 20 -- The World Economic Forum issued the following news release on Jan. 18, 2023: The Greenland icesheet is warming four times faster than the planet as a whole, triggering a domino effect of interconnected disasters that threaten the viability of Earth's life-support systems on which human civilization depends, participants were told at a session on the Earth's New Normal at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting. Ground-breaking scientific research reveals four c  more