ASTANA, Kazakhstan, April 26 -- The Asian Development Bank issued the following news release: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has begun exploring opportunities to accelerate the retirement of coal and other fossil fuel plants in Kazakhstan and replace or repurpose them with clean energy under the bank's Energy Transition Mechanism (ETM) program. Following a request from the Ministry of Energy of Kazakhstan, ADB has initiated a pre-feasibility study to help the government identify coal-fired a  more

RICHWOOD, West Virginia, April 26 (TNSgov) -- Appalachian Voices issued the following news release on April 25, 2023: Conservation groups notified the U.S. Forest Service today they intended to sue over the agency's failure to protect endangered species from the harmful effects of coal hauling in the Monongahela National Forest. Today's notice asserts that the Forest Service violated the Endangered Species Act by allowing hauling of coal above the South Fork Cherry River without ensuring that   more

WASHINGTON, April 26 (TNSgov) -- Friends of the Earth issued the following news release on April 25, 2023: Conservation groups sued the U.S. Interior Department today for failing to respond to a rulemaking petition to phase out oil and gas extraction on federal public lands. In January 2022 more than 360 groups petitioned the Biden administration to enact a policy framework to phase out federal oil and gas production to near zero by 2035. Research since the petition was filed shows that develo  more

BASEL, Switzerland, April 26 -- Minerals, an open access journal that says it covers mineralogy, economic mineral resources, mineral exploration, innovative mining techniques and advances in mineral processing, published research articles on the following topics in its May 2023 edition: Articles: * Layered Intrusions of Paleoproterozoic Age in the Kola and Karelian Regions * Actualistic Testing of the Influence of Groundwater Chemistry on Degradation of Collagen I in Bone * Low-Temperature   more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, April 26 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: Using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) techniques, NETL researchers are exploring a way to treat water that seeps through coal combustion waste using a sorbent synthesized from fly ash, itself a coal combustion waste - a development with implications for improving the costs of managing future waste sites. According to the University of Ken  more

WASHINGTON, April 26 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement issued the following news release: In part to reduce burdens for coalfield community residents to report mining complaints or potential violations, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement has published a notice of proposed rulemaking that would modify the Ten-Day Notice process and invites public comment on the proposed changes. All comments are due by June 26. OS  more

WILKES-BARRE, Pennsylvania, April 26 -- The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection issued the following news release: The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) will host a public meeting and hearing to answer questions and take testimony from residents regarding revisions to two active mining permits and the transfer of a third permit for work located in three Schuylkill County townships. The meeting/hearing will take place on Wednesday, May 17th from 6-7:30 P  more

WASHINGTON, April 26 (Rep.) -- House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release on April 25, 2023: Yesterday, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) appeared on Fox Business Network's The Bottom Line to slam attempts by Democrats and the Biden Administration to kneecap American domestic energy production as families wrestle with swelling energy prices. Leader Scalise also noted that many of the green energy alternatives touted by the Biden Administration,  more

WASHINGTON, April 26 -- Rep. Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release on April 25, 2023: Yesterday, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) appeared on Fox Business Network's The Bottom Line to slam attempts by Democrats and the Biden Administration to kneecap American domestic energy production as families wrestle with swelling energy prices. Leader Scalise also noted that many of the green energy alternatives touted by the Biden Administration, such as electric car ba  more

WASHINGTON, April 26 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, sent a letter to Mr. Kevin O'Leary, Chairman of O'Shares Investments, inviting Mr. O'Leary to visit West Virginia - America's energy powerhouse. Mr. O'Leary recently expressed interested in building a $14 billion refinery in the United  more

LONDON, England, April 26 -- Sustainable Energy and Fuels, a peer-reviewed journal from the Royal Society of Chemistry that says it features the development of sustainable energy technologies, published research articles on the following topics in its April 21, 2023 edition: Review Article: * Glycerol and microwave-assisted catalysis: recent progress in batch and flow devices Communication: * Co-combustion characteristics and kinetic analysis of three different wastes of antibiotic ferment  more

LONDON, England, April 26 (TNStalk) -- The World Coal Association issued the following statement on April 25, 2023: * * * The World Coal Association (WCA) says coal has a long future ahead of it as the industry embraces a program of abated coal stewardship which is reducing emissions and driving economic and social development. * * * Speaking at the Clean Coal Technologies Conference in Ankara today, WCA Director of Sustainability and Strategy, Paul Baruya, says the case for abated coal has   more