WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Sen. Cynthia M. Lummis, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senators John Barrasso and Cynthia Lummis (Both R-WY) joined U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and 36 of their Senate colleagues in sending a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) urging the withdrawal of its latest set of proposed power plant regulations that will force the closure of coal and gas-fired power plants. The proposal would kill good paying jobs across Wy  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), and 37 other Republican senators called on Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Regan to withdraw the EPA's latest set of proposed power plant regulations that will force the closure of coal and gas-fired power plants. "In direct conflict with West Virginia v. EPA, this proposal requires generation shifting from  more

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Aug. 4 -- The U.S. Embassy in Pakistan issued the following news release: The U.S. Embassy in Islamabad wishes to congratulate the four winners of the third Academy of Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) seeding funding competition. These women stood out among over 70 talented graduates, securing seed funding of $5500, $4500, $3500, and $2500 for their startups. The competition was fierce, with emerging female entrepreneurs presenting ambitious plans they worked on during a 13-week   more

DENVER, Colorado, Aug. 4 -- The Colorado Senate Democrats issued the following news release: A pair of laws aimed at supporting rural Colorado will go into effect on Monday, August 7. SB23-006, a bipartisan bill sponsored by Senator Dylan Roberts, D-Avon, and Rep. Barbara McLachlan, D-Durango, will foster economic development in rural communities by formally creating the Rural Opportunity Office (ROO) within the Office of Economic Development and International Trade. Also sponsored by Senator  more

DALE, Indiana, Aug. 4 -- Earthjustice issued the following news release: Riverview Energy's permit to construct and operate a cancer-causing and climate-harming coal-to-diesel refinery in Dale, IN has expired, the state environmental agency announced on Tuesday, in a major win for environmental groups who have been fighting the project for over five years. The Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) notified Delaware-based Riverview in a letter dated August 1, 2023 that the state  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * Denial is latest EPA action to protect overburdened communities and water sources from coal ash contamination, advancing environmental justice * * * Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a proposed denial of Alabama's permit program to manage coal combustion residuals - commonly known as CCR or coal ash - in landfills and surface impoundments. In its first proposed denial of a   more

BONN, Germany, Aug. 4 -- The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change issued the following news release: Around 200 stakeholders from governments, climate funds, financial institutions, civil societies, academia, think tanks and the private sector met in person and virtually in Bangkok in July for a two-day Forum to discuss a timely and critical matter - Financing Just Transitions. Entire economies and societies, including all sectors, must be transformed and redirected to a low-c  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 -- The Institute for Energy Research issued the following agency statement on Aug. 2, 2023: * * * Last week, the Biden administration issued a proposal by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to increase the average fuel economy of vehicles sold in the United States. Under the proposal, automakers would be required to increase the average mileage of the passenger vehicles they sell by 2 percent a year for passenger cars, and 4 percent a year for light t  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) are among 39 Republican Senators urging Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan to withdraw his agency's unlawful "Clean Power Plan 2.0," a plan that will effectively shut down affordable and reliable energy and intensify the energy shortage the United States is already facing. The demand is made   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., are among 39 Republican Senators urging Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan to withdraw his agency's unlawful "Clean Power Plan 2.0," a plan that will effectively shut down affordable and reliable energy and intensify the energy shortage the United States is already facing. The demand is made in a  more