WASHINGTON, July 18 (TNSgov) -- Clean Water Action issued the following news release and a letter on July 17, 2023: Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), Below the Blue, and Clean Water Action submitted a letter to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan today, calling on the agency to investigate the uncontrolled release of lead by more than 2,000 lead-sheathed telecom cables into water or surface soil across the nation. More than 300 of these cables are posing a thr  more

WASHINGTON, July 18 (TNSres) -- The Corn Refiners Association issued the following news: Today, the Corn Refiners Association (CRA) released its Life Cycle Analysis (LCA), providing a snapshot of the corn refining industry's sustainability achievements and goals. The LCA evaluates the environmental impacts of certain products derived from corn refining across their lifetime, from the beginning stages of agricultural production to the final stages of facility operations. This farm-to-manufacture  more

WASHINGTON, July 19 (TNStalk)(TNSres) -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on July 17, 2023: * * * Cross-Industry Methane Challenges By Ben Cahill and Kjersti Swanson Methane reductions will feature prominently at the 2023 UN Climate Change Conference (COP28) this fall. Policymakers and environmental organizations will be looking for concrete progress and financial commitments related to the Global Methane Pledge--a collective global agreemen  more

WASHINGTON, July 18 (TNSgov) -- Earthjustice issued the following news release on July 17, 2023: Last week, the D.C. Circuit agreed with a coalition of environmental organizations, clean energy advocates, consumer advocates, and clean energy trade groups by ruling that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) had unlawfully approved the Southeast Energy Exchange Market (SEEM). The proposal to create SEEM came from some of the largest monopoly utilities in the country, including Southern   more

WASHINGTON, July 18 (TNSgov) -- The Environmental Defense Fund issued the following news release and letter on July 17, 2023: Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), Below the Blue, and Clean Water Action submitted a letter to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan today, calling on the agency to investigate the uncontrolled release of lead by more than 2,000 lead-sheathed telecom cables into water or surface soil across the nation. More than 300 of these cables are po  more

TATUM, Texas, July 19 (TNSgov) -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release on July 18, 2023: Yesterday the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) agreed to settle a lawsuit with the Sierra Club over the agency's failure to act on an inadequate Texas plan to reduce harmful sulfur dioxide pollution in East Texas. As part of the proposed settlement, EPA must either approve the Texas plan or reject it and issue a federal plan, as required by the Clean Air Act, no later than Dec. 31, 20  more

BASEL, Switzerland, July 19 -- Granular Matter, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features modern tools from statistical mechanics and physics, micro-macro mechanics or computational science, published research articles, including the following topics, in its August 2023 edition: Original Report: * Dissipation behavior of granular balls in a rotating closed cylinder * Granular meta-material: response of a bending beam * On the extension of the grain loop concept from 2D to 3D granular ass  more

WASHINGTON, July 19 -- The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance issued the following testimony by Jerry Theodorou, director of the Finance, Insurance and Trade Policy Program at the R Street Institute, involving a hearing on July 14, 2023, entitled "How Mandates Like ESG Distort Markets and Drive Up Costs for Insurance and Housing." ESG stands for environmental, social and corporate governance. * * * Chairman Davidson, Ranking Member Cleaver and members of the Subcomm  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, July 18 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: NETL research focused on finding and characterizing unconventional sources of rare earth elements (REEs) reached a pivotal maturation point this year with the public release of several tools and publications to help stakeholders accelerate next-generation, clean-energy technologies by tapping into a domestic supply of these critical minerals (CMs). REEs  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, July 19 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news on July 18, 2023: NETL expertise was showcased at a recent workshop held to develop innovative pathways to produce hydrogen as a clean and affordable fuel of the future and identify opportunities for collaborative research efforts among national labs, academic researchers and industry partners. Researchers from NETL, the National Renewable Energy Laborat  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, July 19 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) and Congressman Kelly Armstrong (R-ND), members of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee and House Energy and Commerce Committee with jurisdiction over the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), sent a letter to EPA Administrator Michael Regan requesting the withdrawal or significant revision of the proposed regulation rule known as the  more

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining issued the following testimony by Thomas Heinlein, assistant director for the National Conservation Lands and Community Partnerships, involving a hearing on July 12, 2023, on 12 bills. The legislation includes Dolores River National Conservation Area & Special Management Area Act (S. 636); North Dakota Trust Lands Completion Act (S. 1088); Utah School & Institutional Trust Lands Admi  more

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining issued the following testimony by Chris French, deputy chief at the U.S. Department of Agriculture U.S. Forest Service, involving a hearing on July 12, 2023, on nine bills. The legislation includes "To require the Secretary of Agriculture to convey the Pleasant Valley Ranger District Administrative Site to Gila County, Arizona"(S. 1015); "Wild Olympics Wilderness and Wild and Scenic   more

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining issued the following testimony by Michelle McConkie, director of the Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration, involving a hearing on July 12, 2023, on the Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration Exchange Act of 2023 (S. 1405): * * * Chairwoman Cortez Masto, and members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today. I would also  more

WASHINGTON, July 18 (TNSgov) -- The Southern Environmental Law Center issued the following news release on July 17, 2023: Last week, the D.C. Circuit agreed with a coalition of environmental organizations, clean energy advocates, consumer advocates, and clean energy trade groups by ruling that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) had unlawfully approved the Southeast Energy Exchange Market (SEEM). The proposal to create SEEM came from some of the largest monopoly utilities in the cou  more

STANFORD, California, July 18 (TNSjou) -- Stanford University issued the following news release: * * * Switching from hydropower to fossil fuels during droughts has led to higher carbon emissions and cost 11 Western states tens of billions of dollars over the past two decades, Stanford research finds. * * * When drought-stricken rivers and reservoirs run low across the American West, hydropower dries up and utilities fire up hundreds of power plants that burn coal, oil, or natural gas to kee  more

WASHINGTON, July 19 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration issued the following news release on July 18, 2023: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the Department's Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.6 million grant to the town of Spindale, North Carolina, for water and sewer system improvements needed to support business growth and job creation in a region impacted by fluctuations in the energy economy. This projec  more