WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee issued the following opening statement at a hearing entitled "Reliability, Resiliency, and Affordability of Electric Service" on March 11, 2021: * * * Turning now to our hearing, let me begin by saying that I think we can all agree that reliable, affordable, and dependable energy is a hallmark of an advanced economy, critical for businesses and residential consumers alike to  more

NEW YORK, March 12 (TNSRep) -- The Environmental Defense Fund issued the following news release on March 10, 2021: North Carolina's Clean Energy Plan (CEP), an outcome of Gov. Roy Cooper's Executive Order 80, set electricity sector targets to reduce carbon pollution by 70% below 2005 levels by 2030 and reach carbon neutrality by 2050. One recommendation from the CEP included a year-long study of options for how the state's power sector might achieve these targets. The results of that study were  more

BRUSSELS, Belgium, March 13 -- The European Commission issued the following remarks on March 12, 2021, by Vice President Maros Sefcovic at the news conference after the fifth high-level meeting of the European Battery Alliance: * * * 2020 was another defining year for the European Battery Alliance. I am therefore glad that we have met today - the Commission, Ministers from leading Member States and the European Investment Bank - to assess the progress achieved, but mainly, to discuss the way f  more

BASEL, Switzerland, March 13 -- Minerals, an open access journal that says it covers mineralogy, economic mineral resources, mineral exploration, innovative mining techniques and advances in mineral processing, published research articles, including the following topics, in its March 2021 edition: Article: * Repeated UAV Campaigns, GNSS Measurements, GIS, and Petrographic Analyses for Landslide Mapping and Monitoring * Nanometer Pore Structure Characterization of Taiyuan Formation Shale in t  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, issued the following statement: * * * Wyoming Congresswoman and House Republican Conference Chair Liz Cheney issued the following statement after co-sponsoring the Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage Innovation Act, legislation that will help develop carbon capture projects by making them eligible for loan guarantees from the Department of Energy (DOE). "Wyoming has led the nation and the world in producing clean coal and advancing carb  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following news: Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) was unanimously re-elected to another term as Co-Chair of the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition, also known as the House Green Dogs. "I thank my colleagues for their trust and confidence to serve another term as Co-Chair of the House Green Dogs," Connolly said. "We have important and urgent work to do in the next two years. Across our country and aroun  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Rep. David McKinley, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Representative David B. McKinley, P.E. (R-W.Va.) continues to champion innovation as a way to decrease carbon emissions, introducing two bills this week aimed at decreasing carbon emissions by incentivizing the development of carbon capture projects. On Wednesday, McKinley reintroduced the bipartisan Carbon Capture Modernization Act, which will advance carbon capture technologies at coal plants. T  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on March 12, 2021: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, penned an op-ed for The State Journal highlighting the importance of natural gas as a low-carbon energy source and the headwinds the natural gas industry will be facing in the Biden adminis  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: At a recent hearing of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on grid reliability and resiliency in the midst of recent extreme weather events, Hoeven outlined the need to ensure the reliability of the electric grid by maintaining the nation's baseload power sources. The senator highlighted a letter from former Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette addressing this issue, specifically citing that:   more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, issued the following transcript of an interview on the Washington Watch with Tony Perkins: U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) joined the Washington Watch with Tony Perkins to discuss his opposition to Wendy Sherman's nomination as Deputy Secretary of State and the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act. See below for highlights and listen to the interview here. On President Joe Biden's nominee for Deputy Secretary of State, Wendy Sherman, and her r  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, March 13 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on March 12, 2021: U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced that the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) will invest $50,000 into a Feasibility Study Project in Tucker County, West Virginia. This proj  more