WASHINGTON, March 23 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following remarks by Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Polite Jr. at an event entitled "Global Investigations Review Live: DC Spring Conference": * * * This event brings together true experts in white collar crime, including department leaders, defense counsel at esteemed law firms, and in-house lawyers at major corporations. Attorneys who know all the ins and outs of these matters. Counsel who know the intricacies of govern  more

WASHINGTON, March 24 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Census Bureau issued the following 22-page white paper (No.E21-AWTS) entitled "Metal and Mineral (Except Petroleum) Merchant Wholesalers-2021." The white paper was written by Mark Hawkins and Janet Tallos. Here are excerpts: * * * On December 14, 2022, the 2021 Annual Wholesale Trade Survey (AWTS) released estimates about Metal and Mineral (except Petroleum) Merchant Wholesalers in the United States. The data tables containing the estimates can be fo  more

DANVILLE, Kentucky, March 24 (TNSpro) -- Centre College issued the following news: * * * Presley Swiney follows Carley Bishop in being selected for the Doris Duke Conservation Scholar Program, an immersive summer experience in the state of Washington that allows the two Centre students to explore their interests in environmental studies. * * * Presley Swiney reached out to her sorority at Centre College and asked for good luck before applying for the Doris Duke Conservation Scholars Program   more

WASHINGTON, March 23 (Rep.) -- The Congressional Western Caucus issued the following news release: Chairman Dan Newhouse (WA-04) hosted a forum titled, "Permitting Reform: Unleashing American Energy and the Path Forward." The forum featured House Natural Resources Committee Chair and Western Caucus Vice Chair Bruce Westerman (AR-04) and Western Caucus Member Harriet Hageman (WY-AL). "Time and again, I hear from my constituents in Central Washington--and in folks in rural communities across Ame  more

WASHINGTON, March 22 (TNSrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news on March 21, 2023: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced the launch of its Pathways to Commercial Liftoff, a set of reports that represent a new department-wide initiative to strengthen engagement between the public and private sectors to accelerate the commercialization and deployment of key clean energy technologies. The reports provide the private sector and other industry partners a valuab  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, March 23 -- Earthjustice issued the following statement on March 22, 2023: * * * Representatives Raul M. Grijalva (D-AZ) and Barbara Lee (D-CA) and Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Cory Booker (D-NJ) introduced the A. Donald McEachin Environmental Justice for All Act. The bill would enable frontline environmental justice communities to hold polluters accountable in court for projects that use federal funds and engage in environmental discrimination. It contains bo  more

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, March 24 -- The Global Reporting Initiative issued the following news: The GRI Standards continue to be published in a wide range of languages - with more translations recently added for the Sector Standards covering coal, agriculture, aquaculture and fishing - underpinning GRI's commitment to provide the global common language for sustainability reporting. Now freely available for download by users around the world are: * Coal Sector Standard (GRI 12) - versions a  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, March 24 -- Gov. Glenn Youngkin, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: Governor Glenn Youngkin today signed legislation that will help deliver on his All-American, All-of-the-Above Energy Plan priorities. "Today is a great day for Virginia energy and American energy. With the bills I'm signing, we're moving closer to delivering on the All-American, All-of-the-Above Energy Plan I put forward last year. We can, in fact, make Virginia energy more reliable, affordable,  more

WASHINGTON, March 23 (TNSrpt) -- The Institute for Local Self-Reliance issued the following news release on March 22, 2023: Community composting operations -- those that keep the composting process, product, and benefits local -- have more than doubled since 2016 in the new report released today by the Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR). A Growing Movement: 2022 Community Composter Census surveyed composters from across the country to identify big trends and unmet needs in the sector. Res  more

WOODS HOLE, Massachusetts, March 24 (TNSjou) -- The Marine Biological Laboratory issued the following news: As the world faces increasingly extreme and frequent weather events brought on by climate change -such as droughts, floods, heatwaves, and wildfires - critical civic resources such as food, water, and energy will be impacted. Local and regional planners need to anticipate those impacts and evaluate what measures can be taken to prepare. Now, a multidisciplinary, multi-institutional team   more

CHIPPENDALE, Australia, March 24 (TNSres) -- The Nature Conservation Council issued the following news release on March 22, 2023: The New South Wales Government must immediately halt operations at Peabody Energy's Metropolitan Coal Mine in the Royal National Park near Helensburgh, following a new report which has uncovered the discharge of contaminated metals into Worona Reservoir which supplies drinking water to Sydney and the Illawarra. Expert analysis by former WaterNSW hydrologist Peter Du  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, March 23 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: NETL Director Brian Anderson discussed the Lab's ongoing efforts to advance carbon management technology in hard-to-decarbonize sectors of the economy such as steel and cement production and petrochemicals in a keynote address during Carnegie Mellon University's (CMU) Energy Week in Pittsburgh. CMU's Wilton E. Scott Institute for Energy Innovation facilitates d  more

WASHINGTON, March 24 (TNSrpt) -- The Bipartisan Policy Center issued the following news release: American utilities are shifting away from coal for economic and environmental reasons, displacing traditional energy communities across the country. To keep the next generation of energy jobs and production in these communities, a new report from the Bipartisan Policy Center assesses the opportunities and hurdles for retiring coal plants to be replaced by advanced nuclear small modular reactors (SMR  more

WASHINGTON, March 23 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement issued the following news release on March 23, 2023: As part of the Biden-Harris administration's efforts to create good-paying jobs and address legacy pollution harming communities across the nation, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement announced today more than $126.5 million in fiscal year 2023 Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Fee-based grants available to Sta  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, March 24 (TNSper) -- The Salt River Project, a public power utility and electricity provider, issued the following news release: Salt River Project's Board of Directors has named Jim Pratt as the company's new General Manager and Chief Executive Officer. Pratt will officially start his new role on May 5 to lead Arizona's largest community-based, not-for-profit utility. "I am humbled and honored to be selected to lead SRP," said Pratt. "It is a role steeped in history and has   more

COOKEVILLE, Tennessee, March 23 (TNSfund) -- Tennessee Technological University issued the following news release on March 22, 2023: Two professors at Tennessee Tech University are the latest recipients of a major grant from the U.S. Department of Energy for their research on clean energy solutions. Jiahong Zhu, Ph.D., professor of mechanical engineering, and Ying Zhang, Ph.D., professor of mechanical engineering and director for the Center for Manufacturing Research, were awarded $1 million f  more

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) and 21 of his colleagues recently sent 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 billion in targeted tax increases on e  more

WASHINGTON, March 24 (TNStalk) -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury issued the following remarks on March 22, 2023, by Lily Batchelder, assistant secretary for tax policy, on implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act's clean energy provisions: * * * Treasury is approaching key implementation milestones for the clean energy provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) that will grow our economy and combat climate change. In the coming months, Treasury will issue guidance on the clean  more