NEW YORK, April 2 -- The Annals of the American Thoracic Society, a peer-reviewed international online journal of the American Thoracic Society, published research articles on the following topics in its April 2024 edition (Vol. 21, Issue 4): Editorials: * The Exacerbation, Not the Patient, Determines Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbation Care Seeking * Nonantibiotic Management of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria in Non-Cystic Fibrosis Bronchiectasis: Natural or Nonsense? * Neighbor  more

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Office of Workers' Compensation Programs issued the following news release on April 1, 2024: The U.S. Department of Labor today announced that its Federal Black Lung Program will host four outreach events in Pennsylvania from April 8-11 for current and former coal miners suffering disabilities related to black lung disease, and their families to assist them in filing or refiling claims for benefits. Administered by the department's Division   more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, April 2 -- Energy Inc., a company that says it focuses on producing, transmitting and delivering energy for the benefit of stakeholders, issued the following news release on April 1, 2024: Evergy, Inc. (NASDAQ: EVRG) today filed its triennial Integrated Resource Plan with the Missouri Public Service Commission. This outlines the plan to meet customer electricity needs over the next 20 years. It includes additional renewable and dispatchable generation to meet growing cust  more

LEBANON, Tennessee, April 1 -- The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations issued the following testimony by Whitney Hermandorfer, director of strategic litigation at Tennessee Office of the Attorney General, at a field hearing on March 18, 2024, entitled "Victims of Regulatory Overreach: How the SEC's Climate Disclosure Rule Will Harm Americans." SEC is the Securities and Exchange Commission. * * * Dear Chairman Huizenga, Vice Chairman Rose, and Members of the Su  more

FORT WAYNE, Indiana, April 2 -- Indiana Michigan Power, an American Electric Power company, issued the following news release: Indiana Michigan Power (I&M) is trimming trees near transmission power lines in East-Central and Southeast Indiana using an aerial saw beginning this morning and continuing for about two weeks. The work was rescheduled from the original plans to begin in early March. It involves routine maintenance to remove branches that can interfere with service reliability and pose  more

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy issued the following news release on April 1, 2024: The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) invites graduate students and early career professionals who are interested in carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) to apply for the 2024 Research Experience in Carbon Sequestration (RECS) program, which will be held July 21-30, 2024 in Colorado and Wyoming. Applica  more

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release on April 1, 2024: Last Friday, the Sierra Club, Natural Resources Defense Council, and Sustainable FERC Project filed a protest challenging Southwest Power Pool's (SPP) proposed capacity accreditation methodologies, arguing they threaten reliability by ignoring the facts of fossil fuel underperforming and renewables overperforming when power is needed most. Additionally, the groups filed a Federal Power Act Section 206 com  more

HELENA, Montana, April 2 -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: On Thursday, March 28, 2024, the U.S. Office of Surface Mining (OSM) rejected a law passed by the 2023 Montana legislature that would have weakened water quality protections required of coal mines. OSM's decision ensures the law will not go into effect in Montana. It found the new Montana law was weaker than minimum federal requirements in six significant ways. OSM only ruled on HB 576, one of two bills that were cha  more