MONTGOMERY, Alabama, Feb. 3 (TNSconf) -- Alabama State University issued the following news: AFL-CIO International Secretary-Treasurer Fred Redmond is the keynote speaker for Alabama State University's International Workers' Day on May 1 at 11 a.m. in the Ralph David Abernathy Auditorium. International Workers' Day, also known as Labor Day, is the day that commemorates the struggles and gains made by workers and the labor movement. The speaker is the highest-ranking Black officer in the House   more

DENVER, Colorado, Feb. 4 (TNSsro) -- The Colorado Public Utilities Commission issued the following weekly meeting agenda: * * * Consent Items TRANSPORTATION 1. PROCEEDING NO. 23A-0041CP-ABAND Eben Ezer Lutheran Care Center Inc. IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF EBEN EZER LUTHERAN CARE CENTER INC. FOR APPROVAL TO ABANDON ITS COMMON CARRIER CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY NO. 55775 . Filing Date and Party: 01/18/2023 Eben Ezer Lutheran Care Center Inc. Description: Applica  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 (TNSgov) -- Earthjustice issued the following news release on Feb. 3, 2023: The Biden administration will consider closing a loophole that exempts over half a billion tons of toxic coal ash in landfills from federal oversight. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published its intent in the Federal Register today as part of a proposed settlement between the agency and public interest groups, represented by Earthjustice, who sued the agency in August of 2022. Accord  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 (TNSgov) -- Environmental Entrepreneurs issued the following news release on Feb. 3, 2023: U.S. businesses announced funding and plans for at least 38 clean energy projects, expansions, and renewed production across 17 states in January, according to a new monthly review from the national nonpartisan business group E2 (Environmental Entrepreneurs). Developments range from new electric vehicle (EV) charging and manufacturing facilities for solar, batteries, and wind to a clean  more

BASEL, Switzerland, Feb. 3 -- Environmental Science and Pollution Research, a peer-reviewed journal from the European Chemical Society that says it serves the international community in environmental science and related subjects with emphasis on chemical compounds, published research articles on the following topics in its Vol. 30, No. 4 edition: * Comparison of environmental impacts related to municipal solid waste and construction and demolition waste management and recycling in a Latin Ameri  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Feb. 4 (TNSsro) -- The Florida Public Service Commission issued the following order establishing procedure (DOCKET NO. 20230001-EI; ORDER NO. PSC-2023-0066-PCO-EI) on Feb. 3, 2023: * * * In re: Fuel and purchased power cost recovery clause with generating performance incentive factor. ORDER ESTABLISHING PROCEDURE I. Case Background As part of the Florida Public Service Commission' s (Commission) continuing fuel and purchased power cost recovery clause and generating p  more

GRAND FORKS, North Dakota, Feb. 4 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release on Feb. 3, 2023: Senator John Hoeven today announced that he has secured a $1.4 million award to the Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC) for a new carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) monitoring project at the Great Plains Synfuels Plant that is key to the commercially-viable implementation of CCUS technology. The monitoring technology advances the expansion of CCUS at th  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Tim Kaine announced that his guest to Tuesday's Presidential State of the Union Address will be Bristol, Virginia resident and At-Large International Vice President of the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) James Gibbs. James is a third-generation coal miner from Dickenson County who has worked as an electrician in underground mines and as a lineman at surface operations. "I'm honored that Jame  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Feb. 4 -- Minnesota Senate Republicans issued the following news: Just before midnight on Thursday, Senate Democrats passed their Clean Energy bill that puts Minnesota on the path to zero emissions by 2040. Senate Republicans raised many concerns during the debate, calling it a Blackout Bill that will put affordable and reliable energy out of reach for too many. "We all want to do our part for clean energy," Sen. Rob Farnsworth (R- Hibbing) said. "This bill has serious ris  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Feb. 3 -- Minnesota State Sen. Jordan Rasmusson issued the following statement on Feb. 2, 2023: * * * We all want to ensure a dependable energy future for Minnesota. However, the Democrats' 100% carbon-free energy proposal would not help advance this mission, and instead, could severely jeopardize our energy outlook. Senate File 4, fittingly known as the 'Minnesota Blackout Bill,' would mandate our state's electricity to be from carbon-free sources. It would establish a c  more

LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 3 -- The Michigan Public Service Commission issued the following news release: The Michigan Public Service Commission today approved Indiana Michigan Power Co.'s (I&M) first integrated resource plan providing a long-term look at how the utility plans to provide reliable, cost-effective service to its approximately 131,000 residential and commercial customers in southwest Michigan (Case No. U-21189). Integrated resource plans are electric utilities' long-range plans for   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) joined The Mike Gallagher Show to discuss the Chinese spy balloon in U.S. airspace, the dangers posed by TikTok, the mishandled classified documents scandal, and more. On the Chinese spy balloon: "This is not complicated technology, but it's ingenious in the sense that they [the Chinese Communist Party] can argue, 'Well, that's just a balloon, and we put it up in the atmosphe  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following opening statement at a hearing on Feb. 2, 2023, on the implementation of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. * * * The Committee will come to order. I want to begin the 118th Congress by welcoming all our members especially including our new member, Senator Hawley. We'll be kicking off this year with a discussion of the Department of Energy's im  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee issued the following statement by Energy Deputy Secretary David M. Turk involving a hearing on Feb. 2, 2023, on the implementation of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. * * * Chairman Manchin, Ranking Member Barrasso, and distinguished Members of the Committee, thank you for this opportunity to provide an update on the Department of Energy's (DOE or Department) efforts to implement the Infrastructure Investment an  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Feb. 3 -- Minnesota Senate Republicans issued the following news on Feb. 2, 2023: Today Senate Republicans put forth their A+ Energy Plan as the foundation for reliable, affordable, and "always on" energy planning for the state. "A reliable, affordable, and always on energy source is one of the most important things we take for granted each day," said Sen. Andrew Mathews (R-Princeton). "Our proposal allows nuclear, renewable gas, and hydroelectric energy to count towards c  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 (TNScapv) -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Mike Braun (R-Ind.), and 48 of theirSenate colleagues, will be introducing a bipartisan joint resolution of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to overturn President Joe Biden's environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) rule, instituted last November, which allows retirement plan fiduciaries to use millions of Americans' retiremen  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 (TNSgov) -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release on Feb. 3, 2023: The Sierra Club and EPA reached a settlement agreement requiring the agency to review-and if necessary, revise-a dangerous loophole in the Coal Combustion Residuals rule that exempts hundreds of coal ash landfills across the country from federal regulations. When EPA issued its first coal ash regulations in 2015, the rule included a loophole that allowed the widespread but undetected contamination  more

TRIANGLE, Virginia, Feb. 4 (TNStalk) -- The United Mine Workers of America issued the following statement on Feb. 3, 2023: * * * Commenting on Black Diamond Coal's guilty plea to willfully violating a mandatory federal health and safety standard, United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) International President Cecil E. Roberts issued the following statement today: "I have said this before and it is outrageous that I am having to say it again: This is yet another example of a company putting prof  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Feb. 4 (TNSgov) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: The University of Wyoming will receive $10.5 million from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for a research and development project advancing the wide-scale deployment of carbon management technologies to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) pollution. Researchers in the UW School of Energy Resources (SER) Center for Economic Geology Research (CEGR) will lead the HERO Basalt CarbonSAFE (Hermiston Oregon C  more