WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on Sept. 15, 2023: * * * Vietnam: Biden Anoints a New Trusted Tech Partner By Erin L. Murphy and Thibault Denamiel The United States secured another manufacturing hub in its efforts to diversify supply chains by adding Vietnam as a trusted and reliable partner. Perhaps the most strategic announcement from President Biden's trip from September 10-11 was centered around scaling up Vietnam  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- The Environmental Defense Fund issued the following news release: Environmental Defense Fund and a group of 13 health, environmental, and community groups are asking the Environmental Protection Agency to protect people from dangerous pollution from fossil fuel-based hydrogen production facilities. The groups filed a petition with EPA today urging the agency to adopt protective limits that would reduce climate and health-harming pollution from hydrogen production plants  more

NEW YORK, Sept. 16 -- Rainforest Action Network issued the following news release: As corporate and government decision makers from across the globe gather to discuss the climate crisis during Climate Week, Roishetta Ozane wants them to know: LNG is Methane. And methane is harming her community. A new ad campaign by Rainforest Action Network and Gas Leaks expose the truth about the climate, health, and safety impacts of "natural" gas, particularly gas exports, like the facilities being quickly  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Rep. Scott Peters, D-California, issued the following fact sheet: * * * The BIG WIRES Act Problem: Interregional electric transmission is foundational to a growing economy based on affordable, reliable energy. But today, our transmission grid has stagnated. Since 2014, North America has built just 7 gigawatts of large-scale interregional transmission compared to 44 in Europe and 260 in China./1 America's transmission shortfall is contributing to grid outages across th  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Rep. Adrian Smith, R-Nebraska, issued the following column on Sept. 15, 2023: * * * Options, Not Mandates, Bring the Best Outcomes Poorly considered policy driven by ideological agendas can have devastating consequences for Americans, bringing the greatest harm to those with the least recourse when good intentions go awry. There's always room for improvement in federal policy. However, damage is often avoidable if decision-makers simply take the time to consider the im  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Rep. David Rouzer, R-North Carolina, issued the following joint statement on Sept. 15, 2023: * * * Joint statement of Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee Chairman David Rouzer (R-NC) and Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) on the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) final rule that will allow Clean Water Act Section 401 to continue being used to block key infrastructure and energy projects for reasons that have nothing to  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Representative Harriet Hageman (R-Wyo.) introduced legislation this week that would curtail inflationary pressures caused by higher energy costs and defend communities most at risk of energy poverty, particularly rural, elderly, minority, and low-income Americans. The Energy Poverty Prevention and Accountability Act, featured in Fox News Digital this morning, requires  more

TRIANGLE, Virginia, Sept. 16 -- The United Mine Workers of America issued the following commentary on Sept. 15, 2023: * * * Tommy Tuberville is putting American soldiers at risk By Cecil E. Roberts, International President, United Mine Workers of America and Chairman of the Union Veterans Council, AFL-CIO When I was serving ten miles from the DMZ in Vietnam in 1968, it would not have occurred to me that a politician could single-handedly chop off the head of my chain of command. But that is   more