WASHINGTON, March 13 (TNStalk) -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration issued the following statement on March 13, 2023: * * * The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration (EDA), led by Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development Alejandra Y. Castillo, released the following statement reflecting on President Biden's 2024 Budget: A budget is a reflection of a nation's values. President Biden's budget clearly demonstrates th  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Washington, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release and letter: In response to U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm's recent pro-China comments, House Energy and Commerce Committee Republicans, led by Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Energy, Climate, & Grid Security Subcommittee Chair Jeff Duncan (R-SC), and Environment, Manufacturing, & Critical Materials Subcommittee Chair Bill Johnson (R  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Rep. Jared Huffman, D-California, issued the following news release on March 13, 2023: Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.), Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Raul M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.), Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee Ranking Member Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), and Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Chair of the Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Safe  more

NOTTINGHAM, England, March 14 -- The International Journal of Remote Sensing, a journal that says it concerns with the theory, science and technology of remote sensing and applications of remotely sensed data from the Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Society, published research articles on the following topics in its Vol. 44, No. 5 edition: Research Articles: * Field maturity detection via interferometric synthetic aperture radar images time-series: a case study for maize crop * Novel high-  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 (TNStalk) -- Oil Change International issued the following statement on March 13, 2023: * * * The Biden Administration issued a Record of Decision on the Willow oil project that approved three new drilling pads off the North Slope of Alaska. In response, Allie Rosenbluth, United States Program Manager at Oil Change International, said: "Approving ConocoPhillips' dirty and dangerous Willow Project is a tremendous strike against President Biden's legacy on both climate and  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 (TNStalk) -- Public Citizen issued the following statement on March 13, 2023: * * * President Joe Biden's administration today formally approved a massive Alaskan Arctic oil and gas drilling project known as Willow. In response, Robert Weissman, president of Public Citizen, issued the following statement: "The Biden administration's plan to allow ConocoPhillips to drill for oil in the remote Alaskan wilderness represents a climate disaster and a betrayal of the Biden adm  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Rep. Gus M. Bilirakis, R-Florida, issued the following news release on March 13, 2023: In response to U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm's recent pro-China comments, House Energy and Commerce Committee Republicans, led by Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Energy, Climate, & Grid Security Subcommittee Chair Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Environment, Manufacturing, & Critical Materials Subcommittee Chair Bill Johnson (R-OH), Congressman Gus Bilirakis and other Energy & Comme  more

FAIRFIELD, Connecticut, March 14 -- General Electric, a manufacturer of appliances, lighting, power systems and other products, issued the following news release on March 13, 2023: GE (NYSE: GE) today announced that Taiwan Power Company (TPC)'s Tung Hsiao Power Plant in Miaoli County, Taiwan has safely and successfully started grid-connected trial runs in January 2023 using six GE LM2500XPRESS aeroderivative gas turbines. The project was installed within 10 months following the start of constru  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) applauded $11,740,000 in federal funding to reclaim abandoned mine lands (AML) in Virginia - an effort that will strengthen coal communities by promoting economic opportunity and address hazards that threaten the long-term health and wellbeing of Virginians and their communities. "This significant investment will support Virginia's mining communities by   more

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) applauded $11,740,000 in federal funding to reclaim abandoned mine lands (AML) in Virginia - an effort that will strengthen coal communities by promoting economic opportunity and address hazards that threaten the long-term health and wellbeing of Virginians and their communities. "This significant investment will support Virginia's mining communities by c  more