WASHINGTON, April 8 -- The American Journal of Public Health, a journal from the American Public Health Association that says it advance public health research, policy, practice and education, published research articles, including the following topics, in its May 2021 edition: COVID-19/PUBLIC HEALTH PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE: * Shelter Characteristics, Infection Prevention Practices, and Universal Testing for SARS-CoV-2 at Homeless Shelters in 7 US Urban Areas * Public Policy Impact of the   more

BOONE, North Carolina, April 8 (TNSGra) -- Appalachian Voices issued the following news release: The GO Virginia State Board has approved a Per Capita application for the Appalachian Voices "Energy Storage and Electrification Manufacturing Jobs" project. Approved at $486,366, the project will create jobs in GO Virginia Region One in the energy storage and electrification manufacturing field while attracting investments and expanding the local tax base. In 2019, Appalachian Voices received a GO  more

NEW DELHI, India, April 8 (TNSPol) -- The Centre for Science and Environment issued the following news release on April 7, 2021: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has strongly criticised the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change's (MoEF&CC) latest amendment to 2015 notification on stringent emission norms for India's coal-based thermal power sector - the new amendment, says CSE, "will give these already polluting thermal power plants (TPPs) a license to pollute indefin  more

LIVERMORE, California, April 8 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news release: Americans used approximately 7 percent less energy in 2020, due in part to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to energy flow charts released by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). Each year, LLNL releases flow charts that illustrate the nation's consumption and use of energy. Americans used 92.9 quads (quadrillion BTU) of energy, which is 7.2 quad  more

TIOGA, North Dakota, April 8 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: Senator John Hoeven, a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, today held a roundtable discussion with local energy producers in western North Dakota to review ongoing developments in the region's energy industry and outline his efforts to maintain America's leadership in energy production. To this end, Hoeven is working to: * Secure approval for WBI Energy's North Bakken E  more

ILLINOIS, US State, April 8 (TNSOps) -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release on April 7, 2021: As part of a settlement agreement with the Sierra Club, Vistra Energy announced today that it would be closing its Joppa coal plant by September 1, 2022 - three years earlier than Vistra had previously announced. The agreement resolves groundwater litigation Sierra Club brought in 2018 before the Illinois Pollution Control Board to hold Vistra Energy accountable for dozens of exceedances   more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Surface Transportation Board issued the following news release: The Surface Transportation Board announced that the semi-annual meeting of the Rail Energy Transportation Advisory Committee (RETAC) will be held on Thursday, April 22, at 1 p.m. ET. The public meeting will be held virtually, via Zoom, and is expected to conclude by 4:00 p.m. ET. Advance registration for the meeting is required and can be found below and on the STB webs  more

OTTAWA, Ontario, April 8 (TNSRes) -- The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives issued the following news release on April 7, 2021: A union representing forest industry workers and environmental organizations are demanding that the provincial government halt any approvals of new wood pellet mills in BC pending an independent review into the industry's escalating logging activities. The call comes as new research published today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) shows large  more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration issued the following news release on April 7, 2021: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced that the Department's Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $2.5 million grant to the Pea Ridge Public Service District, Barboursville, West Virginia, to extend public sanitary sewer services to local businesses and allow for future economic growth. This EDA grant, to be matched with   more