| Tipoffs for Beckley, West Virginia (coal) Newsletter for Saturday March 25, 2023 ( 9 items ) |
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Block of 6 Pacific Countries Commit to Spearhead Global Fossil Fuel Phase-Out Effort
WASHINGTON, March 18 (TNSfgov) -- Oil Change International posted the following news release:
Pacific Island governments committed to create a "Fossil Fuel Free Pacific" and called for all countries to join them in managing a global, equitable, and unqualified phase out of coal, oil and gas.
This commitment comes after the Vanuatu and Tuvalu hosted the 2nd Pacific Ministerial Dialogue on Pathways for the Global Just Transition from Fossil Fuels in Port-Vila, Vanuatu, during a state of emergenc
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Center for International Environmental Law: IPCC Sums Up Latest Climate Science - Rapid Fossil Phase-Out is Surest Path to Avoiding Climate Catastrophe, No Time For False Solutions
GENEVA, Switzerland, March 20 (TNSres) -- The Center for International Environmental Law issued the following news release:
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) -- the UN body responsible for climate science -- released its latest Synthesis Report, including a Summary for Policymakers, summarizing key findings from six major IPCC reports published since 2014.
In this latest report, the IPCC once again unequivocally warns that exceeding 1.5 C warming ("overshoot") has dangerous
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Chairman Rogers Calls on Inspectors General to Testify About Oversight of Taxpayer Dollars
WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Rep. Harold Rogers, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release on March 23, 2023:
U.S. Rep. Harold "Hal" Rogers (KY-05) began his new role as Chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, and Science with pointed questions about President Biden's proposed budget for next year from the chief investigators of several federal agencies. In day one of budget hearings, Chairman Rogers brought in Department of Justice Inspector General (IG) Michael
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Federal Maritime Commission Issues Initial Decision Approving Settlement Agreement Involving Philip Reinisch Vs. Flexport International
WASHINGTON, March 25 -- The Federal Maritime Commission issued the following initial decision approving settlement agreement (Docket No. 22-26) on March 24, 2023:
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PHILIP REINISCH CO. LLC, Complainant v. FLEXPORT INTERNATIONAL LLC, Respondent.
ORDER OF: Erin M. WIRTH, Chief Administrative Law Judge.
INITIAL DECISION APPROVING SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT/1
On March 9, 2023, Complainant Philip Reinisch Co. LLC ("Philip Reinisch") and Respondent Flexport International LLC ("Flexport") filed a jo
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Final Installment of IPCC Sixth Climate Assessment - the Message is Unequivocal: We Can and Must Halve Global Emissions by 2030
INTERLAKEN, Switzerland, March 22 -- Greenpeace Canada issued the following news release on March 20, 2023:
Closing its last chapter, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (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 one without
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Gov. Pritzker: Illinois Climate Bank Announces Over $250 Million in Climate Finance Achieved in First Year
CHICAGO, Illinois, March 18 -- Gov. JB Pritzker, D-Illinois, issued the following news release:
The Illinois Finance Authority (IFA), in its role as the State Climate Bank, today announced a landmark year of deploying over $250 million in private capital to further clean and sustainable development projects. Additionally, the IFA Climate Bank is holding public hearings and stakeholder meetings as it crafts applications for up to $1.3 billion in federal funds to advance clean energy, climate, an
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Nature Conservancy: Investing in Nature Is Both Popular and Sound in Minnesota
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, March 21 (TNSrpt) -- The Nature Conservancy issued the following news release on March 20, 2023:
Investing in Minnesota's forests, grasslands, wetlands and farms is immensely popular and would provide a huge economic return, according to new data released today by The Nature Conservancy.
"We have an incredible opportunity in 2023 to invest in our lands and waters to ensure they remain healthy and productive," said Ann Mulholland, director of The Nature Conservancy in Mi
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Oil Change International: The Netherlands Contradicts COP26 Promise, Moves Ahead to Support 30 Year Oil and Gas Production Project in Brazil
WASHINGTON, March 25 (TNSrpt) -- Oil Change International issued the following news release:
The Netherlands just contradicted its COP26 pledge to end public finance for fossil fuels by the end of 2022 and shift this money to clean energy by issuing a commitment to insure the Brazil Santos Basin Pre-Salt Pole oil and gas production project for around USD 321 million.
Just last week, a new Oil Change International report showed that the Glasgow Statement, a joint commitment made by 39 countries
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Reschenthaler Grills Secretary Granholm on Comments Praising China
WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Rep. Guy Reschenthaler, R-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release on March 24, 2023:
Chief Deputy Whip Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA) pressed Department of Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm on her past comments praising China during a House Appropriations Subcommittee hearing.
A transcript of the exchange is below:
Reschenthaler: Secretary, on March 10, 2023, you said, "We can all learn from what China is doing" -- obviously about the environment.
At the time you m
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