BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 15 (TNSgov) -- 350.org, an organization that works to end the age of fossil fuels and build a community-led renewable energy, issued the following news release on April 14, 2023: President Biden and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) have approved exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the Alaska LNG project, a $38.7 billion infrastructure project that could result in over 50 million metric tons of carbon dioxide pollution emissions annually. This comes barel  more

NORTH SYDNEY, Australia, April 12 -- The Australian Industry Group issued the following news release: On 29 March 2023, the Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Protecting Worker Entitlements) Bill 2023 (Cth) (Bill) was introduced into Parliament. Ai Group was actively engaged in consultations with the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations regarding the development of the Bill. To assist Members, Ai Group has created a guide which provides an overview of the proposed changes in the Bill  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, April 15 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on April 14, 2023: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) recently helped reintroduce the Coal Council Certainty Act - legislation authored by U.S. Senator John Hoeven (R-N.D.) - to restore the mission of the National Coal Council (NCC), a federal advisory committee that previously provided advice, recommendations, and insights to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) on issue  more

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Mine Safety and Health Administration issued the following news release on April 14, 2023: * * * Grants to support underserved mines, miners * * * The U.S. Department of Labor today announced that its Mine Safety and Health Administration is making $10.5 million grant funding available to help provide mine safety training for the nation's miners. MSHA will award these grants as part of its fiscal year 2023 State Grants program to fund the  more

WASHINGTON, April 8 (TNStalk) -- Environment America issued the following statement on April 6, 2023: * * * The Biden administration proposed new limitations Wednesday on mercury and other toxic air pollution emitted by coal- and other fossil fuel-powered power plants. Under the proposed rule, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will update the Mercury and Air Toxic Standards (MATS), which have significantly reduced power plant pollution and prevented up to 11,000 premature deaths a  more

CAMBRIDGE, England, April 15 -- Geological Magazine, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features earth geosciences on and offshore, with emphasis on geology, mineralogy and palaeontology, posted research articles on the following topics in its February 2023 edition: Original Articles: * Detrital zircon U-Pb geochronology of the upper Carboniferous strata of Hala'alat Mountain, West Junggar: implications for provenance * Magnetic shape fabric analysis from syntectonic granites: a study base  more

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on April 14, 2023: U.S. Senator Tim Kaine hosted an event at Mountain Empire Community College in Big Stone Gap to discuss clean energy tax credits, economic development, and job creation in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), which Kaine helped pass last year. The event came from an idea Kaine had to bring local leaders, state and federal government officials, and businesses together to strategize on how to ta  more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, April 14 (TNSgov) -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release on April 12, 2023: The Missouri Public Service Commission (PSC), which regulates monopoly utilities like Ameren Missouri, unanimously approved the utility's proposal to build and own a 150 megawatt solar farm in White County, Illinois. That is enough clean energy to power about 16,000 homes. Sierra Club intervened before the PSC in support of the Boomtown Solar Project. Ameren Missouri operates within a  more

WASHINGTON, April 14 (TNSres) -- The U.S. State Department issued the following fact sheet on April 13, 2023: * * * The United States - Vietnam Relationship: Celebrating 10 Years of Comprehensive Partnership and 28 Years of Diplomatic Relations This year is the 10th anniversary of the U.S.-Vietnam Comprehensive Partnership launched by then-Presidents Obama and Sang in 2013. As we mark this anniversary, we look forward to expanding our partnership in the years ahead. Built on a foundation of t  more

AUSTIN, Texas, April 14 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release: Attorney General Paxton sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ("FDIC") Director Martin Gruenberg, and Acting Comptroller of the Currency Michael Hsu about the promotion of left-wing political goals contributing to the failure of Silicon Valley Bank ("SVB"). The Utah-led letter notes that, prior to SVB's collapse,   more