WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Rep. Rick Allen, R-Georgia, issued the following news release on June 21, 2023: Today, U.S. Congressmen Rick W. Allen (GA-12) and Andy Barr (KY-06) reintroduced the Ensuring Sound Guidance (ESG) Act to protect retail investors' retirement and investment accounts from asset managers who put environmental, social, and governance, or ESG, factors ahead of returns. * * * This legislation would require investment advisers and Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) r  more

ALMATY, Kazakhstan, June 21 -- The Asian Development Bank issued the following news release: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Joint Stock Company Almaty Electric Stations (ALES), wholly owned by Samruk-Energy JSC (Samruk-Energy), have signed a 98 billion Kazakhstan tenge local currency loan (around $214 million) to replace an inefficient coal-fired combined heat and power plant (CHP) in Almaty with state-of-the-art combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) units, significantly cutting the plant's c  more

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Rep. Andy Barr, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release on June 21, 2023: Today, U.S. Congressmen Andy Barr (R-KY) and Rick Allen (R-GA) reintroduced the Ensuring Sound Guidance (ESG) Act to protect retail investors' retirement and investment accounts from asset managers who put environmental and social goals ahead of returns. This legislation would require investment advisers and ERISA retirement plan sponsors to prioritize financial returns over non-pecuniary fact  more

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, participated in a full committee hearing on the Economic Development Administration (EDA). During the hearing, Ranking Member Capito discussed the EDA's work in West Virginia with Mike Graney, Executive Director of the West Virginia Department of Economic Development.   more

MUMBAI, India, June 21 (TNSres) -- CRISIL, an S&P Global company, issued the following news release: Cement prices are expected to slip 1-3% this fiscal, after clocking a 4% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) over the past four to a new all-time high of Rs 391 per 50 kg bag last fiscal. The run-up was due to disruptions caused by Covid-19, followed by a sharp surge in input costs, especially thermal coal, further aggravated by the Russia-Ukraine war. Now, heightening competitive intensity and  more

WASHINGTON, June 21 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Office of Workers' Compensation Programs issued the following news brief: The U.S. Department of Labor announced that its Division of Coal Mine Workers' Compensation will host a series of outreach events on available benefits for current and former coal miners and their survivors in Arizona and New Mexico from June 27 to 29, 2023. Held in the Four Corners region, the events will help serve members of the Navajo Nation eligible for federal ben  more

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy issued the following news release on June 21, 2023: The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) today announced up to $17.7 million in funding available to support novel, early-stage research and development at eligible U.S. colleges and universities, including creating new academic curricula related to geosciences and supporting interdisciplinary training in humanities-  more

LONDON, England, June 21 -- Friends of the Earth UK issued the following statement on June 20, 2023: * * * Reacting to the news that the government is reportedly planning to remove a ban on new coal mines from the Energy Bill currently passing through parliament, which was approved as an amendment by the House of Lords in April, Friends of the Earth climate campaigner, Tony Bosworth, said: "It's little wonder the UK is struggling to reap the huge benefits from building a clean and modern ene  more

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs, issued the following news release on June 21, 2023: Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs Subcommittee Chairman Pat Fallon (R-Texas) opened today's subcommittee hearing on "Clearing the Air: Examining the Environmental Protection Agency's Proposed Emissions Standards" by outlining how the Environmental Pr  more

WASHINGTON, June 22 (TNStalk) -- The Institute for Energy Research issued the following commentary on June 20, 2023: * * * Britain Fires up Coal Plants Due to Lower Output From Renewables and Higher Demand From a Heat Wave Britain recently started burning coal to generate electricity after a heat wave made solar panels too hot to work efficiently. High temperatures reduced the amount of energy generated from its solar panels. Electricity supply was also lower because of depressed wind speeds,  more

WASHINGTON, June 22 (TNStalk) -- The Institute for Energy Research issued the following commentary on June 20, 2023: * * * China Will Burn More Coal As It Supplies "Green Energy" Technologies to the World China needs electricity to fuel its manufacturing industry, including producing electric vehicles and their batteries, and coal will be the primary fuel used to generate that electricity. Expanding coal-fired power is China's "only real option in the short term" to meet rising electricity de  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, June 22 (TNSgov) -- The Mercy Corps issued the following news release: Mercy Corps welcomes the international community's support to Ukraine's recovery and reconstruction efforts. This is instrumental in enabling a transformative journey towards a sustainable future for war-affected people across Ukraine and returnees from neighbouring countries and beyond. At today's Ukraine Recovery Conference, we call on Ukraine's international partners to remember the human cost of this wa  more

MERRILLVILLE, Indiana, June 21 -- Northern Indiana Public Service Co., a subsidiary of NiSource, issued the following news release on June 20, 2023: NiSource Inc. (NYSE: NI) today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with an affiliate of Blackstone Infrastructure Partners, Blackstone's (NYSE: BX) dedicated Infrastructure group, for the Blackstone Infrastructure affiliate to acquire a 19.9% equity interest in NIPSCO for $2.150 billion. Blackstone Infrastructure is an active  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, June 22 -- The Pennsylvania House Republicans issued the following news release on June 21, 2023: "Pennsylvania's Energy Policy: Boom or Bust" will be the subject of a House Republican Policy Committee hearing to be held Friday, June 23, in Indiana County and hosted by state Rep. Jim Struzzi (R-Indiana). "In many ways, Indiana County is 'ground zero' for the debate over how Pennsylvania should and shouldn't move forward with regard to its energy policy," Struzzi said.  more

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, participated in a full committee hearing on the Economic Development Administration (EDA). During the hearing, Ranking Member Capito discussed the EDA's work in West Virginia with Mike Graney, Executive Dire  more

ST. BERNARD PARISH, Louisiana, June 22 (TNSgov) -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release on June 21, 2023: Today, Sierra Club and Healthy Gulf, represented by Earthjustice, filed a lawsuit against the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources (LDNR) for unlawfully granting a coastal use permit (CUP) to the Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company for its Evangeline Pass project, a methane gas pipeline proposed for southeast Louisiana. Evangeline Pass would feed liquified methane gas to Plaque  more

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, June 21 -- Ecojustice issued the following news release: Equiterre, Sierra Club Canada Foundation, and Mi'gmawe'l Tplu'taqnn Incorporated (MTI), represented by Ecojustice, are disappointed with the decision from the Federal Court to dismiss their case challenging the Minister of Environment and Climate Change's decision to approve Bay du Nord -- a controversial $16-billion oil and gas project proposed off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador. The environmental an  more

YORK, England, June 21 (TNSres) -- The University of York issued the following news release: Researchers are working on a new pound sterling12 million research project to speed up the development of fusion as a safe, clean and abundant source of energy. Fusion has the potential to provide a near-limitless source of low carbon energy by copying the processes that powers the sun and stars where atoms are fused to release energy, creating nearly four million times more energy for every kilogram o  more

NAIROBI, Kenya, June 22 (TNStalk) -- The U.S. Agency for International Development issued the following remarks on June 21, 2023, by Administrator Samantha Power at the Africa Energy Forum: * * * ADMINISTRATOR SAMANTHA POWER: Thank you so much. I really appreciate that. That's really the only way I can get a standing ovation [laughter]. I'm grateful, and I know, whatever Lucy puts her mind to there's basically nothing she can't do. And hearing from you, engaging through the Young African Leade  more

DENVER, Colorado, June 22 (TNSgov) -- WildEarth Guardians issued the following news release: WildEarth Guardians this month delivered more than 5,800 petition signatures calling on the Biden administration to pause federal coal leasing in order to protect the climate and advance a just transition from fossil fuels. "It's clear that to protect the climate, we have to stop burning fossil fuels and that starts with keeping coal in the ground," said Jeremy Nichols, climate and energy program direc  more