ROCKHAMPTON, Australia, Jan. 31 -- Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese issued the following transcript of a news conference on Jan. 30, 2024: * * * ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: It's fantastic to be back here in Rocky today with the Premier of Queensland Steven Miles, with my Minister, Catherine King, with Minister Bart Mellish and with the local State Members Brittany Lauga and of course Barry O'Rourke as well. And it is a terrific day to be here and to witness the progress that is  more

CANBERRA, Australia, Jan. 31 -- Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese issued the following transcript of a radio interview on Jan. 30, 2024, with Kelly Higgins-Devine of ABC Radio Brisbane Drive: * * * KELLY HIGGINS-DEVINE, HOST: My guest this afternoon is Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. Welcome to what is usually sunny Queensland, but not this summer. It has been wet, wet, wet. ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Indeed, it sure has. And we've just been at the State Disaster Coordination  more

CANBERRA, Australia, Jan. 30 -- Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese issued the following transcript of a radio interview on Jan. 29, 2024, with David Marchese of Triple J Hack: * * * DAVID MARCHESE, HOST: Prime Minister, welcome back to Hack. ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Good afternoon, Dave. I'm very proud to be your first guest for the year. MARCHESE: It's always good to start off with a big name talent like yourself. I want to ask, on this tax proposal that you've put forward,  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Oklahoma, chair of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee, issued the following news release: House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), House Science, Space, and Technology Committee Chair Frank Lucas (R-OK), and House Natural Resources Committee Chair Bruce Westerman (R-AR) sent a letter to Energy Foundation China (EFC) President Zi Chou, requesting documents related to grants and financial resources provided   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- 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), House Science, Space, and Technology Committee Chair Frank Lucas (R-OK), and House Natural Resources Committee Chair Bruce Westerman (R-AR) sent a letter to Energy Foundation China (EFC) President Zi Chou, requesting documents related to grants and financial resources provid  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Jan. 30 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on Jan. 29, 2024: Attorney General William Tong filed an enforcement action (https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/AG/Press_Releases/2024/DEEP-v-UI---Final-Complaint.pdf) today against United Illuminating over the company's longstanding failure to remediate contamination at the defunct English Station power plant in New Haven. Today's action, taken on behalf of the Department of Energy and Env  more

BRUSSELS, Belgium, Jan. 31 -- Global Witness, an organization that works to break the links between natural resource exploitation, conflict, poverty, corruption and human rights abuses worldwide, issued the following news release: * * * $223 billion of this to be spent on new gas production to supply Europe * * * The fossil fuel industry is forecast to spend more than one trillion dollars globally over the next decade on producing gas for European markets, according to Global Witness analysi  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- The House Financial Services Subcommittee on National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions issued the following testimony by Nicholas McMurray, managing director of international and nuclear policy at ClearPath Inc., involving a hearing on Jan. 17, 2024, entitled "International Financing of Nuclear Energy": * * * Good morning, Chairman Luetkemeyer, Ranking Member Beatty, and Members of the Committee. My name is Nicholas McMurray. I am the M  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Jan. 30 (TNSres) -- The Indiana House Republicans issued the following news release: State Rep. Cindy Ledbetter (R-Newburgh) authored legislation to protect the reliability and resiliency of the state's electrical grid as service providers transition to alternative energy sources. According to the Indiana Utilities and Regulatory Commission 2023 Report, coal still powers 47% of the state's electricity needs. Ledbetter said with more energy providers moving away from coal  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement issued the following news release on Jan. 30, 2024: The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement today announced more than $3.1 million in fiscal year 2023 funding from President Biden's Investing in America agenda to address dangerous and polluting abandoned mines and to create good-paying jobs and catalyze economic opportunity by reclaiming abandoned mine lands in Nort  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger this week joined bicameral legislation -- named in honor of the late U.S. Representative A. Donald McEachin (D-VA-04) -- to expand community, tribal, and individual protections related to environmental justice. Named in honor of the U.S. House bill's original sponsor, the A. Donald McEachin Environmental Justice For All Act would be a major step forward toward a  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- The U.S. Agency for International Development issued the following remarks on Jan. 30, 2024, by Administrator Samantha Power at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center: * * * ADMINISTRATOR SAMANTHA POWER: We miss you in government but your students and colleagues are incredibly lucky to have you here thinking about how to apply ideas to the toughest problems in the world. I also want to acknowledge, though he's not here, Mike Bloomberg because he has been a trail  more

BIG STONE GAP, Virginia, Jan. 31 -- The Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation issued the following news on Jan. 30, 2024: The Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) will hold its second public meeting to discuss the Southwest Virginia Museum Historical State Park master plan. This plan is updated every 10 years and guides development for the park. The meeting will be held on Tuesday, Feb. 20, from 3-4:30 p.m., in the Victorian Parlor at the Southwest Virginia Mus  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 -- The White House issued the following news release: This week, the Biden-Harris Administration announced a temporary pause on pending decisions for exports of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG). During this period, the Department of Energy will evaluate the impacts of LNG exports on energy costs, America's energy security, and climate change - the existential threat of our time. Since day one, President Biden has led and delivered on the most ambitious climate agenda in history.  more