CANBERRA, Australia, Dec. 13 (TNSres) -- Australian Energy Producers (formerly the Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association) issued the following news release on Dec. 12, 2024: Australian Energy Producers welcomes the Western Australian Government today providing environmental approval for the North West Shelf Project Extension. "The North West Shelf project is critical to providing energy security and emissions reductions to the state and region - through long-term gas supp  more

CANBERRA, Australia, Dec. 13 -- Australian Energy Producers (formerly the Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association) issued the following news release: The Victorian Government's proposal to extend its gas ban to existing homes and new businesses will cost Victorians more and rob them of choice, while doing nothing to address the state's looming gas shortages. The 2024 Gas Substitution Roadmap Update and consultation on the Building Electrification Regulatory Impact Statemen  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release: The Department of the Interior today announced $3.7 million for states to inventory, assess and reclaim dangerous and polluting hardrock abandoned mine lands across the country. The Abandoned Hardrock Mine Reclamation (AHMR) grant program is a first-of-its-kind initiative established by President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. It is estimated that abandoned hardrock mines have contributed to th  more

MELBOURNE, Australia, Dec. 13 -- The Australian Council of Trade Unions issued the following news release: Unions warn that Opposition Leader Peter Dutton's nuclear proposal announced today will drive up power bills and worsen the cost-of-living for working people. The seven proposed nuclear reactor sites are set to cost Australians at least $331 billion - enough to put solar panels on every roof in Australia ten times over, and still have billions left for schools and hospitals, according to   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Office of Workers' Compensation Programs issued the following news release on Dec. 11, 2024: * * * New standard modernizes, streamlines the application process * * * The U.S. Department of Labor announced today that its Office of Worker's Compensation Programs has issued a final rule revising the regulations under the Black Lung Benefits Act related to self-insurance by coal mine operators. Under the new standard, self-insured coal mine op  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -- The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation issued the following order (MDL No. 3132) on Dec. 12, 2024: * * * In Re: Midwest Energy Emissions Corp. Patent Litigation TRANSFER ORDER Before the Panel: Plaintiff Midwest Energy Emissions Corp. (ME2C)/1 moves under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1407 to centralize this litigation in the Southern District of Iowa. This litigation consists of three actions pending in the District of Arizona, the Eastern District of Missouri, and the South  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health issued the following news release: Media Advisory An observational study of more than 6,500 adults is one of the most detailed in the U.S. A large study found that greater exposure to long-term air pollution was linked with increased risks for blood clots that can occur in deep veins, which, if untreated, can block blood flow and cause serious complications, even death. These findings came   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on Dec. 11, 2024: Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee and the last Vietnam veteran serving in the Senate, delivered a farewell address on the Senate floor commemorating a lifetime of public service to the nation. After serving as a Senator for Delaware for 23 years, his term will end on Jan. 3, 2025. You can watch a video of Senator Carper's full   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: Today, the United States Supreme Court denied big polluters' request to pause historic safeguards that would hold the coal industry accountable and improve public health for communities across the country. In April, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized the first-ever legacy coal ash rule that closed a loophole and finally required coal-burning power plants to extend their cleanup ef  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Dec. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Project lead Edgar Lara-Curzio said the effort provides three key benefits: Enabling wider adoption of electric vehicles to slow climate change impacts; protecting national security by reducing dependence on foreign materials; and bringing economic development to former coal mining communities. Bishnu Thapaliya, an electrochemist on the research team, said the poten  more

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, Dec. 13 -- Gov. Mark Gordon, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release on Dec. 12, 2024: Governor Mark Gordon announced today that Wyoming and Montana have filed suit against the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Buffalo Resource Management Plan Amendment (RMPA) that ends new federal coal leasing in the Powder River Basin. The suit argues that the RMPA record of decision is unreasonable, unjustified, and unsupported by federal law. "Instead of working with the states to a  more