WASHINGTON, April 29 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release on April 28, 2023: In response to an order from the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana (Court), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today initiated preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement to analyze the potential environmental effects from maintaining or revoking former Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell's coal leasing moratorium. Then-Secretary Je  more

WASHINGTON, April 29 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Mine Safety and Health Administration issued the following news release on April 28, 2023: * * * Inspections reveal 52 significant, substantial findings of miners facing serious hazards states * * * The U.S. Department of Labor today announced that monthly impact inspections by its Mine Safety and Health Administration at 16 mines in 12 states in March 2023 have identified 205 violations, including 52 significant and substantial findings.  more

BRUSSELS, Belgium, April 25 -- The European Commission issued the following news release: The European Commission has approved, under State aid rules, the prolongation and amendments of a Spanish and Portuguese measure aimed at reducing the wholesale electricity prices in the Iberian market ('MIBEL') by lowering the input costs of fossil fuel-fired power stations. The amended measure, which will be in place until 31 December 2023, was approved under Article 107(3)(b) of the Treaty on the Funct  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, April 29 (TNSgov) -- The Iowa Environmental Council issued the following news on April 28, 2023: Today the Iowa Supreme Court issued an opinion in favor of three environmental groups' position in a challenge to an Iowa Utilities Board (IUB) order that limited its ability to review the cost-effectiveness of MidAmerican Energy's coal plants. The court reversed the Board's order and sent the case back to the IUB. State law requires the IUB to evaluate MidAmerican and Alliant's p  more

WASHINGTON, April 29 -- Rep. Bill Johnson, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Representatives Bill Johnson (OH-06), Morgan Griffith (VA-09), Harriet Hageman (WY-AL), and Dan Meuser (PA-09) will lead the Congressional Coal Caucus for the 118th Congress. The Congressional Coal Caucus plays a key role in facilitating legislative and policy debates relating to the coal industry: U.S. Representatives Bill Johnson (OH-06), Morgan Griffith (VA-09), Harriet Hageman (WY-AL), and Dan Meuser  more

WASHINGTON, April 29 -- Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on April 28, 2023: Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, released the following statement regarding her vote on the Congressional Review Act resolution. The resolution disapproves the Biden Administration's 2-year suspension of critical market-leveling import tariffs on companies that illegally circumvent U.S. trade laws by f  more

WASHINGTON, April 29 -- Rep. Guy Reschenthaler, R-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: Chief Deputy Whip Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA) joined Mornings with Maria on Fox Business to discuss new GDP report numbers, the House's recently passed debt limit plan, and the growing China threat. Chief Deputy Whip Reschenthaler on the GDP report for the first quarter of 2023: Joe Biden has managed to disappoint not only Wall Street by not meeting or beating expectations in seven or eight quarter  more

DENVER, Colorado, April 29 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following remarks on April 28, 2023, by Secretary Antony J. Blinken after a meeting with mayors from the western hemisphere to discuss efforts to combat fentanyl: * * * MAYOR HANCOCK: We are so honored to first host our Secretary of State, Secretary Blinken, to Denver and of course, the 250 mayors from around the Western Hemisphere and over 3,000 other leaders from around the hemisphere who have come to Denver to be a part of t  more

WASHINGTON, April 29 (TNSgov) -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release on April 27, 2023: Yesterday, Sierra Club filed two lawsuits against the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) for unlawfully approving air permits for Commonwealth LNG, a proposed methane gas export terminal in Southwest Louisiana. Sierra Club argues that LDEQ violated the Clean Air Act and the Louisiana Constitution in issuing these permits to Commonwealth LNG. One of the two lawsuits was filed i  more

WASHINGTON, April 29 (TNSgov) -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: This week, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement issued a proposal to streamline processes for communities to report violations of federal coal mining laws, rolling back burdens the Trump Administration placed on mining communities. The proposed rule eliminates some delays for community members to report violations at mining sites by limiting the time and scope of information gathering by OS  more