BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, May 29 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama issued the following news release on May 28, 2021: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit yesterday affirmed the convictions of a Birmingham lawyer and an Alabama coal company executive in a scheme to bribe a state legislator to use his office to oppose Environmental Protection Agency actions in north Birmingham, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona. A jury found former Balch & B  more

LONDON, England, May 29 (TNSOps) -- The British Dental Association issued the following news release: Local dental committees (LDCs) are warning that the survival of NHS dentistry is at risk. Their second online annual conference takes place on Saturday 12 June, and dentists will be looking for answers. Key speakers at the conference will be Ed Waller - director for primary care strategy and NHS contracts at NHS England and Improvement - and England's chief dental officer, Sara Hurley. LDCs wa  more

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement issued the following news release on May 28, 2021: The Biden-Harris administration today submitted to Congress the President's Budget for fiscal year 2022, including $312 million for the Office of Surface Mining and Reclamation, which features $165 million to address coal mine reclamation and economic development efforts. As the Administration continues to make progress defeating th  more

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- Rep. Susan Wild, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: This week, Congresswoman Susan Wild (D-PA) joined a bipartisan coalition of House members in introducing the Coordinated Action to Capture Harmful (CATCH) Emissions Act, which will boost carbon capture tax credits for industrial facilities and power plants, resulting in lower greenhouse gas emissions and spurring additional innovation in clean energy technologies. Studies have shown how critical carbon cap  more

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on May 28, 2021: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) today applauded President Biden's newly released proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2022. The proposed budget includes major investments in infrastructure, social programs, and America's greatest asset - its workers. "This budget is a transformational investment in American workers, American families, and American infrastructure," Brown said. "This budget invests   more

TOPEKA, Kansas, May 29 (TNSRep) -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release on May 28, 2021: Evergy, the largest electric utility in Kansas and the second largest in Missouri, filed its Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) with Kansas regulators today. As expected, the plan is substantially similar to the utility's Missouri IRP, which was filed late last month. As the Sierra Club noted at the time, it is promising that Evergy proposes to add 3,200 megawatts of solar by 2032 and 1,000 megawat  more

NEW YORK, May 29 -- The United Nations issued the following remarks via video message by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to the 2021 P4G Summit to be held on May 30: * * * I thank President Moon Jae-in and the Government of the Republic of Korea for hosting this year's P4G Summit. The title of this initiative expresses exactly what the world needs now -- global partnership. Partnership to beat COVID-19 and build a better recovery. Partnership to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. A  more