WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) led 20 of their colleagues in sending a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen condemning the Biden administration's latest attempt to weaponize the tax code against U.S. energy producers. The letter is in response to President Biden's budget request for Fiscal Year 2024. Specifically, the letter focuses on the $100 bil  more

DENVER, Colorado, March 21 -- The Colorado Senate Democrats issued the following news release on March 20, 2023: Senator Dylan Roberts', D-Avon, bipartisan bill to foster economic development in rural communities passed the Senate today. SB23-006, cosponsored by Senator Janice Rich, R-Grand Junction, formally creates the Rural Opportunity Office (ROO) within the Office of Economic Development and International Trade. ROO is charged with serving as the central coordinator of rural economic deve  more

DENVER, Colorado, March 21 -- The Colorado Senate Republicans issued the following news on March 20, 2023: This morning Senator Janice Rich's (R - Grand Junction) Senate Bill SB23-006, Creation of the Rural Opportunity Office, passed in the Senate. The bill will codify the Rural Opportunity Office (ROO) fully within the Office of Economic Development and International Trade. "Oftentimes, rural communities are overlooked in the State Legislature when it comes to promoting economic opportunitie  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper on the Environmental Protection Agency's Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (No. IF11754) on March 20, 2023, by environmental policy analyst Angela C. Jones. Here are excerpts: * * * EPA's Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (GHGRP) requires certain facilities to report their emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs). I  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 (TNStalk) -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on March 20, 2023: * * * In the Wake of IRA: Grid Stability, Permitting Reform, and the Case for Compromise By Cy McGeady and Joseph Majkut The passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is set to accelerate the U.S. energy transition. The tax credits in the IRA cement the commercial prospects for a vast build out of wind and solar energy and thus boost the prospects for a d  more

INTERLAKEN, Switzerland, March 21 -- Greenpeace International issued the following news release on March 20, 2023: Closing its last chapter, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) delivered the full story of the Sixth Assessment to world governments, today. In the first comprehensive IPCC report in nine years, and the first since the Paris Agreement, the synthesis report brings together three working group reports and three special reports to paint a sobering reality but not on  more

NEW YORK, March 21 (TNStalk) -- Human Rights Watch issued the following commentary on March 20, 2023: * * * UN Warns of Climate Collapse By Katharina Rall, Senior Researcher, Environment and Human Rights The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the world's leading authority on climate science, published a landmark call to action. The "Synthesis Report" draws together the work of hundreds of climate scientists and key scientific findings from previous IPCC reports. It's the clear  more