WASHINGTON, April 27 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: At a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) questioned Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm about the Department of Energy's (DOE) plans to require energy consumption information from cryptominers. In response to Senator Warren's questions, Secretary Granholm confirmed that DOE has the authority to mandate that cryptominers disclose information abo  more

WASHINGTON, April 27 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on April 26, 2023: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, participated in the Senate's first hearing to discuss the need for substantive reforms to America's permitting and environmental review processes, and what it means for employers, workers, and consumers. HIGHLIGHTS: IMPACT OF DELAYS, BROKEN PERMITTING PROC  more

RICHWOOD, West Virginia, April 27 (TNSgov) -- The Center for Biological Diversity 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 witho  more

WASHINGTON, April 27 (TNSgov) -- The Center for Biological Diversity 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 sh  more

WASHINGTON, April 27 -- Rep. Jeff Duncan, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release and letter on April 26, 2023: House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Energy, Climate, & Grid Security Subcommittee Chair Jeff Duncan (R-SC) sent a letter to Acting Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Chairman Willie Phillips and the other Commissioners demanding they return the agency to its core mission to help deliver abundant, reliable, and affordable ene  more

LONDON, England, April 27 (TNStalk) -- The Climate Group issued the following statement on April 25, 2023: * * * Home to over half the world's population, the Asia-Pacific region has become an economic force where energy demand is set to increase by as much as 80% in places by 2040. One of the biggest challenges facing the region is that Asia already accounts for 80% of global coal use. Asia's growing population, and its heavy reliance on fossil fuels, mean that we are entering a critical peri  more

WASHINGTON, April 27 (TNSfgov)(TNSrpt) -- Oil Change International issued the following news release and letter: As the European Parliament discusses new rules to tackle methane emissions in the energy sector, a new report by Oil Change International and Earthworks warns that U.S. certified gas schemes will put the EU's methane emissions reduction goals at risk and undermine EU climate goals that will only be attained by a complete phase-out of gas. In a letter following the report, Certified D  more

WASHINGTON, April 27 -- Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Washington, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release: House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Energy, Climate, & Grid Security Subcommittee Chair Jeff Duncan (R-SC) sent a letter to Acting Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Chairman Willie Phillips and the other Commissioners demanding they return the agency to its core mission to help deliver abundant,   more

WASHINGTON, April 27 -- Rep. Brandon Williams, R-New York, chairman of the House Science, Space and Technology Subcommittee on Energy, issued the following opening statement at a hearing on March 23, 2023, entitled "Unleashing American Power: The Development of Next Generation Energy Infrastructure": * * * The Energy Subcommittee will examine the Department of Energy (DOE)'s role in accelerating key next generation energy infrastructure research and development activities in areas like grid se  more

WASHINGTON, April 26 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release and letter on April 25, 2023: 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 States. Chairman Manchin wrote: * * * Dea  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, April 27 (TNSrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: The Appalachian region is well suited to be one of the nation's clean energy hydrogen hubs because of its natural gas resources, infrastructure, storage capacity, workforce and industrial demand, according to a recently released report conducted by NETL. NETL Director Brian Anderson, Ph.D., said the report, "Appalachian Hydrogen Infrastructure Analysis  more

CLAYTON, Australia, April 27 (TNSres) -- The Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation issued the following news release: * * * The exhaustive study provides forensic information about the potential hazards to affect human health from coal seam gas activities in the Surat Basin, Queensland. * * * New research has been released into the potential for coal seam gas (CSG) activity in Queensland to affect human health. A 2,150 square kilometres study site in the Su  more

OSLO, Norway, April 27 (TNSres) -- Oil Change International issued the following news release on April 26, 2023: A new report by ActionAid Denmark, Urgewald, Oil Change International, Greenpeace Norway, the Norwegian Forum for Development and Environment and Future in our hands, has exposed the truth behind the Norwegian Oil Fund's commitment to exit coal, revealing the fund still has billions of US dollars invested in the polluting industry, making it Europe's largest institutional investor in  more

SYDNEY, Australia, April 27 (TNSres) -- The Property Council of Australia issued the following news release: A new joint report by the Property Council of Australia and the Green Building Council of Australia has called for every Australian home to be given an energy performance rating, allowing buyers or renters to know the energy efficiency of their home before moving in. The report titled 'Every Building Counts', to be launched at an event in Sydney today, sets out a suite of property-focus  more

BRISBANE, Australia, April 27 (TNSfund) -- The Queensland University of Technology issued the following news: A project by a QUT scientist to produce concrete with reduced embodied carbon and weight, and improved fire resistance, strength and insulation properties has been awarded a $1,061,000 ARC Mid-Career Industry Fellowship. Associate Professor Yunfei Xi from QUT Central Analytical Research Facility (CARF) and the School of Chemistry and Physics will develop advanced concrete mix designs u  more

WASHINGTON, April 27 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on April 26, 2023: The Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee held a business meeting to consider the nomination of Joseph Goffman to be an Assistant Administrator for the Office of Air and Radiation of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Ranking Member Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), along with every Republican, voted against Goffman's nomination. Ranking Member Capito has  more

EVANSVILLE, Indiana, April 27 (TNSgov) -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release on April 26, 2023: CenterPoint Energy today announced its 20-year energy plan, which includes ending coal burning at its Culley 3 unit in Warrick County. Culley 3 is the last of CenterPoint's coal units to be announced for retirement. AB Brown retires this year and Culley 2 retires in 2025. CenterPoint also plans to end its cooperation agreement with Alcoa to burn coal at Unit 4 of its Warrick Super Poll  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, April 27 -- The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation issued the following news: The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) today announced 102 grants totaling $232,709,981 from the state's American Rescue Plan (ARP) fund, part of which TDEC is administering in the form of drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater infrastructure grants. Since August, TDEC has awarded and announced $634,404,544 in grant funds through ARP programming. Of  more

WASHINGTON, April 27 (TNSgov) -- WildEarth Guardians 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 develop  more