WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on June 9, 2023: As smoke and fine particles from Canadian wildfires casts a cloud over Rhode Island and blankets other parts of the East Coast and Midwest, U.S. Senator Jack Reed says it is time to accelerate actions to mitigate the impacts of cross-border pollution and climate change. Noting that air pollution and climate change are interconnected challenges, Senator Reed is urging Congress to accelerate  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Cynthia M. Lummis, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators John Barrasso and Cynthia Lummis (both R-WY) joined U.S. Senator Roger Wicker (R-MS) in introducing a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution seeking to overturn the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Good Neighbor Rule. The Good Neighbor Rule would accelerate the Biden administration's mission to shut down Wyoming's fossil fuel power plants and weaken America's energy grids by inc  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release on June 9, 2023, and letter: U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), and 27 colleagues urged the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to extend the public comment period for the EPA's latest set of proposed power plant regulations which will force the closure of coal- and gas-fired power plants. The senators expressed concerns over the limited opportunities the EPA has provid  more

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, June 9 -- Ecojustice issued the following news release on June 8, 2023: Ecojustice is in court on behalf of Keepers of the Water Society and the West Athabasca Watershed Bioregional Society to uphold the Minister of Environment and Climate Change's 2021 decision to designate the proposed Vista coal mine expansion for a federal impact assessment. If built, the Vista coal mine expansion could result in the extraction of up to 15 megatonnes of coal each year. When sh  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 10 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on June 9, 2023: Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $7,128,850 from President Biden's Investing in America Agenda to expedite the assessment and cleanup of brownfields sites in New Hampshire while advancing environmental justice. EPA selected eight communities in New Hampshire to receive eight grants totaling $7,128,850 in competitive EPA Brownfields funding thro  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colorado, issued the following news release and letter: This week, U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper urged a hearing on his Bus Integration Dedicated to Improving Resilience, Eliminating Congestion, and Triggering Innovation Over Numerous Applications and Localities (BIDIRECTIONAL) Act. This Hickenlooper bill would create a Department of Energy program to deploy electric school buses with bidirectional energy flow capability - the ability to power t  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on June 9, 2023: In case you missed it, Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) introduced the bipartisan Providing Reliable, Objective, Verifiable Emissions Intensity and Transparency (PROVE IT) Act this week, legislation to direct the U.S. Department of Energy to conduct a comprehensive study comparing the emissions intensity of certain goods produced in the United States to the emissi  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release and letter on June 9, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, wrote a letter to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan, requesting a 60-day extension of the public comment period for the agency's rule regulating CO2 emissions from fossil-fueled power plants. In the letter, Senator Manchin also called for   more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on June 9, 2023: Today, Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-WV) introduced the Methane Reduction and Economic Growth Act of 2023. This bipartisan bill focuses on capturing and repurposing mine methane emissions from active and abandoned mines to be used as an energy resource across the United States. Joining Congresswoman Miller are Representatives Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA), Terri Sewell (D-AL), and Chris Del  more

STILLWATER, Oklahoma, June 10 -- Oklahoma State University issued the following news on June 9, 2023: Oklahoma State University Extension will host the AgricultHer Women in Ag Conference June 30 from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Eastern Oklahoma State College Student Center Ballroom in Wilburton. The conference registration deadline is June 14. Those interested in participating can obtain a registration form from their local county office or register online. The $30 registration fee includes a T-shi  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, June 10 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following commentary to The Hill on June 9, 2023: * * * U.S. Senators Kevin Cramer (R-ND) and Chris Coons (D-DE), penned an op-ed in The Hill on how their bill, the Providing Reliable, Objective, Verifiable Emissions Intensity and Transparency (PROVE IT) Act is the first step in reducing reliance on other countries' inflaming geopolitical tensions and the need to reward American manufacturers who uphold cleaner pr  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies issued the following testimony by Interior Secretary Deb Haaland involving a hearing on March 29, 2023, entitled "A Review of the President's Fiscal Year 2024 Budget Request for the Department of Interior": * * * Chair Merkley, Ranking Member Murkowski, and Members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to testify in support of the Interior Department's Fiscal Year 2024 Budge  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee issued the following testimony by David G. Hill, chairman of the Public Policy Committee and a member of the board of directors at the American Lung Association, involving a hearing on March 29, 2023, entitled "The EPA Good Neighbor Rule: Healthier Air for Downwind States": * * * Good morning, my name is Dr. David Hill, and I am a practicing pulmonary and critical care physician in Waterbury, Connecticut. I serve as a Clin  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release and letter on June 8, 2023: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, led 27 of her colleagues in urging Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan to extend the public comment period for the EPA's latest set of proposed power pl  more

NEW YORK, June 10 -- The United Nations issued the following remarks on June 9, 2023, by Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed at the Member States briefing on the Climate Ambition Summit: * * * It is a pleasure to be here to brief you on the Secretary-General's Climate Ambition Summit, which comes at a sobering moment -- a moment when almost all our indicators on climate are pointing in the wrong direction. Emissions are hitting record highs; finance commitments remain unmet; and the World   more

LEEDS, England, June 9 (TNSjou) -- The University of Leeds issued the following news: Human-caused global warming has continued to increase at an "unprecedented rate" since the last major assessment of the climate system published two years ago, say 50 leading scientists. The research, published in the journal Earth System Science Data, found that human-induced warming averaged 1.14 C over the last decade and a record level of greenhouse gases is being emitted each year, equivalent to 54 billi  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on June 9, 2023, and a letter: U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and fellow Senate Budget Committee members Senators Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., and Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., today launched an investigation into how the U.S. insurance industry evaluates climate-related risks, decides to invest in or underwrite fossil fuel expansion projects that drive such risks, and prices policies that insure such projects. "Witnes  more