VICTORIA, Australia, Sept. 12 (TNSres) -- Federation University Australia issued the following news release: Federation University Australia researchers are seeking participants in a Community Panel to discuss the future uses of the land surrounding the Latrobe Valley's disused coal mines. Over the past 18 months, Federation University and the CSIRO, funded through the Cooperative Research Centre for Transformations in Mining Economies (CRC-TiME), have been working with mine operators, governm  more

TAMPA, Florida, Sept. 11 -- The Food and Water Watch issued the following news release: * * * Roughly 80 experts, community members discussed solutions to skyrocketing costs, climate crisis * * * Tonight, roughly 80 people joined the Hillsborough Affordable Energy Coalition for an expert press conference and community workshop on solutions to the widely and deeply felt skyrocketing electricity costs and climate crisis. Community members came together in discussion groups to move on an Afford  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, Sept. 11 -- Gov. Doug Burgum, R-North Dakota, issued the following news on Sept. 10, 2024: North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum today announced the state is protesting the U.S. Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) updated Resource Management Plan (RMP) for North Dakota, warning that it would negatively impact electrical grid reliability and national security while raising energy costs for consumers. The protest contains input from more than a dozen state agencies and elected offi  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement issued the following news release: The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement today announced nearly $9.7 million in fiscal year 2024 funding from President Biden's Investing in America agenda for Wyoming to address dangerous and polluting abandoned mine lands (AML), create good-paying, family-sustaining jobs, and catalyze economic opportunity. Millions of Americans   more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Sept. 12 -- PBS issued the following news release on Sept. 11, 2024: PBS announces WEATHERED: EARTH'S EXTREMES, a new six-part docu-series debuting Wednesday, Oct. 2 on the PBS app, YouTube, and PBS stations (check local listings). In each 30-minute episode, audiences follow host and science communicator, Maiya May as she delves into the impacts of climate change and meets with the people inside communities on the frontline of extreme weather events. Throughout the series,   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Click here or the image above to watch Ranking Member Capito's opening remarks from the committee hearing. Today, the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee held a hearing on the nomination of Matthew Marzano to be a member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) as delivered. "Thank you, Mr. Ch  more

BRISTOL, Connecticut, Sept. 11 -- ESPN, a sports media company, issued the following news release on Sept. 9, 2024: The seventh season of Emmy Award-winning TrueSouth Presented by YellaWood rolls into Austin, Texas, hungry for brisket and migas on Tuesday, Sept. 10 at 8 p.m. ET. The series revolves around two food stories told from one place, which TrueSouth sets in conversation to make larger points about Southern beliefs and identities. All episodes of TrueSouth are available on demand on SE  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 11, 2024: Today, the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee held a hearing on the nomination of Matthew Marzano to be a member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) as delivered. "Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and I thank e  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 11, 2024: Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, participated in a hearing on the nomination of Matthew Marzano to be a member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). During the hearing, Ranking Member Capito questioned Mr. Ma  more