WASHINGTON, March 4 (TNSgov) -- The Environmental Defense Fund posted the following news release on March 3, 2023: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit today unanimously rejected a challenge to the most recent update of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Cross-State Air Pollution Rule, which protects millions of Americans from dangerous air pollution that blows across state lines from upwind coal-fired power plants. Today's decision means those protections will remain in  more

RESTON, Virginia, March 3 -- Bechtel issued the following news release: A Westinghouse-Bechtel team this week hosted an event for representatives from 55 Czech companies to discuss opportunities to support the expansion of the civil nuclear power program in the Czech Republic. "The Czech Republic has committed to meeting increasing electricity demands while reducing carbon emissions and reliance on coal and other fossil fuels," said Ahmet Tokpinar, general manager of Bechtel's Nuclear Power bu  more

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Bob Casey (D-PA) sent a letter to President Biden urging him to rescind the suspension of market-balancing tariffs on Chinese solar product importers in four southeast Asian countries - Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam - to level the playing field for American manufacturers and workers and give them the opportunity to better compete in the global economy.   more

OTTAWA, Ontario, March 4 (TNSrpt) -- The Business Council of Canada issued the following news release on March 2, 2023: Canada urgently needs a comprehensive capital investment and energy transition strategy if it hopes to meet the federal government's ambitious targets for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reductions, the Business Council of Canada (BCC) says. "Canada can be a world leader in the energy transition," says Goldy Hyder, the group's president and chief executive officer, "but we ne  more

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Sen. Robert Casey Jr., D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) sent a letter to President Biden urging him to rescind the suspension of market-balancing tariffs on Chinese solar product importers in four southeast Asian countries to level the playing field for American manufacturers and workers and give them the opportunity to better compete in the global economy. The Department of Commerce (DOC  more

BOONE, North Carolina, Feb. 27 (TNSgov)(TNSres) -- Appalachian Voices posted the following news release: On Monday, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shared a new study that sounds a clear alarm bell to leaders across the country about the dire need for a renewed focus on safeguarding the health of coal miners across the country. The study, completed by researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago and National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, found that not   more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, March 3 (TNSres) -- Rainforest Action Network posted the following news release on March 2, 2023: Citi's announcement today on sectoral emissions targets is "greenwashed and piecemeal" and does not go far enough in meeting climate community expectations or what scientists warn is desperately needed to address climate change, say US climate groups. Citi published 2030 decarbonisation targets for coal, steel, auto, real estate but the bank still maintains loopholes tha  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 (TNSres) -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * Data shows lower emissions in 2022, reflecting successful efforts to protect public health by reducing pollution and improving air quality. * * * This week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its annual data on 2022 emissions from power plants in the lower 48 states. Though electricity demand increased by 2% for these power plants (and by 3% for all electric gener  more

WASHINGTON, March 4 (TNSgov) -- Earthjustice posted the following news release on March 3, 2023: The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals today upheld the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) cross-state ozone rule, which requires upwind states to reduce pollution from power plants. Environmental groups defended EPA's Revised Cross-State Air Pollution Update Rule after industry challenged it in court in July 2021. While the new rule improves air quality by requiring coal-burning power plants to re  more

PARIS, France, March 3 (TNSres) -- The International Energy Agency issued the following news release: * * * Risk of runaway emissions growth from shift to coal amid global energy crisis fails to materialise as renewables, EVs, heat pumps, efficiency and other factors reined in CO2 rise * * * Global energy-related carbon dioxide emissions rose by under 1% in 2022 - less than initially feared - as the growth of solar, wind, EVs, heat pumps and energy efficiency helped limit the impacts of incr  more

NEW YORK, March 3 -- The Journal of Energy Resources Technology, a peer-reviewed journal from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers that says it emphasizes the extraction and conversion of chemical and thermal to electrical or mechanical forms of energy, published research articles on the following topics in its Vol. 145, No. 6 edition: Research Papers: * Optimal Energy Scheduling of Microgrid With Electric Vehicles Based on Electricity Market Price * Synergy in Syngas Yield From Co-P  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, March 4 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Banking Committee, penned an op-ed in the National Review on his Fair Access to Banking Act. In an effort to advance their environmental, social, and governance (ESG) goals, too many financial institutions are categorically excluding constitutionally-protected industries from accessing services. Senator Cramer's legislation does not requ  more

WASHINGTON, March 4 (TNSgov) -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: The Federal Regulatory Energy Commission (FERC) granted a request for a rehearing and set aside its order approving Southwest Power Pool's (SPP) discriminatory capacity accreditation approach for wind and solar. The decision is in response to a lawsuit filed by a coalition of clean energy advocates. The FERC decision means that SPP cannot apply these rules unless it refiles its capacity accreditation rules for w  more

CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, March 4 (TNSgov) -- The Southern Environmental Law Center issued the following news release: On behalf of conservation and outdoor organizations, the Southern Environmental Law Center last night filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky to defend a rule restoring longstanding federal Clean Water Act protections against pollution and destruction of streams, wetlands, and other critical waterways that help supply drinking water and fisherie  more