CANBERRA, Australia, Feb. 22 -- Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese issued the following transcript of a radio interview Will Goodings and David Penberthy of 5AA Breakfast: * * * WILL GOODINGS, HOST: Prime Minister, good morning to you. ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Good morning. Good to be with you. DAVID PENBERTHY, HOST: Great to have you on, PM. I know there's been a lot of hoopla, melee, and we had Richard Marles on the show only yesterday about the Defence announcements over   more

HOUSTON, Texas, Feb. 22 (TNSres) -- CenterPoint Energy issued the following news release on Feb. 20, 2024: * * * Reiterates 2024 Guidance * * * CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (NYSE: CNP) or "CenterPoint" today reported income available to common shareholders of $192 million, or $0.30 per diluted share on a GAAP basis for the fourth quarter of 2023, compared to $0.19 per diluted share in the previous comparable period of 2022, and $867 million, or $1.37 per diluted share for the year ended December  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Legal Sidebar white paper (No. LSB11117) on Feb. 21, 2024, by deputy assistant director Michael John Garcia and legislative attorney Dorothy C. Kafka: * * * Congressional Court Watcher: Recent Appellate Decisions of Interest to Lawmakers (February 12-February 19, 2024) The federal courts issue hundreds of decisions every week in cases involving diverse legal disputes. This Sidebar series selects decisions from the   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on Feb. 21 , 2024: * * * What China, Germany, and Texas Tell Us about Capacity Adequacy By Cy McGeady The Power Line is a newsletter series that reviews key stories in the electric power sector--ranging from grid reliability, transmission issues, and emergent technology and business models. The Power Line will highlight the connections and relevance between the sector's technical, local,  more

NEW YORK, Feb. 22 (TNSres) -- The Environmental Defense Fund issued the following news release on Feb. 21, 2024: Standard frameworks used to assess the climate impacts of hydrogen production are vulnerable to broad miscalculation, according to new research by scientists at Environmental Defense Fund. As governments, investors, and industry look to hydrogen to help meet climate goals, the researchers say it is critical to get this accounting right. Published today in the journal Environmental S  more

EVANSVILLE, Indiana, Feb. 22 -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release on Feb. 21, 2024: The Sierra Club and Environmental Integrity Project (EIP) filed a motion today to intervene in the State's lawsuit against the Alcoa Warrick aluminum smelting plant in Indiana for repeated violations of Indiana and federal clean water laws. The groups are taking this action to finally end Alcoa's pollution of the Ohio River with toxics like mercury and to ensure that the company will be held acc  more

MELBOURNE, Australia, Feb. 22 -- The Institute of Public Affairs issued the following news release: "Blackouts in Victoria demonstrate what happens when ideology trumps engineering in an energy system. Western Australia is on track to make the very same mistakes as the east-coast, and it will cost the state billions of dollars," said Dr Kevin You, Senior Fellow at the Institute of Public Affairs. Today, the IPA launched a new research report, Unachievable at Any Cost: Analysis of Western Austr  more

GREAT FALLS, Montana, Feb. 22 -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release on Feb. 21, 2024: The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals today ruled that a lawsuit from the Northern Cheyenne Tribe and conservation groups that had successfully reinstated the Obama-era coal leasing moratorium is moot. The ruling effectively eliminates a 2022 district court decision that reinstated the moratorium until the Department of the Interior completed a thorough environmental analysis of the effects of burn  more

GREAT FALLS, Montana, Feb. 22 -- The Defenders of Wildlife issued the following news release on Feb. 21, 2024: The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals today ruled that a lawsuit (https://earthjustice.org/document/ninth-circuit-coal-leasing-moratorium-decision) from the Northern Cheyenne Tribe and conservation groups that had successfully reinstated the Obama-era coal leasing moratorium is moot. The ruling effectively eliminates a 2022 district court decision (https://earthjustice.org/press/2022/judg  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release on Feb. 21, 2024: Today, the United States Supreme Court will hear oral arguments from polluting states and industry groups seeking to stop implementation of EPA's Good Neighbor Plan, a federal rule designed to address air pollution that crosses state lines. In March 2023, EPA issued the final Good Neighbor Plan, which secures significant reductions in ozone-forming emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx), a key ingredient in  more

NEW YORK, Feb. 22 -- The Environmental Defense Fund issued the following statement on Feb. 21, 2024: * * * "EPA's Good Neighbor Rule protects the health of people in downwind states from dangerous air pollution that blows across state lines from coal-fired power plants and other large industrial sources in upwind states. It is already in effect in eleven upwind states, safeguarding tens of millions of people from serious heart and lung diseases linked to smog. When fully implemented, the Good   more

GREAT FALLS, Montana, Feb. 22 -- WildEarth Guardians issued the following news release on Feb. 21, 2024: The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals today ruled that a lawsuit from the Northern Cheyenne Tribe and conservation groups that had successfully reinstated the Obama-era coal leasing moratorium is moot. The ruling effectively eliminates a 2022 district court decision that reinstated the moratorium until the Department of the Interior completed a thorough environmental analysis of the effects of   more