WASHINGTON, June 2 (TNSgov) -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release on June 1, 2023: David Tudor, CEO and General Manager of Associated Electric Cooperative Incorporated (AECI), provided testimony before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on the reliability of electric systems. AECI supplies 51 local electric cooperatives in Missouri, Iowa and Oklahoma while running two of the dirtiest coal plants in the country: Thomas Hill and New Madrid. Jenn DeRose, Missouri Ca  more

STRAWBERRY HILLS, Australia, June 3 (TNStalk) -- Australian Council of Social Service issued the following statement on June 2, 2023: * * * ACOSS welcomes the Fair Work Commission decision to lift award wages by 5.75%, and the minimum wage for around 180,000 people by 8.6%. The Fair Work Commission's determination is much-needed recognition that people on low and modest incomes continue to struggle amidst the ongoing cost-of-living crisis. * * * ACOSS Chief Executive Officer, Cassandra Goldi  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, June 3 (TNSgov) -- The Chesapeake Climate Action Network issued the following news release on June 2, 2023: Thursday, the U.S. Senate voted to approve the debt ceiling agreement and against an amendment to remove provisions that fast-track approval for the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP). The MVP is a proposed 303-mile fracked-gas pipeline that would run through West Virginia and southwest Virginia and result in as much carbon pollution annually as 26 coal-fired power plants.  more

DENVER, Colorado, June 3 -- The Colorado Public Utilities Commission issued the following weekly meeting agenda: * * * Consent Items TRANSPORTATION 1. PROCEEDING NO. 23A-0189CP-XFER DENVER AIRPORT SHUTTLE EXPRESS MTN Shuttle* IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION FOR AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY NOS. 55764 and 55904 FROM MTN SHUTTLE LLC DOING BUSINESS AS MTN SHUTTLE TO ASPEN/SNOWMASS EXPRESS LLC DOING BUSINESS AS DENVER AIRPORT SHUTTLE EXPRESS. Filing D  more

WASHINGTON, June 3 (TNStalk) -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on June 2, 2023: * * * Global Climate Priorities and U.S. Engagement * * * This commentary is part of the annual Energy Futures Forum, a project from the CSIS Energy Security and Climate Change Program exploring changes to the energy and climate landscape over the next 10 years. * * * By Claudio Forner Old Story Short Lack of ambition has become a sort of cliche within clima  more

GREAT FALLS, Montana, June 2 (TNSgov) -- Earthjustice issued the following news release on June 3, 2023: Groups filed suit in Montana District Court today challenging two recent laws passed by the 2023 Montana Legislature intended to weaken water and environmental protections from coal mining. The new laws, which purport to have gone into effect immediately, are likely to exceed Montana's delegated authority under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (SMCRA), which requires state prog  more

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations issued the following testimony by Diana Furchtgott-Roth, director of the Center of Energy, Climate, and Environment at the Heritage Foundation, involving a hearing on May 23, 2023, entitled "Growing the Domestic Energy Sector Supply Chain and Manufacturing Base: Are Federal Efforts Working?": * * * I am honored to be invited to testify before you today on the subject of "Federal Efforts to Shrink   more

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations issued the following testimony by Jeremy Harrell, chief strategy officer of ClearPath Inc., involving a hearing on May 23, 2023, entitled "Growing the Domestic Energy Sector Supply Chain and Manufacturing Base: Are Federal Efforts Working?": * * * My name is Jeremy Harrell, and I am the Chief Strategy Officer of ClearPath, a 501(c)(3) organization that develops and advances policies that accelerate  more

NEW YORK, June 2 (TNStalk) -- Human Rights Watch issued the following commentary on May 31, 2023, to Foreign Affairs: * * * Spying for Human Rights By Sarah Yager, Washington Director The U.S. intelligence community appears to be doing more to document Russian atrocities in the war in Ukraine than it has to document human rights abuses in any conflict in history. American spy agencies have gathered evidence that Russian commanders intentionally targeted civilian areas and planned to kidnap t  more

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued 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) reclamation fee and audit debts. "Our environmental la  more

HELSINKI, Finland, June 2 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following remarks by Secretary Antony J. Blinken at an event at the Helsinki City Hall on what he calls Russia's strategic failure and Ukraine's secure future. He was introduced by Helsinki Mayor Juhana Vartiainen and Mika Aaltola, director of the Finnish Institute of International Affairs. * * * MAYOR VARTIAINEN: Your Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, dear friends, it is my great pleasure to warmly welcome you all to the bea  more

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on June 1, 2023: 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   more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, June 3 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on June 2, 2023: * * * Yesterday, the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a hearing to examine the reliability and resiliency of electric services in the United States in light of recent assessments and alerts. During the hearing, Chairman Joe Manchin (D-WV) discussed the importance of, and actions needed, t  more

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Sen. Tom Carper, D-Delaware, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and Susan Collins (R-Maine) 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 a powerful neuro  more

WASHINGTON, June 2 (TNStalk) -- The National Mining Association issued the following statement on June 1, 2023: * * * Rich Nolan, President & CEO of the National Mining Association (NMA), released the following statement on today's hearing in the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee concerning grid reliability: "It was impossible to listen to the testimony this morning, including from the nation's top reliability regulator and from the CEO of our largest grid operator, and not conclu  more

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on June 2, 2023: U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine announced $22,780,000 in Fiscal Year 2023 funding to reclaim abandoned mine lands (AML) in Virginia. The funding will clean up pollution caused by past coal mining and help create good-paying jobs. It was made possible by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which the senators voted to pass in 2021. This is the second allotment of funding awarded to Virgi  more

GREAT FALLS, Montana, June 2 (TNSgov) -- WildEarth Guardians issued the following news release on June 1, 2023: Groups filed suit in Montana District Court today challenging two recent laws passed by the 2023 Montana Legislature intended to weaken water and environmental protections from coal mining. The new laws, which purport to have gone into effect immediately, are likely to exceed Montana's delegated authority under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (SMCRA), which requires sta  more