WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- Rep. Nanette Barragan, D-California, issued the following news release on Nov. 14, 2023: Today, Congresswoman Nanette Barragan (CA-44), Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, and Representatives Jared Huffman (CA-02) and Jennifer McClellan (VA-04), along with over 60 of their colleagues, sent a bicameral letter to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) urging the agency to update how it determines if new licenses for liquified natural gas (LNG) exports to non-free, U.S. trade c  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Nov. 16 (TNSres) -- Ceres, a non-profit organization that is mobilizing many of the world's largest companies and investors to take stronger action on climate change, water scarcity and other global sustainability challenges, issued the following news release: Due to a drop in coal generation, the U.S. power sector saw a marginal reduction of less than 1% in carbon emissions in 2022, according to the latest analysis of air emissions for the country's top 100 power produce  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 -- Rep. Alex Mooney, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Nov. 15, 2023: Yesterday, Congress with majority Democrat support passed yet another stopgap spending measure, which kicks the can down the road of funding the government for a full year to new deadlines on January 19th and February 2nd. This Continuing Resolution extends Biden-Pelosi funding levels for the Departments of Agriculture, Energy, Housing and Urban Development, Transportation and Veterans  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- Earthworks issued the following news release on Nov. 14, 2023: Today, Senator Jeff Merkley, along with Representatives Jared Huffman (D-CA-02), Nanette Barragan (D-CA-44), and Jennifer McClellan (D-VA-04), sent a bicameral letter along with over 60 of their colleagues to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) urging the agency to update how it determines if new licenses for liquified natural gas (LNG) exports to non-free, U.S. trade countries are in the public interest. The  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Nov. 15 -- Rainforest Action Network issued the following news release on Nov. 14, 2023: A growing chorus of activists are calling for greater urgency and realism in tackling our climate crisis and protecting human rights as heads of state and corporate decision makers gather at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Forum in San Francisco. The United States and thirteen other countries are preparing to meet and consider the adoption of the Indo-Pacific Economic  more

BRUSSELS, Belgium, Nov. 16 -- The Environmental Investigation Agency issued the following news release: Policymakers from the European Union have reached a political agreement on the EU Methane Regulation, including partial measures on the heavily debated issue of fossil fuel imports. After a two-year long process, the EU held its final trialogue meeting last night (14 November) in a meeting which ended in the early hours of today The EU Methane Regulation is the first European legislative te  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- The Federal Communications Commission issued the following remarks on Nov. 14, 2023, by Commissioner Geoffrey Starks at the Clean Energy Transition Conference at the National Press Club: * * * Thank you, Deidre, for the introduction and thank you Tech for Climate Action for having me here today. It may not always be as smooth as we want it to be. And it may not always be quick as we need it to be. But the clean energy transition is happening--in fact, it's already unfol  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Nov. 16 -- Animal Wellness Action issued the following news release on Nov. 15, 2023: Former Governor Frank Keating, former Attorney General Drew Edmondson, and leaders of Animal Wellness Action and the Kirkpatrick Policy Group reacted to a video message recorded by Governor Kevin Stitt for a cockfighters' rally and fundraiser on November 12th in McAlester, Okla., calling it an "embarrassment" and "toxic to the idea of economic development and forward progress for our g  more

GOLD COAST, Australia, Nov. 16 (TNSres) -- Griffith University issued the following news: A new study estimates most corporations are not reporting the full scope of their carbon footprint with many claiming to be 'green' despite a lack of reporting on Scope 3 key categories. Though CO2 reporting is currently voluntary for most firms, corporations are under pressure from investors, regulators, politicians, non-profit organisations and other stakeholders to disclose and reduce greenhouse gas em  more

MONTREAL, Quebec, Nov. 16 -- Greenpeace Canada issued the following news release: Sixteen environmental and community groups /1 based in Quebec vigorously denounce Energir's legal offensive against the small municipality of Prevost and are calling on the company's owners to intervene. The Quebec gas giant is attempting to overturn a bylaw aimed at limiting the use of fossil-gas-powered equipment in buildings in order to combat the climate crisis. They say the lawsuit runs counter to Energir's p  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- The Institute for Energy Research issued the following agency statement on Nov. 14, 2023: * * * Key Takeaways 1 Michigan has now passed climate laws that force people to buy more carbon-free electricity faster than California's law. 2 The law requires that the state generate 80 percent of its electricity from wind, solar and other carbon-free sources by 2035 and 100 percent by 2040. 3 Michigan will need to dedicate more than a dozen times more land to producing wind a  more

PARIS, France, Nov. 16 (TNSres) -- The International Energy Agency issued the following news release: * * * IEA report examines energy employment worldwide by region and technology, offering vital analysis on the industry's evolving labour needs * * * The number of jobs in the global energy sector rose in 2022 as growing investment in clean energy technologies drove demand for new workers in every region of the world, according to a new IEA report that offers a benchmark for employment acros  more

LANSING, Michigan, Nov. 15 -- The Michigan Environmental Council issued the following news on Nov. 14, 2023: Michigan's fight against climate change took a huge leap forward last night as the Michigan House of Representatives approved landmark legislation advancing renewable energy generation, helping consumers save energy at home, and creating the foundation for a just transition to clean energy. "Over the last few years we've seen the consequences of an aging power system and climate change   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- The National Wildlife Federation issued the following news release: The latest National Climate Assessment warns of the significant consequences that unchecked climate change will have on communities across the United States. "Unless we change course, climate change will continue to damage our quality of life. The extreme weather we experienced this summer is just a sneak preview," said Mustafa Santiago Ali, the National Wildlife Federation's executive vice president of   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement issued the following news release on Nov. 15, 2023: The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement today announced more than $4.8 million in fiscal year 2023 funding from President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to create good-paying jobs and catalyze economic opportunity by reclaiming abandoned mine lands in Kansas. Millions of Americans nationwide live less than   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement issued the following news release on Nov. 15, 2023: The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement today announced more than $4.8 million in fiscal year 2023 funding from President Biden's Investing in America agenda to create good-paying jobs and catalyze economic opportunity by reclaiming abandoned mine lands in Maryland. Millions of Americans nationwide live less than   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement issued the following news release on Nov. 15, 2023: Today marks the 2-year anniversary of the signing of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law provides $11.3 billion over 15 years to help address dangerous health, safety, and environmental conditions and clean up pollution caused by historic coal mining. This funding, overseen and distributed by the Of  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 -- The U.S. State Department posted the following statement on Nov. 14, 2023, by President Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping on enhancing cooperation to address the climate crisis: * * * Recalling the meeting between President Xi Jinping and President Joseph R. Biden in Bali, Indonesia, the United States and China reaffirm their commitment to work jointly and together with other countries to address the climate crisis. In this regard, U.S. Special Presidential Envoy fo  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Nov. 16 (TNSres) -- Princeton University issued the following news: Princeton sociologist Kathryn Edin has spent her career studying America's poorest people in cities across the country. When she received an invitation to focus on America's poorest places, she thought she'd know what to expect. But when she and two co-researchers used big data to create the Index of Deep Disadvantage -- a map of the poorest places in the U.S. -- they were stunned. The map revealed that   more

SANTA MONICA, California, Nov. 16 -- Rand issued the following commentary to Barron, on Nov. 15, 2023: * * * Budget Models Are Underselling the Benefits of Solving Climate Problems By Flannery Dolan and Robert J. Lempert Whenever Congress considers a new law or spending package, analysts calculate its likely impact on the federal budget. When it comes to climate change legislation, those numbers don't capture the whole picture. Potential savings and other benefits get significantly underesti  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Nov. 15 -- The Southern Environmental Law Center issued the following statement on Nov. 14, 2023: * * * Today Georgia's Environmental Protection Division issued final permits to close Georgia Power's Plant Hammond Ash Pond 3 in Floyd County. The state issued permit calls for capping more than 1 million tons of toxic coal ash in place, partially sitting in ground water on the bank of the Coosa River. The US Environmental Protection Agency has not yet issued a final rule on cle  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 -- The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee issued the following testimony by Michael Wehner, a senior scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, involving a hearing on Nov. 1, 2023, entitled "The Science of Extreme Event Attribution: How Climate Change Is Fueling Severe Weather Events": * * * Chairman Carper, Ranking Member Capito and distinguished Members of the Committee, good morning and thank you for the invitation to testify at this important hea  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 (TNSres)-- The Sierra Club issued the following news release on Nov. 14, 2023: At a U.S. House Energy and Commerce subcommittee hearing today, Republican politicians repeated disproven claims about the impact of the Biden administration's proposed carbon pollution standards for fossil fuel power plants, wrongly alleging the standards would raise costs for consumers and threaten energy reliability. These urgently needed standards will help the U.S. curtail its greenhouse gas  more

CUMBERLAND, Maryland, Nov. 16 -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release on Nov. 15, 2023: Communities in Maryland will be able to breathe easier before the end of the decade with AES Corporation's announcement of its intent to retire the Warrior Run coal plant in June 2024. The 23-year-old facility in Cumberland was the last remaining coal-fired power plant in the state without plans to cease operations. Maryland joins 14 other states that either no longer have operating coal plants   more

NEW YORK, Nov. 16 (TNSres) -- The Sierra Club issued the following statement on Nov. 15, 2023: * * * Today, JPMorgan Chase, the largest U.S. bank and the world's biggest funder of fossil fuels, released its newest climate report, in addition to an updated methodology report and a white paper on methane emissions. In the climate report, Chase takes some encouraging steps forward, including disclosing, for the first time, its absolute financed emissions, and adjusting its sectoral emissions red  more

SELINSGROVE, Pennsylvania, Nov. 16 -- Susquehanna University issued the following news: Matthew Neill Null, assistant professor of creative writing at Susquehanna University, was awarded the prestigious Pushcart Prize for his short story, The Dropper. Originally published in The Kenyon Review, The Dropper is set in Null's home state of West Virginia and tells the story of the relationship between Lorna and her father, an aging bird-dog trainer and activist in the United Mine Workers. Lorna is   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), along with Representatives Jared Huffman (D-CA-02), Nanette Barragan (D-CA-44), and Jennifer McClellan (D-VA-04), in sending a bicameral letter alongside their colleagues to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) urging the agency to update how it determines if new licenses for liquified natural gas (LNG) exports to non-free, U.S.   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- Sen. Robert Casey Jr., D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: Bill is endorsed by more than 70 Pennsylvania and national officials and organizations Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) introduced the Rural Partnership and Prosperity Act to advance economic development in rural communities by helping them overcome barriers to obtaining federal funding and resources. This bill would create a grant program to address communities' urgent needs  more