WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 (TNSrep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R47831) on Nov. 8, 2023, entitled "Federal Economic Assistance for Coal Communities." The report was written by economic development policy analysts Julie M. Lawhorn and Adam G. Levin, environmental policy analyst Lance N. Larson, and labor policy analyst Benjamin Collins. Here are excerpts: * * * Federal Economic Assistance for Coal Communities Changes in energy production and markets broadl  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 (TNSrep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R47831) on Nov. 8, 2023, entitled "Federal Economic Assistance for Coal Communities:" (Continued from Part 1 of 3) * * * Economic Diversification and Employment in Coal Communities In recent years, coal communities across the United States have faced a combination of interrelated economic diversification and employment challenges, including the following:/52 * declining coal-related tax reven  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 (TNSrep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R47831) on Nov. 8, 2023, entitled "Federal Economic Assistance for Coal Communities:" (Continued from Part 2 of 3) * * * Policy Considerations Since FY2014, Congress has supported policies designed to address economic diversification, environmental challenges, and workforce and business development in coal communities. Should Congress continue to support programs to assist coal communities, po  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Jan. 6 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: NETL leadership joined local, state, and federal officials in helping FirstEnergy subsidiary Mon Power celebrate the completion of the company's first utility-scale solar panel array -- a carbon-free electricity (CFE) project made possible in part by NETL's early first-of-its-kind commitment to purchase 100% of the power required to fulfill the electricit  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 -- Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Washington, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release: House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Energy, Climate, and Grid Security Subcommittee Chair Jeff Duncan (R-SC) sent a letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) requesting information on the increasing retirements of power plants across the country and the implications for America's electric gri  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, issued the following news release on Jan. 5, 2024: House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today is calling on U.S. Department of State Antony Blinken to provide documents and communications related to Special Presidential Envoy for Climate (SPEC) John Kerry's collusion with leftist environmental groups to join the Powering Past Coal Alliance (PP  more

MOBILE, Alabama, Jan. 6 -- The Southern Environmental Law Center issued the following news release on Jan. 5, 2024: Today the US District Court for the Southern District of Alabama dismissed a lawsuit filed by the Southern Environmental Law Center, on behalf of Mobile Baykeeper, challenging Alabama Power's plan to permanently leave more than 21 million tons of toxic coal ash in its unlined pit at Plant Barry on the banks of the Mobile River. The Court ruled on narrow, technical grounds relati  more

PRICE, Utah, Jan. 6 -- Utah State University Eastern campus issued the following news on Jan. 4, 2024: Utah State University Eastern will host "Crossroads: Change in Rural America," a traveling Smithsonian art exhibition aiming to provoke fresh thinking and spark conversations about the future and sustainability of rural communities. The exhibition is a part of Museum on Main Street, a collaboration between the Smithsonian Institution, Utah Humanities and USU Eastern. The exhibit will be house  more