WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- Sen. Robert Casey Jr., D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) announced the implementation of an Inflation Reduction Act provision to provide tax credits to manufacturers in coal communities. The tax credits can be used to build, expand, or retrofit clean manufacturing facilities, recycling, industrial decarbonization, and more. Senator Casey fought for provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act to incentivize clean energy projects  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 (TNStalk) -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on Feb. 13, 2023: * * *1 Experts React: Can IPEF Be a Watershed Moment for U.S.-India? By Jayant Krishna, Mukesh H. Butani, Kartikeya Singh, and Alok Gupta The Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF) was launched by President Biden in May 2022 and has the qualities to significantly strengthen U.S.-India economic partnership. IPEF holds the rare distinction of bein  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news on Feb. 13, 2023: The U.S. Departments of Energy (DOE) and the Treasury, and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) today announced several major programs to accelerate domestic clean energy manufacturing and ensure traditionally underserved communities benefit from clean energy technologies. As part of this whole of government approach, DOE is partnering with Treasury and IRS to implement two programs funded by the Pres  more

BRUSSELS, Belgium, Feb. 14 (TNStalk) -- 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 statement on Feb. 13, 2023: * * * A new EU definition of green hydrogen would lead to more fossil fuels being burned to produce it, and be "a gold standard for greenwashing", according to Global Witness. The European Commission's draft rules for what constitutes green h  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Feb. 14 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, posted the following news: Kindle Energy announced it is building a $750 million, 700-megawatt electric generation plant in Iberville Parish that will produce enough electricity to power more than 500,000 homes per year. The facility, named the Magnolia Power Generating Station, will provide electricity directly to five rural utility cooperatives across Louisiana starting in 2025. The company expects to create 25 new direct  more

MISSOULA, Montana, Feb. 14 (TNSgov) -- Earthjustice posted the following news release: A federal judge in Montana District Court has halted the mining of federal coal at Signal Peak Energy's Bull Mountains Underground Coal Mine near Roundup, pending a thorough analysis of the mine's impacts on ranchers, vital water sources, and the surrounding environment. The decision will require the Office of Surface Mining (OSM) to prepare an environmental impact statement to determine whether to allow a pr  more

EUGENE, Oregon, Feb. 14 (TNSgov) -- The Western Environmental Law Center posted the following news release on Feb. 13, 2023: A federal judge in Montana District Court has halted the mining of federal coal at Signal Peak Energy's Bull Mountains Underground Coal Mine near Roundup, pending a thorough analysis of the mine's impacts on ranchers, vital water sources, and the surrounding environment. The decision will require the Office of Surface Mining (OSM) to prepare an environmental impact statem  more

PLAQUEMINE, Louisiana, Feb. 14 -- Louisiana Economic Development issued the following news release: Kindle Energy announced it is building a $750 million, 700-megawatt electric generation plant in Iberville Parish that will produce enough electricity to power more than 500,000 homes per year. The facility, named the Magnolia Power Generating Station, will provide electricity directly to five rural utility cooperatives across Louisiana starting in 2025. The company expects to create 25 new dire  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, released the following statement on information released today by the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) on provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) to incentivize investment in coal communities. Today's announcement includes  more

MOREHEAD, Kentucky, Feb. 14 (TNSper) -- Morehead State University issued the following news: Michael Bowen is the new director of Morehead State's Golding-Yang Art Gallery. Bowen has been an adjunct sculpture instructor at Morehead State, given sculpture workshops and demonstrations, and has participated in faculty art exhibitions. He has also worked at Shawnee State University, Marshall University, and the University of South Carolina. Bowen earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) from Marshall  more

LONDON, England, Feb. 13 (TNSres) -- Queen Mary University of London issued the following news and letter on Feb. 11, 2023: * * * More than 110 UK academics have signed an open letter calling on energy secretary Grant Shapps to exit the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT), a little-known legal pact that could hamper climate ambition. * * * Currently, the ECT allows companies to sue Governments directly for policies that could affect their profits, and the number of cases being brought under the trea  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following statement on Feb. 13, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, released the following statement on information released today by the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) on provisions in the Inflation Reduction Ac  more

WILLIAMSON, West Virginia, Feb. 14 (TNSper) -- Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College issued the following news: Southern WV Community & Technical College has promoted a long-time employee to the position of Chief Academic Officer/Accreditation Liaison Officer. Bill Alderman is a lifelong resident of West Virginia, Southern Alumni, and a twenty-three-year employee at Southern. He has served in several positions at Southern, beginning his career as a Program Manager in Workforc  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury issued the following news release on Feb. 13, 2023: Today the U.S. Treasury Department, the U.S. Department of Energy, and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released information on key provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act to incentivize investment in underserved communities and hard-hit coal communities. "Thanks to President Biden's leadership, the Inflation Reduction Act ensures all Americans benefit from the growth of the clean  more

BONN, Germany, Feb. 14 -- The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change issued the following news release on Feb. 13, 2023: The fashion industry needs to move "further and faster" to drive down emissions and prove the sector is serious about shifting from cosmetic to systemic change, said UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell. Speaking at a two-day meeting of the Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action in Bonn, Germany, last week, Stiell said some progress has been  more