WASHINGTON, June 2 -- ACS Engineering Au, a peer-reviewed journal from the American Chemical Society that says it features chemical engineering, applied chemistry and energy, published research articles on the following topics in its April 19, 2023 edition: Articles: * High-Ash Low-Rank Coal Gasification: Process Modeling and Multiobjective Optimization * Contact-Based Passive Thermal Switch with a High Rectification Ratio * Correlation between Lignin-Carbohydrate Complex Content in Grass L  more

OTTAWA, Ontario, June 2 -- The Canadian Journal of Soil Science, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features the use, management, properties and development of soils, published research articles on the following topics in its June 2023 edition: Articles: * Rationalizing mottling and gleying in the characterization and classification of Canadian soils * Soil quality index under different land-use types: the case of Choke Mountain agroecosystems, upper Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia * Biochar ap  more

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Tom Carper (D-DE) introduced the Comprehensive National Mercury Monitoring Act, bipartisan legislation that would establish a national mercury monitoring network to protect human health and the environment. "Mercury is one of the most persistent and dangerous pollutants, affecting the senses, brain, spinal cord, kidneys, and liver. It poses a particular risk to childr  more

COVERT TOWNSHIP, Michigan, June 2 -- Consumers Energy issued the following news release on June 1, 2023: Consumers Energy announced today it is now operating the Covert Generating Station in Southwest Michigan's Van Buren County, an important part of its industry-leading Clean Energy Plan to meet Michigan's energy needs this summer and for years to come. "Consumers Energy is doing its part to ensure a cost-effective, reliable energy generation supply to our customers and all of Michigan by wel  more

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Energy and Fuels, a peer-reviewed scientific journal from the American Chemical Society that says it publishes research in the intersection of chemistry and chemical engineering and non-nuclear energy and fuels, published research articles, including the following topics, in its June 1, 2023 edition: Reviews: * Photocatalytic Reduction of Carbon Dioxide to Methanol: Carbonaceous Materials, Kinetics, Industrial Feasibility, and Future Directions * Critical Role of Interfa  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, June 2 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on June 1, 2023: This week, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will contact affected property owners as part of the first phase of cleaning up contaminated sediment in a 3.25-mile section of the Little Scioto River Superfund site in Marion Township, Ohio. The section being cleaned up is north of Marion-Agosta Road and ends slightly south of Marion-Green Camp Road, in Marion Township, Ohio. EPA   more

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- The House Oversight and Accountability Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs issued the following written testimony by Ben Lieberman, senior fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, involving a hearing on May 24, 2023, entitled "Consumer Choice on the Backburner: Examining the Biden Administration's Regulatory Assault on Americans' Gas Stoves": * * * Summary * The Department of Energy's proposed regulations for stoves are part of a  more

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release on June 1, 2023: U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and her colleagues on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee today examined how Biden administration energy policies increasingly put the nation's electric grid at risk with the rapid buildup of intermittent energy sources, like wind and solar. Hyde-Smith highlighted the strains on the electric grid as the committee conducted a hearin  more

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release on June 1, 2023: The Department of the Interior today announced that nearly $725 million from President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is available to 22 states and the Navajo Nation to create good-paying jobs and catalyze economic opportunity by reclaiming abandoned coal mine lands. The law provides a total of $11.3 billion in abandoned mine land (AML) funding over 15 years, which will help commu  more

LONDON, England, June 2 -- The Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features information on advances in exposure science for professionals in a wide range of environmental and public health disciplines, published research articles on the following topics in its May 2023 edition: Articles: * Monitoring vs. modeled exposure data in time-series studies of ambient air pollution and acute health outcomes * Using time-resolved monitor wea  more

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release on June 1, 2023: U.S. Senator Angus King today continued his push for America to rapidly move towards a clean, affordable, and reliable energy future. In a hearing of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) Committee, King questioned James Robb - President & CEO of the North American Electric Reliability Corporation - about how fast the nation can transition from fossil fuel to renewable energy source  more

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, announced that West Virginia will receive $140,684,000 in Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23) to reclaim abandoned mine lands (AML). This funding was part of the Energy Infrastructure Act that Chairman Manchin ushered through the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and subsequently included in the Bipartisan Inf  more

WASHINGTON, June 2 (TNStalk) -- Oil Change International issued the following statement on June 1, 2023: * * * In response to the Senate vote to approve the debt ceiling bill, Collin Rees, United States Program Manager at Oil Change International, said: "By voting for a dirty deal that fast-tracks the Mountain Valley fracked gas pipeline and guts bedrock environmental laws, Congress betrayed people and the planet. These provisions, which are totally unrelated to the national debt, will turn   more

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Oklahoma, issued the following commentary on June 1, 2023, to Fox News Digital: * * * U.S. Senator Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) authored the below opinion piece on the consequences of President Biden's rush to green energy policies. In the column, Senator Mullin argues that Democrats' climate hysteria is getting ahead of operational reality, and the American people are taking notice. * * * Sounding the Alarm on Grid Reliability, Again By Senator Mar  more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, June 1 (TNSgov) -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: In a harmful decision for communities in Missouri and across the country, last week the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals halted a decision by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to disapprove Missouri's inadequate plan to address smog pollution, threatening the implementation of a national plan to address cross-state air pollution. The Clean Air Act's "good neighbor" provision requires Missouri  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, June 1 (TNSres) -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release on May 31, 2023: Today Rocky Mountain Power submitted its biennial Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) that foreshadows where the utility plans to get power for the next twenty years. Although the plan forecasts substantial and needed acquisition of new clean energy resources, Rocky Mountain Power stopped short of committing to the clean energy future the world's leading scientists have made clear is necessary  more

WASHINGTON, June 2 (TNSgov) -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release on June 1, 2023: Last night, the House of Representatives voted in favor of a debt ceiling deal that would expedite the fracked gas Mountain Valley Pipeline, despite significant public opposition to the project and serious concerns about its impact on clean water, climate, and communities along the route. The bill would also needlessly undermine parts of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), a bedrock envir  more

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Virginia, Christopher R. Kavanaugh, posted the following news release on May 31, 2023: The Justice Department today announced the filing of a civil action against James C. Justice III and 13 coal companies he owns or operates seeking to collect unpaid civil penalties previously assessed by the Department of the Interior (DOI) Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE), as well as Abandoned Mine Land (AML) recl  more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, June 1 (TNSgov) -- WildEarth Guardians issued the following news release: As the Bureau of Land Management holds its second of three in-person public meetings to promote the Department of Interior's proposed Public Lands Rule, New Mexicans rallied in front of the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center in Albuquerque to unfurl a 20-foot banner reading "Phase Out Federal Fossil Fuels: Biden Keep Your Promise on Public Lands and Waters" highlighting the mounting demands to address   more