BOONE, North Carolina, June 30 (TNSgov)(TNScapv) -- Appalachian Voices issued the following news release and letter on June 29, 2023: Today, 28 groups sent a letter to the Biden Administration urging the release of a long-delayed rule to protect coal miners from exposure to respirable silica - the principal cause of the resurgence of deadly black lung disease in coal miners. In the letter to Director Shalanda Young of the administration's Office of Management and Budget, advocates note that the  more

WASHINGTON, June 29 (TNSrep) -- The Bipartisan Policy Center issued issued a 27-page report in March 2023, entitled "Can Advanced Nuclear Repower Coal Country?" The report was written by John Jacobs and Lesley Jantarasami. Here are excerpts: * * * ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The Bipartisan Policy Center would like to thank Neal Cohen for his substantial contributions and assistance with this report. BPC would also like to thank the numerous other experts who shared their insights at a BPC workshop in D  more

WASHINGTON, June 29 (TNSrep) -- The Bipartisan Policy Center issued a 34-page report in March 2023 entitled "The Federal Role in Stakeholder Engagement for a Carbon Capture and Storage Demonstration Project". The report was written by Sallie E. Greenberg, Meron Tesfaye, Tanya Das. Here are excerpts: * * * Table of Contents 4 ... INTRODUCTION 5 ... PART I: PROJECT NARRATIVE 9 ... PART II: FEDER AL PROCESSES AND STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT 9 ... Activities conducted prior to project site select  more

TYBEE ISLAND, Georgia, June 29 -- The Southern Alliance for Clean Energy issued the following news release on June 28, 2023: Community leaders from along the Georgia coast gathered today in response to a new U.S. Environmental Protection Agency plan to cut carbon pollution from power plants, the second leading source of climate pollution in the United States. At a press conference on Tybee Island, community leaders from Savannah, Brunswick, and Sapelo Island called on the EPA to make sure the   more

DUNN CENTER, North Dakota, June 30 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release on June 29, 2023: Senator John Hoeven today met with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) representatives, Dunn County Commissioners, state legislators and ranchers to discuss the seepage at Lake Ilo dam and its effects on area stakeholders. The FWS is keeping Ilo Reservoir at a low level to prevent increased seepage into a nearby coal seam, which threatens the integrity of the spillway.   more

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing and Critical Materials issued the following testimony by Chet Thompson, president and CEO of the American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers, involving a hearing on June 22, 2023, entitled "Driving Affordability: Preserving People's Freedom to Buy Affordable Vehicles and Fuel": * * * The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers ("AFPM") is the leading trade association representing the U.S. fue  more

WASHINGTON, June 29 (TNStalk) -- The Institute for Energy Research issued the following commentary on June 28, 023: * * * Fossil Fuels Remain Strong in 2022 Globally, Despite Increases in Renewable Energy In 2022, fossil fuels accounted for 82 percent of global energy consumption, up 1 percent from 2021, as record renewable energy growth did not shift the dominance of fossil fuels, according to the UK-based Energy Institute, who, with consultancies KPMG and Kearney, put together what was BP's  more

NEW YORK, June 30 -- President Biden issued the following remarks on June 29, 2023, at a campaign reception: * * * THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Thanks. Thank you very much. I'm not the essential man, but I represent the essential company -- country. You know, remember Madeleine Albright talked about America being the essential country, the -- America having to lead the world? I -- I spent a lot of my time in foreign policy as a senator and then as vice president. And she was more right than I th  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, June 29 -- President Biden issued the following remarks on June 28, 2023, at the Old Post Office about Bidenomics: * * * THE PRESIDENT: Hello, hello, hello. (Applause.) Thank you all very much. And, Bob, thank you for that introduction. Bob has been helping me for a long time. I guess he doesn't know any better. And speaking of help from a long time -- a brand-new guy in town, a guy who -- I told him that being mayor I think is the toughest job in America. They know wher  more

NEW YORK, June 30 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following remarks on June 28, 2023, by Secretary Antony J. Blinken in a conversation with Council on Foreign Relations President Richard Haass: * * * MR HAASS: It is June 28, 2023, and I want to welcome the several hundred people in the room here today, in New York, and the far larger number watching around the country and the world. I want to welcome everyone to the Council on Foreign Relations. For those of you who aren't familiar wit  more

DENVER, Colorado, June 29 (TNSgov) -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release on June 28, 2023, and a letter: Today, 55 Colorado lawmakers delivered a letter to Xcel Energy encouraging the utility to reduce the need for methane gas-fired power plants in its upcoming Electric Resource Plan (ERP), which could be approved by the end of the year. The letter flags major concerns with air and climate pollution, environmental injustice and high costs for the volatile energy source. "This ER  more

WASHINGTON, June 29 (TNSrpt) -- The U.S. Chamber of Commerce issued the following news release: A new analysis by the U.S. Chamber's Global Energy Institute finds significant flaws with the methodology used in EPA's new carbon pollution standards for coal and natural gas-fired power plants. "The Chamber strongly supports a low carbon transition and has been among the biggest supporters of investments in research, development and deployment of advanced nuclear, renewables, carbon capture and se  more