WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, today announced that the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has acquired a site in Mace, W.Va., and will soon develop the new National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Underground Mine Safety and Health Resear  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, March 9 -- Bechtel issued the following news release: Bechtel was selected by First Student, the largest provider of student transportation services in North America, to support its industry-leading electrification efforts. Bechtel will immediately start designing and building charging stations for one of First Student's electrification projects in the U.S. The two companies intend to partner on more electric vehicle deployments in the future, with Bechtel providing e  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown joined U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Joe Manchin (D-WV), Bob Casey (D-PA), John Hickenlooper (D-CO), and John Fetterman (D-PA), to urge the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to evaluate the adequacy of black lung benefits to meet the income and health care needs of disabled miners and their families. In a letter to Comptroller General of the United State  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued the following statement on March 8, 2023, by Commissioner Christy Goldsmith Romero at the Market Risk Advisory Committee meeting: * * * I want to recognize Commissioner Kristin Johnson for her leadership of MRAC and also recognize the staff for their work in bringing us together today. The MRAC was created as the Commission was implementing the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, which fundamentally r  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 (TNStalk) -- Clean Water Action issued the following statement on March 8, 2023: * * * Today the U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a proposed regulation to strengthen water pollution standards for coal-fired power plants. This proposal will require significant reduction of mercury, arsenic, bromide and other pollutants and EPA estimates these new standards will eliminate just over half a billion pounds of water pollution every year. Bromide is especially harm  more

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, March 9 (TNSgov) -- The Southern Environmental Law Center issued the following news release on March 8, 2023: Families who depend on clean water will be safer thanks to new limits on water pollution from coal-fired power plants proposed by EPA today, according to the Southern Environmental Law Center. The proposed limits would replace weaker standards set by the Trump administration that in many cases have yet to go into effect. "EPA is doing the right thing for fami  more

LONDON, England, March 9 -- Shoosmiths, a law firm, issued the following news release: 2022 proved to be a turbulent year for the UK real estate industry. It ushered in a period of high inflation and interest rates - making funding and building developments challenging. The long-term impact of the Covid-19 pandemic also posed further operational and financial difficulties for the residential and commercial property sectors. The year saw major legal developments, with the Covid-19 commercial r  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 (TNSgov) -- The Environmental Integrity Project issued the following news release on March 8, 2023: The Environmental Integrity Project praised the Biden Administration EPA for proposing strong new limits on water pollution from coal-fired power plants that would eliminate more than 500 million pounds of contaminants per year. "The coal industry has benefited from lax pollution controls for decades, and we are pleased that the EPA is finally requiring the industry to stop d  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 (TNSgov) -- Earthjustice posted the following news release on March 8, 2023: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed new, more stringent wastewater treatment standards for coal-fired power plants that will require substantial reductions in the amount of toxic wastewater containing arsenic, mercury, and other pollutants that they are allowed to dump into U.S. waterways. The effluent limitation guidelines (ELGs), which apply to every U.S. power plant that burns coal  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on March 8, 2023: * * * Proposal would reduce pollutants discharged through wastewater from coal-fired power plants by more than 580 million pounds per year * * * Today the Biden-Harris Administration announced it is proposing to strengthen wastewater discharge standards that apply to coal-fired power plants. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposal follows the latest science and appli  more

LAKEWOOD, Ohio, March 9 (TNSrep) -- The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis issued the following report entitled "Fossil Fuels Fail Reliability Test." The report was written by Dennis Wamsted. Here are excerpts: * * * Contents Key Findings ... 3 Executive Summary ... 4 The Cold Moves Into MISO ... 7 ERCOT Encounters More Coal, Gas Plant Outages ... 10 'Unacceptable' Fossil Fuel Outages at PJM ... 13 Trouble at TVA ... 15 Duke Forced Into Rolling Blackouts ... 18 Nat  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will construct a mine safety research facility and laboratory in Mace, West Virginia. Senator Manchin secured the funding for the design and construction of the new site as part of the Fiscal Year   more

WASHINGTON, March 9 (TNScapv)(TNSfgov) -- The Institute for Policy Studies posted the following news release and letter on March 7, 2023: More than 220 organizations, with strong representation from groups involved in the defense of water, life and territories, including networks, organizations and unions from Colombia, Latin America and around the world, launched a petition urging the Colombian government to withdraw from treaties that enable transnational corporations to sue the country in tr  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- The Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate and Nuclear Safety issued the following statement by Courtney Dentlinger, vice president of customer service and external affairs and chief customer officer for Nebraska Public Power District, involving a hearing on March 7, 2023, on the Crypto-Asset Environmental Transparency Act: * * * My name is Courtney Dentlinger. I am the Vice President of Customer Service and External Affairs & Chief Custom  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- The Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate and Nuclear Safety issued the following testimony by Robert Altenburg, senior director for energy and climate for Citizens for Pennsylvania's Future, involving a hearing on March 7, 2023, on the Crypto-Asset Environmental Transparency Act: * * * My name is Robert Altenburg, and I am the Senior Director for Energy and Climate at Citizens for Pennsylvania's Future (PennFuture). We are a nonprofit en  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 (TNSgov)-- The Sierra Club posted the following news release on March 7, 2023: The Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED) in the Department of Energy (DOE) officially issued its Funding Opportunity Announcement for roughly $6 billion in federal investments to help deploy transformational technologies to deeply decarbonize American industrial facilities. This program, with funding passed as part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) and the Inflation Reduction Act   more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, March 9 -- The West Virginia Legislature issued the following news release: Wednesday, March 8, 2023 - 57th Day of Session The Senate will convene at 11 a.m. UNFINISHED BUSINESS * SCR 23: Requesting study on impact of public benefit income eligibility guidelines on direct care workforce participation * SR 47: Recognizing March as American Red Cross month THIRD READING * Com. Sub. for HB 2002: Relating to providing support for families * Com. Sub. for HB 2004: P  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 (TNSres) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on March 8, 2023: * * * Biden-Harris Administration Advances Cleaner Industrial Sector to Boost American Manufacturing and Cut Emissions The Biden-Harris Administration announced new actions to grow American competitiveness, expand manufacturing jobs, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the industrial sector, which includes production of steel, aluminum, chemicals, and concrete, and currently contributes nea  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, March 9 (TNSgov) -- WildEarth Guardians issued the following news release: A settlement agreement filed today in Utah federal court could keep millions of tons of coal in the ground, while influencing how the federal government considers the financial cost of climate change when leasing coal. The agreement ends a lawsuit filed in 2015 by WildEarth Guardians and the Grand Canyon Trust arguing that the federal government violated the National Environmental Policy Act when i  more