DURHAM, North Carolina, April 6 (TNSjou) -- Duke University's Nicholas School of the Environment issued the following news: * * * Using satellite images, scientists have detected hundreds of very large and previously unreported methane releases at oil and natural gas production sites across the globe. * * * Using satellite images, scientists have detected hundreds of very large and previously unreported methane releases at oil and natural gas production sites across the globe. Methane is a   more

NEW YORK, April 6 (TNSgov) -- The Environmental Defense Fund issued the following news release on April 5, 2023: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today proposed to modernize the landmark U.S. Mercury and Air Toxics Standards. The proposal would strengthen pollution limits and increase monitoring for toxic air pollution released by coal-fired power plants - some of the most hazardous and persistent air pollutants afflicting Americans. "The Mercury and Air Toxics Standards have provided   more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, April 6 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following statement on April 5, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) issued the following statement on the 13th anniversary of the tragedy that killed 29 miners at the Upper Big Branch (UBB) mine disaster near Whitesville, West Virginia. "Thirteen years ago, West Virginia suffered an immeasurable loss when 29 brave coal miners were killed in the Upper Big Branch mine disaster. My heart goes out to the f  more

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on April 5, 2023: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, released the below statement on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announcing its proposal to reconsider the existing, health-protective Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) regulation that covers generation from coal- and oil-fired power plants and   more

NEW YORK, April 6 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) delivered remarks at a Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) conference hosted by Guggenheim Securities titled Investing in Advanced Nuclear Energy: Meeting Clean Energy Needs Across the Economy. He discussed positioning American nuclear energy suppliers for global leadership, an issue at the intersection of several committees on which the Senator serves, including Banking, Armed  more

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following statement on April 5, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, released the below statement on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announcing its proposal to reconsider the existing, health-protective Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) reg  more

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, issued the following news release on April 5, 2023: At a press briefing held at Seven Presidents Oceanfront Park in Long Branch today, Rep. Chris Smith (R-Manchester) together with Monmouth County, state and local officials reiterated the urgent need for an immediate pause to offshore wind industrialization and an independent investigation into the potential harmful impacts of the proposed 3,400 wind turbines off the Jersey Shore. Smith is  more

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- Sen. Katie Britt, R-Alabama, issued the following news release on April 5, 2023: Senator Katie Britt (R-Ala.) last week in a hearing of the Senate Committee on Appropriations' Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, questioned Secretary of the Interior, Deb Haaland, regarding the Biden Administration's red tape regulatory regime that continues to strangle economic activity across the country. As Senator Britt noted in her line of questioning, Alabama  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, April 6 (TNStalk) -- The Union of Concerned Scientists issued the following statement on April 5, 2023: * * * The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a proposed rulemaking related to strengthening the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS), a foundational rule protecting people from mercury and other hazardous air pollutants released by coal- and oil-fired power plants. To date, MATS has delivered enormous gains for public health, dramatically reducing   more

RICHMOND, Virginia, April 6 -- Gov. Glenn Youngkin, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: Governor Glenn Youngkin and Congressman Morgan Griffith announced today that grant dollars are now available to assist those looking to develop projects in southwest Virginia. The Virginia Department of Energy (Virginia Energy) received a sixth round of funding for the Abandoned Mine Land Economic Revitalization (AMLER) program. The agency is now taking applications for proposals. "We have big pl  more