WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Sen. John Boozman, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: U.S Senator John Boozman (R-AR) and Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) led their Republican colleagues in reintroducing the Fair Access to Banking Act, a bill to bar financial institutions from refusing or limiting services to businesses and industries based on politically-motivated factors. The purpose of the Fair Access to Banking Act is to protect fair access to financial services and to ensure banks operate in  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: Senator John Hoeven this week helped introduce the Protecting Our Wealth of Energy Resources (POWER) Act, legislation sponsored by Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) to prohibit the president or the secretaries of the Interior, Agriculture or Energy from unilaterally blocking energy or mineral leasing and permitting on federal lands and waters. "Energy security is national security, but one of President Bi  more

NEW DELHI, India, Feb. 10 (TNSres) -- The Centre for Science and Environment issued the following news release: Industries in Delhi-NCR are beginning to move towards using cleaner fuels - finds a new assessment done by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) of two major industrial areas in the region in Alwar district of Rajasthan. The welcome shift follows a Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) order for industries in Delhi-NCR to shift towards cleaner fuels such as PNG, biomass etc.  more

LAKEWOOD, Ohio, Feb. 8 (TNSrep) -- The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis issued the following report on Feb. 6, 2023, entitled "Electrifying Indonesia's Road Transport." The report was written by Putra Adhiguna. Here are excerpts: * * * Table of Contents Key Findings ... 5 Executive Summary ... 6 Background ... 9 * Indonesia's Auto Industry and the Changing Times ... 12 * Context: Curbing Transport Fuel Demand Amid Perpetual Oil Production Decline ... 16 * Evaluatio  more

LAKEWOOD, Ohio, Feb. 9 (TNSrep) -- The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis issued the following analysis on Feb. 8, 2023, entitled "Fossil-linked Energy Firms Have High Emissions and the Room for Denial is Shrinking." The analysis was written by Christina Ng. Here are excerpts: * * * Key Findings * The first set of globally aligned sustainability and climate-reporting standards is expected to be published in June 2023. Chief among the new requirements is emissions reportin  more

LAKEWOOD, Ohio, Feb. 9 (TNSrep) -- The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis issued the following analysis on Feb. 8, 2023, entitled "Would Pakistan's long-Term Power Purchase Agreements Become Roadblocks to its Solar Energy Revolution?" The analysis was written by Haneea Isaad. Here are excerpts: * * * Key Findings * IEEFA's analysis reveals that a long-term, foreign currency-linked solar power purchase agreement (PPA) is unnecessary, limiting the fiscal and planning flexib  more

MELBOURNE, Australia, Feb. 10 -- The Institute of Public Affairs issued the following news release: "The Federal Environment Minister's unprecedented decision to cancel a vital natural resource project highlights, yet again, that fringe activists are now dictating Australia's energy policy," said Dr Kevin You, Research Fellow at the Institute of Public Affairs. The decision by Federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek to reject the Central Queensland Coal Project is the first time that s130  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- Sen. Cynthia M. Lummis, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: Chair of the Senate Western Caucus Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) along with 16 of her colleagues reintroduced the Protecting Our Wealth of Energy Resources (POWER) Act to prohibit the president or his secretaries of the Interior, Agriculture or Energy from blocking energy or mineral leasing and permitting on federal lands and waters without Congressional approval. "Wyoming can power the nation, and the U.S. ca  more

DEFOREST, Wisconsin, Feb. 9 -- President Biden issued the following remarks on Feb. 8, 2023, at an event at the Laborers' International Union of North America Training Center regarding the economy: * * * THE PRESIDENT: Hello, hello, hello! (Applause.) If you have a seat, take one. If you don't, come on up on stage with me. (Laughter.) Well, thank you very much. You know -- (picks up a different handheld microphone) -- got it over here. Hey, folks. How are you? (Applause.) (Looks at audience   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- Rep. Melanie Stansbury, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release on Feb. 9, 2023: During her first hearing serving as the Ranking Member of the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury (N.M.-01) urged her colleagues to focus on creating a sustainable critical mineral supply chain to build clean energy infrastructure and urgently decarbonize the U.S. economy. According to recent findings from the U.  more

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, Feb. 10 (TNSawa) -- The Southern Environmental Law Center issued the following news release on Feb. 9, 2023: The Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) announced the winners of its 2023 Phillip D. Reed Environmental Writing Award today. Through their work, winners Corban Addison and Isabelle Chapman demonstrate the power of writing to capture some of the most important environmental issues facing Southern communities. The Reed Award celebrates writers who achieve b  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) led 36 of his Republican colleagues in reintroducing the Fair Access to Banking Act. Even more industry stakeholders and Senators have supported the bill this Congress compared with last. "There is no place in our society for discrimination, and big banks and financial institutions are no exception. The Biden administration and their liberal base are weaponizing the fin  more

SWANSEA, Wales, Feb. 10 (TNSres) -- Swansea University issued the following news: * * * Steel experts have been taking a virtual look inside a shaft furnace, as part of a new project to test how well hydrogen would work as a reductant for steelmaking. If switching to hydrogen from fossil fuels proves feasible, it would slash the carbon emissions from steelmaking. * * * The team used laboratory simulations to get an accurate picture of how hydrogen and other materials behave in the extreme co  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Alabama, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) joined 36 of his U.S. Senate colleagues to introduce the Fair Access to Banking Act, a bill to protect fair access to financial services by preventing banks and financial institutions from discriminating against law-abiding businesses. The legislation would require banks to base service decisions on impartial, risk-based analysis developed through empirical data and e  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Feb. 9 -- The West Virginia Legislature issued the following news release on Feb. 8, 2023: Today the Senate met to consider meaningful tax relief for West Virginians. The Senate plan would result in an immediate 15 percent personal income tax cut, plus rebates for personal vehicle taxes, small business equipment and inventory taxes, and homestead property taxes for service-disabled veterans. In out years, a 105 percent improvement of sales tax revenue over the previo  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Feb. 9 -- The West Virginia Legislature issued the following news release: Thursday, February 9, 2023 - 30th Day of Session The Senate will convene at 11 a.m. UNFINISHED BUSINESS * SCR 10: US Army Air Corps PVT Albert J Sutphin Memorial Highway THIRD READING * Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 216: Requiring all schools to instruct students on Holocaust, other genocides and financial literacy * Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 472: Creating criminal offense of indecent exposure in fro  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 (TNSrep)(TNScapv) -- The World Bank issued the following policy research working paper (No. 10297) on Feb. 7, 2023, entitled "Scalable Tracking of CO2 Emissions - A Global Analysis With Satellite Data." The policy research working paper was written by Susmita Dasgupta, Somik Lall and David Wheeler. Here are excerpts: * * * Abstract This paper extends recent research on satellite-based carbon dioxide measurement to an easily updated template for tracking changes in carbon   more

MORGANTOWN, West Virginia, Feb. 10 (TNSfund)(TNSjou) -- West Virginia University issued the following news: Self-injury deaths cost the United States more than $1 trillion a year in medical expenses and work and quality of life losses, according to new West Virginia University research. West Virginia has by far the highest estimated annual costs for these deaths at $6,534 per person. These findings are published in BMC Public Health. "Comprising registered suicides and most fatal alcohol, op  more