HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 29 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release: Attorney General William Tong has joined a coalition of 19 attorneys general and cities to file comments in support of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) proposal to update and strengthen the 2012 Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS). The MATS are nationwide standards that limit coal and oil-fired power plant emissions of toxic air pollutants, such as mercury and othe  more

WASHINGTON, June 28 (TNSrpt)(TNSgov) -- The Americans for Financial Reform issued the following statement on June 27, 2023: * * * The U.S. Treasury Department's Federal Insurance Office (FIO) today released a report on climate-related regulation and supervision of insurers. The report assesses the limitations of existing regulation and includes 20 recommendations. * * * In response, Carly Fabian, insurance policy advocate with Public Citizen's Climate Program issued the following statement:   more

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- The Federal Maritime Commission issued the following initial decision approving settlement agreement (Docket No. 22-27) on June 28, 2023: * * * GLOBERUNNERS , INC ., Complainant v. HOYER GLOBAL (USA), INC ., Respondent. ORDER OF: Linda S. Harris CROVELLA, Administrative Law Judge. INITIAL DECISION APPROVING SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT/1 On June 14, 2023, Complainant Globerunners, Inc. ("Globerunners") filed a Motion for Voluntary Dismissal by Complainant ("Motion for Dismiss  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, June 29 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following statement on June 28, 2023: * * * Senator John Hoeven today issued the following statement after Minnkota Power Cooperative announced new affiliates to advance Project Tundra, their carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) project, into its final stages of development. Minnkota announced it is partnering with TC Energy, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Kiewit to complete the project. "Minnkota's pro  more

WASHINGTON, June 28 -- The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations issued the following testimony by David Howell, acting director and principal deputy director of the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains, involving a hearing on June 21, 2023, entitled "Microvast and More: Oversight of President Biden's Energy Spending Spree": * * * The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains (MESC) is res  more

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- The House Oversight and Accountability Committee issued the following testimony by Sally Katzen, professor of practice and distinguished scholar in residence at the New York University School of Law, involving a hearing on June 14, 2023, entitled "Death by a Thousand Regulations: The Biden Administration's Campaign to Bury America in Red Tape": * * * Chairman Comer, Ranking Member Raskin, and Members of the Committee. Thank you for including me on this panel to discuss   more

SANTIAGO, Chile, June 28 -- The International Finance Corp., a member of the World Bank Group, issued the following news release: The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, announced the signing of a green and sustainability-linked loan to ENGIE Energia Chile S.A. (ENGIE Chile). This financing, for a total of US$ 400 million, will help the company, in line with its energy transformation plan, to shift from fossil fuel-based power generation to renewable power  more

KANSAS CITY, Kansas, June 29 -- The International Brotherhood of Boilermakers issued the following news on June 28, 2023: Boilermakers, contractors and employers met in Napa, California, Mar. 28 to address industry challenges together and look ahead to new trends and future opportunities. Emphasized throughout the event were safety and quality, the future of energy production and a potential abundance of Boilermaker work on the horizon. "We have to do whatever we can together--together--that's  more

EVANSTON, Illinois, June 29 (TNSjou) -- Northwestern University issued the following news release: It is widely accepted that an undiagnosed concussion is dangerous to the health and safety of an athlete. To prevent long-term concussive damage, sports organizations have placed a spotlight on identifying concussion symptoms, providing the athlete with care as soon as the injury is suspected. Yet, accumulating evidence shows that the smaller hits also adversely affect the brain over time. Playe  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, June 29 -- The Pennsylvania House Republicans issued the following news release on June 27, 2023: Five miles from Pennsylvania's largest coal-fired electric generating facility, state Rep. Jim Struzzi (R-Indiana) and the House Republican Policy Committee took a closer look Friday at Pennsylvania's energy policy, both present and future. The hearing was conducted at the Homer City Volunteer Fire Department. "It's safe to say the Homer City Generation Station is ground   more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, June 29 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release on June 28, 2023: U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, announced Minnkota Power Cooperative, TC Energy, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), Kiewit, and its affiliates have moved Project Tundra into its final stage of development. As one of the world's largest carbon capture projects, Project Tundra is designed to capture up to 4   more

PARIS, France, June 29 (TNSrpt) -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: Thirty of the largest asset managers in Europe and the US do not have sufficiently robust policies to encourage the companies in their portfolios to stop developing new fossil fuel projects. These are the findings of the 2023 analysis of asset managers' climate action, published by Reclaim Finance, ReCommon, Sierra Club, The Sunrise Project and Urgewald /1. Using previously unpublished data, the 5 NGOs demons  more

SOUTHAMPTON, England, June 29 (TNSjou) -- The University of Southampton issued the following news: A new study has explored the battle lines of public debate around a controversial energy technology which is heralded as "critical to combating climate change" by its advocates and branded "worse than coal" by its critics. Bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) features heavily in the UK government's plan to achieve a net-zero economy by 2050. But there is low public awareness of the t  more