NORRIS, Tennessee, May 10 (TNSgov) -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release on May 9, 2023: As the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) continues to plow ahead with plans to replace its Kingston and Cumberland Fossil Plants with new methane gas facilities, concerned community members and environmental organizations faced TVA's board at it's listening session to demand that the utility prioritize the safety and health of the communities and transition to 100% clean, renewable energy. The  more

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, issued the following weekly column on May 9, 2023: * * * Countering Coercion The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for quite some time has used malign economic coercion tactics to intimidate its neighbors in the Indo-Pacific region and manipulate them to surrender to various types of political, economic and other demands. The U.S. has an interest in countering such economic coercion in order to retain our influence on the international stage and pr  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, May 9 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following commentary to the Charleston Gazette-Mail on May 7, 2023: * * * In an op-ed published Sunday in the Charleston Gazette-Mail, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, wrote about the need to substantively reform America's broken permitting and environmental review process, and the impact it would have on West Virgini  more

MOSCOW, Idaho, May 10 (TNSfund) -- The University of Idaho issued the following news release: Idaho researchers will receive $24 million for a new research project on the impact of changes in climate, population and technology on energy and water use in Idaho. The funding comes through a $20 million five-year award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR), with the state contributing an additional $4 million. Researchers from Un  more

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, May 10 -- Gov. Mark Gordon, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: Governor Mark Gordon underscored Wyoming's position as a national leader in energy production and innovation on Friday during a trip that featured stops at the Kemmerer Mine, the TerraPower Natrium site, and the Shute Creek Carbon Capture and Sequestration project. During his visit to the Kemmerer Mine, Governor Gordon met with workers and leaders in the coal mining industry, reassuring them of Wyoming  more