WASHINGTON, April 5 (TNSgov) -- Appalachian Voices issued the following news release on April 4, 2023: The Biden Administration announced a series of actions intended to create jobs, opportunities and investments in energy communities, and to deploy clean energy projects on former mine lands. Appalachian Voices Executive Director Tom Cormons was invited to speak at the announcement. At the White House event, which was live-streamed, administration officials discussed efforts to ensure that mas  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, April 7 (TNSgov) -- Appalachian Voices issued the following news release on April 6, 2023: The Center for Biological Diversity and Appalachian Voices filed a formal notice today of their intent to sue the U.S. Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for failure to protect the endangered Guyandotte River crayfish and the threatened Big Sandy crayfish from coal mining pollution. Both species are protected under the End  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, April 7 (TNSgov) -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release on April 6, 2023: The Center for Biological Diversity and Appalachian Voices filed a formal notice today of their intent to sue the U.S. Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for failure to protect the endangered Guyandotte River crayfish and the threatened Big Sandy crayfish from coal mining pollution. Both species are protec  more

MORGANTOWN, West Virginia, April 6 (TNSres) -- West Virginia University issued the following news: Two West Virginia University biologists are scouring the mountains for signs of rabbit and hare life. Amy Welsh and Chris Rota with the WVU Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design are studying the habits and habitats of two West Virginia lagomorphs: the Appalachian cottontail and the snowshoe hare. Their research team, which also includes WVU alumni Mack Frantz and Holly Morris  more

PORTSMOUTH, Ohio, April 4 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the following news release: * * * Three workers suffer preventable injuries at Portsmouth, Ohio facility * * * For the third time in five months, federal safety inspectors responded to a Portsmouth hardwood flooring mill to investigate reports of unsafe machinery. Two of those inspections involved worker's injuries, the latest on Oct. 5, 2022, when a worker's fingertip was partially  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, April 7 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Mid-Atlantic Region and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) are honoring Appalachian Power Company in Charleston, West Virginia as an ENERGY STAR partner of the year for their outstanding leadership in promoting energy efficiency and tackling climate change. "As we accelerate historic efforts to address climate change, public-private partnersh  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, April 7 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on April 5, 2023: * * * Made possible by President Biden's Investing in America Agenda, new funding will help ensure communities have access to clean and safe drinking water * * * The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced $98,531,000 to Maryland to upgrade essential drinking water infrastructure. Thanks to a $6 billion boost from President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure La  more

NEW YORK, April 4 (TNSrpt) -- Goldman Sachs Group, an investment banking, securities and investment management firm, issued the following news release on April 3, 2023: The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS) today announced that One Million Black Women has deployed more than $2.1 billion in investment capital and over $23 million in philanthropic capital to 137 organizations, companies and projects across the country to drive economic empowerment. In the two years since launch, One Million Bl  more

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on April 3, 2023: A federal jury convicted a Tennessee nurse practitioner last week for illegally prescribing opioids - including oxycodone and fentanyl - from his medical practice. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Jeffrey Young, 49, of Jackson, used his medical practice, Preventagenix, to illegally prescribe more than one million medically unnecessary controlled substance pills  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, April 5 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on April 4, 2023: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, joined Adams Fork Energy, LLC, CNX, Resources Corp., and others to announce that a multi-billion-dollar clean ammonia production facility is advancing in Mingo County, West Virginia, with anticipated construction beginning in 2023. The project is made possible by programs   more

CHITTENDEN, Vermont, April 4 (TNSgov) -- The Open Space Institute issued the following news: With support from the Open Space Institute (OSI), nearly 2,800 acres in Vermont have been transferred to the U.S. Forest Service as an addition to the Green Mountain National Forest. The "Rolston Rest" property was the largest unprotected inholding remaining in the National Forest. The permanent protection of the property, led by the Trust for Public Land (TPL), will shield the land from the threat of d  more

PORTSMOUTH, Ohio, April 4 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration Region 5 issued the following news release on April 3, 2023: For the third time in five months, federal safety inspectors responded to a Portsmouth hardwood flooring mill to investigate reports of unsafe machinery. Two of those inspections involved worker's injuries, the latest on Oct. 5, 2022, when a worker's fingertip was partially amputated because it was caught in an unguarded belt and   more

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, joined Adams Fork Energy, LLC, CNX, Resources Corp., and others to announce that a multi-billion-dollar clean ammonia production facility is advancing in Mingo County, West Virginia, with anticipated construction beginning in 2023. The projec  more

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, Kevin G. Ritz, issued the following news release: A federal jury convicted a Tennessee nurse practitioner last week for illegally prescribing opioids - including oxycodone and fentanyl - from his medical practice. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Jeffrey Young, 49, of Jackson, used his medical practice, Preventagenix, to illegally prescribe more than one million medically unnecessary co  more

WASHINGTON, April 5 (TNSrpt) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on April 4, 2023: * * * Biden-Harris Administration Announces New Clean Energy Projects to Revitalize Energy Communities, Support Coal Workers, and Reduce Reliance on Competitors Like China President Biden's Investing in America Agenda is Creating Jobs, Lowering Costs, and Driving Historic Economic Growth and More Than $14 Billion in Federal Investments in Energy Communities At a White House convening with energ  more