ADA, Oklahoma, Jan. 18 -- The Chickasaw Nation, a federally-recognized Native American tribe, issued the following news release on Jan. 17, 2024: Chickasaw Lighthorse Police had been protecting Chickasaw citizens for the better part of seven decades when Oklahoma became a state in 1907. Following Oklahoma statehood, tribal government changed drastically, and all the Chickasaw Nation's governmental buildings, agencies, and responsibilities, including law enforcement, were transferred to the U.S  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Legal Sidebar white paper (No. LSB11107) on Jan. 17, 2024, by legislative attorney Kate R. Bowers: * * * Supreme Court to Consider Request to Stay EPA's Good Neighbor Interstate Air Pollution Rule On February 21, 2024, the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear argument on applications to postpone implementation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) "Good Neighbor Plan," a rule addressing interstate tra  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 -- The House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment issued the following testimony by Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Florida, at a member day hearing on Jan. 11, 2024, on the Water Resources Development Act: * * * Thanks for the invitation to testify. Three topics that I want to discuss today. 1. Water Quality 2. Transportation 3. Nuclear Energy I represent Florida's 19th District which covers Lee and Collier County, in Southwest Flori  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Jan. 18 -- The Indiana Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission issued the following weekly hearing schedule: * * * Monday, January 22, 2024 There are no hearings scheduled for today. * * * Tuesday, January 23, 2024 CAUSE NO.: RM 20-02; AGC: COMEAU; TIME: 9:30 A.M.; ROOM: PNC, Room 222 RULE AMENDMENTS TO 170 IAC 15 CONCERNING THE SUB-BILLING OF WATER AND WASTEWATER SERVICE BY LANDLORDS AND ASSOCIATIONS. * * * Tuesday, January 23, 2024 CAUSE NO.: 45968; ALJ: AKINRO;   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, announced that The Center for Applied Research and Technology, Inc. in Bluefield, West Virginia, will receive $100,000 in federal funding through the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon management (FECM). The Center for Applied Research and Technology plans to repurpose retire  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Jan. 18 -- Maryland Environment Secretary Serena McIlwain issued the following news release on Jan. 17, 2024: Maryland Department of the Environment Secretary Serena McIlwain today announced the appointment of Aneca Y. Atkinson as the agency's first Assistant Secretary for Environmental Justice. "Assistant Secretary Atkinson will lead the way as we reach out to communities that have disproportionately experienced pollution and put into place policies that ensure no one is   more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Jan. 18 -- The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection issued the following news release: The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced up to $101,110,178 in funding for 16 environmental restoration projects of abandoned mine lands (AML) as a part of the Abandoned Mine Lands and Acid Mine Drainage (AMD) Grant Program. These projects focus on reclaiming AML, decreasing AMD, or treating AMD through the construction, operation, and/or  more

GLASGOW, Scotland, Jan. 17 (TNSres) -- The University of Strathclyde issued the following news: A first-of-its-kind system in the UK could recycle energy to heat at least 5,000 homes. The system is being trialled to see if waste heat from a large computing facility can be stored in disused mine workings and used to warm homes. The University of Strathclyde is a partner in the research, in which the large amounts of energy needed to power an Advanced Computing Facility at academic lead institu  more

DAVOS-KLOSTERS, Switzerland, Jan. 18 (TNSres) -- The World Economic Forum issued the following news release on Jan. 17, 2024: * * * * The Giving to Amplify Earth Action initiative catalyses global market investments for climate and nature solutions through a Big Bets Accelerator, a new amplifier of innovative public-private-philanthropic partnerships. * Initiative partners will launch a corporate philanthropy challenge at the Annual Meeting 2024 to mobilize $1 billion of catalytic capital tow  more

DAVOS-KLOSTERS, Switzerland, Jan. 18 -- The World Economic Forum issued the following news release: * * * * Europe's future lies in a more European-centred approach towards defence, clean energy generation and new technologies, said Emmanuel Macron. * Creating more well-paid jobs in Europe is critical to ensure people embrace the future with hope - that will take more investment and less regulation. * Macron's vision is rooted in the experience of crises, from COVID-19 to Ukraine, that expos  more