WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 -- Sen. Robert Casey Jr., D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) released a new map detailing the Pennsylvania communities that qualify as "energy communities" under his provision in the Inflation Reduction Act. Senator Casey's tax credits are incentivizing companies to build and manufacture new energy projects in the communities that have powered our Nation for generations, creating well-paying jobs, and attracting new investment.   more

TUCSON, Arizona, Aug. 22 -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release on Aug. 21, 2023: In a precedent-setting decision, a federal judge ruled late Friday that the Environmental Protection Agency violated the Endangered Species Act in 2016 when it failed to assess harms to endangered species before nearly tripling the levels of the heavy metal cadmium allowed in U.S. waters. The ruling, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona, follows a 2022 lawsuit fi  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 22 -- Appalachian Voices issued the following news release on Aug. 21, 2023: The Southern Environmental Law Center and Appalachian Mountain Advocates, on behalf of Appalachian Voices and the Sierra Club, are asking a federal court of appeals to review a state-issued permit for the proposed Cumberland Pipeline. The sole purpose of the proposed 32-mile pipeline, which would cut through communities in Dickson, Houston and Stewart Counties, would be to supply methane gas   more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Aug. 23 -- Duke Energy issued the following news release: * * * Partial settlement will help improve grid resiliency and advance the clean energy transition Settlement and testimony will be reviewed by regulators in a hearing that begins Aug. 28 Agreement follows Friday's order by North Carolina Utilities Commission that concluded the parallel Duke Energy Progress rate review * * * Duke Energy Carolinas and the North Carolina Public Staff have reached partial set  more

NESQUEHONING, Pennsylvania, Aug. 22 -- Earthjustice issued the following news release: Today, Earthjustice, Clean Air Council and PennFuture joined Carbon County residents for a virtual press conference urging the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to reject Panther Creek's request to burn tires to fuel their crypto-mining operations. The Panther Creek power plant -- a waste coal-fired power plant now home to thousands of bitcoin mining machines - recently submitted a per  more

KANSAS CITY, Kansas, Aug. 23 -- The International Brotherhood of Boilermakers issued the following news: Minnesota Governor Tim Walz signed a bill into law May 2 that will increase worker and community safety by ensuring the state's refinery work is manned by a properly skilled and trained workforce. The bill, HF 10, requires a percentage of third-party contractor oil refinery workers to be graduates of (or apprentices in) qualifying registered apprenticeship programs, which include the Boilerm  more

LEXINGTON, Kentucky, Aug. 22 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky, Carlton S. Shier IV, issued the following news release: Two former Lexington business owners, Douglas William Vance, 54, and Molly McKinnon, 59, were sentenced on Monday, by Chief U.S. District Judge Danny Reeves, to 174 months and 156 months, respectively, for conspiracy to commit wire fraud, multiple counts of wire fraud, and conspiracy to commit money laundering. According to evidence at trial, from Augu  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following commentary to The Guardian on Aug. 21, 2023: * * * The US And China Must Unite To Fight The Climate Crisis, Not Each Other Climate change is a global crisis and cannot be solved by any one country alone. If the United States, China and other industrialized countries do not come together to dramatically decrease greenhouse gas emissions, the world we leave our children and future generations will become increasingly un  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following commentary to the National Review, on Aug. 21, 2023: * * * Biden's Anti-Nuclear Move Fits His Anti-American Energy Agenda * * * The American people want our nation to be energy-independent. They know increasing production of American energy is the best way to achieve that. President Biden is telling the American people to pound sand. According to r  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 22 -- The Southern Environmental Law Center issued the following news release: The Southern Environmental Law Center and Appalachian Mountain Advocates, on behalf of Appalachian Voices and the Sierra Club, are asking a federal court of appeals to review a state-issued permit for the proposed Cumberland Pipeline. The sole purpose of the proposed 32-mile pipeline, which would cut through communities in Dickson, Houston, and Stewart Counties, would be to supply methane g  more