WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- Sen. Robert Casey Jr., D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: Commonwealth starting to feel impacts of laws passed to invest in PA industry and manufacturing, rebuild infrastructure, create good-paying jobs Casey-authored bills to protect children from furniture tip-overs, improve air travel safety, ensure workplace safety for pregnant women took effect Senator held 215 in-person events in PA, connecting with thousands of Pennsylvanians Casey office opened  more

BASEL, Switzerland, Dec. 23 -- Fire, an open-access journal about the science, policy and technology of vegetation fires and how they interact with communities and the environment, published research articles on the following topics in its December 2023 edition (Vol. 6, Issue 12): * Modeling Wildland Firefighters' Assessments of Structure Defensibility * Experimental Investigation on Fire Smoke Temperature under Forced Ventilation Conditions in a Bifurcated Tunnel with Fires Situated in a Bran  more

LANSING, Michigan, Dec. 23 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following Weekly Roundup on Dec. 22, 2023: * * * As we take time to celebrate the holidays, Michigan Dems are taking time to reflect on the highs and the lows that we've seen over the past year - and trust us, there is a LOT to choose from. It has undoubtedly been an incredibly productive and historic year for Democrats, with a long list of successes spanning from delivering on reproductive rights to lowering costs for wor  more

GLEN JEAN, West Virginia, Dec. 22 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service issued the following news release: The National Park Service (NPS) invites interested members of the public to attend a public meeting related to the proposed demolition of deteriorating and excess structures in New River Gorge National Park and Preserve (the park). The proposal is part of a larger project within the park funded by the Great American Outdoors Act Legacy Restoration Fund to rehabilit  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement issued the following news release on Dec. 21, 2023: The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement today announced nearly $1.4 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 Texas. Millions of Americans nationwide live less than a mile  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 -- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests and Mining issued the following testimony by Barrick Gold Corp. senior advisor Rich Haddock involving a hearing on Dec. 12, 2023, on the Clean Energy Minerals Reform Act (S. 1742) and the Mining Regulatory Clarity Act (S. 1281): * * * Chairwoman Cortez-Masto, Ranking Member Lee, Chairman Manchin, and Members of the Subcommittee, thank you for inviting me to appear before you to offer the views   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 -- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests and Mining issued the following testimony by Steve Feldgus, deputy assistant secretary of Interior for land and minerals management, involving a hearing on Dec. 12, 2023, on the Clean Energy Minerals Reform Act (S. 1742) and the Mining Regulatory Clarity Act (S. 1281): * * * Thank you for the opportunity to testify on S. 1742, the Clean Energy Minerals Reform Act, and S. 1281, the Mining Regula  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 -- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests and Mining issued the following testimony by Troy Heithecker, associate deputy chief of the U.S. Department of Agriculture U.S. Forest Service, involving a hearing on Dec. 12, 2023, on the Clean Energy Minerals Reform Act (S. 1742) and the Mining Regulatory Clarity Act (S. 1281): * * * Chair Cortez Masto, Ranking Member Lee, and Members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to pres  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury issued the following news release: Today the U.S. Department of the Treasury and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released proposed regulations on the Clean Hydrogen Production Credit established by the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), part of President Biden's Investing in America agenda and a key pillar of Bidenomics, which is creating good-paying jobs, strengthening energy security, spurring private-sector investment to build the clean e  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release: A tiny fish living in rivers and streams of Alabama's Mobile River Basin is dwindling. Records show the coal darter once thrived in the Black Warrior, Cahaba, and lower Coosa River systems. But in the future, the fish is at risk of disappearing from its range due to habitat loss and degradation resulting from land use changes and climate change. Because of these thre  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Dec. 22 -- Gov. Jim Justice, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Dec. 21, 2023: Gov. Justice announced today the West Virginia Water Development Authority (WDA) has approved nine additional Economic Enhancement Grant Fund (EEGF) projects worth $26,320,768.00 million. The WDA manages the fund, which provides matching grants to municipalities for upgrading infrastructure such as water, sewer, economic development, commerce, and tourism projects. In A  more