WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Earthworks issued the following statement on June 8, 2021: * * * "The Senate should swiftly confirm Tracy Stone-Manning as the director of the Bureau of Land Management. Stone-Manning has the experience necessary to make wise decisions about lands held in trust for all Americans, particularly when it comes to mining and oil & gas drilling that will affect our water and climate for thousands of years." -- Bonnie Gestring, Earthworks Northwest Program Director Background:  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Energy Information Administration issued the following news release on June 8, 2021: EIA forecasts in the June release of its Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO) that global Brent crude oil prices will stabilize in mid-2021 and average about $68 per barrel (b) in the third quarter before decreasing to an average of $60/b in 2022. Brent crude oil prices averaged $68/b in May, a 25% increase from January's average. "In the coming months, we expe  more

NEW YORK, June 9 (TNSIntl) -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news release: Last week, in a public letter, Human Rights Watch called on the leaders of the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, France, Italy, Germany, and Japan to take concrete and decisive action facing the unprecedented challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic and global warming, as well as by worrying developments in China, Israel/Palestine, Belarus, Russia, and Myanmar, ahead of the G7 Summit on June 11-13. G7 memb  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, issued the following statement: * * * Wyoming Congresswoman Liz Cheney (R-WY) issued the following statement after Wyoming and Montana pushed back against the Biden Administration's support of dismissing a lawsuit brought by Millennium Bulk Terminals that seeks to prevent Washington and Governor Jay Inslee from undermining the energy industry: "This case should not be dismissed and the Biden Administration is wrong to ignore the important cons  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Rep. Alan Lowenthal, D-California, issued the following news release on June 8, 2021: Congressman Alan Lowenthal (CA-47), today, introduced the America's Red Rock Wilderness Act (ARRWA), critical environmental legislation which will protect more than 8 million acres of public land in Utah as federal wilderness. The lands of the Red Rock area of Utah are internationally famous for twisting canyons, unique geologic and biological features, as well as a large number of archa  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on June 8, 2021: Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-WV) visited Fayette County today to tour Fayetteville small businesses with local leaders and see the new sign at the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve. In Fayetteville, Congresswoman Miller went on a walking tour of businesses with local leaders, including Fayetteville Mayor Sharon Cruikshank. On the tour, she spoke with business owners about how   more

WASHINGTON, June 9 (TNSRep) -- Resources for the Future issued the following news release on June 8, 2021: As COVID-19 continues to ravage parts of the globe and world leaders ramp up the rhetoric on climate action, a new report from Resources for the Future (RFF) finds that current global trends fall well short of the reductions needed to achieve Paris Agreement targets. Global Energy Outlook 2021, an annual report released by RFF, provides a unique "apples-to-apples" comparison of energy pro  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following remarks at a hearing for the Bureau of Land Management and Department of Energy nominees: * * * The hearing featured testimony from Ms. Tracy Stone-Manning, nominee to be director of the Bureau of Land Management; Ms. Shalanda Baker, nominee to be director of the Office of Minority Economic Impact at the Department of Energy; Mr. Samuel Walsh, nominee t  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release: The U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a hearing to consider the nominations of Ms. Tracy Stone-Manning to be the Director of the Bureau of Land Management, Ms. Shalanda Baker to be the Director of the Office of Minority Economic Impact at the Department of Energy, Mr. Samuel Walsh to be the General Counsel of the Departm  more

LONDON, England, June 9 -- The United Nations' International Maritime Organization issued the following news briefing: Argentina has become the 100th Contracting State to the mandatory International Maritime Organization (IMO) regulations on cutting air pollution from shipping. The regulations in Annex VI of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL) address air pollution from ships and include energy efficiency and fuel quality requirements designed to re  more

NEW YORK, June 9 -- The United Nations issued the following remarks on June 8, 2021, by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at the Insurance Development Forum: * * * I am pleased to close this year's Insurance Development Forum, which provides industry and development actors a platform to promote the transformation we need for a sustainable future for all on a healthy planet. We are in a race against time to adapt to a rapidly changing climate. Today, we are at 1.2 C of warming and already wit  more

BROOKWOOD, Alabama, June 8 (TNSOps) -- The United Mine Workers of America issued the following news release on June 7, 2021: Three separate incidents of vehicular assault by persons working for Warrior Met Coal, Inc. have occurred on legal picket lines set up by members of the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) in the last three days, raising questions as to whether the company has determined that violence and the threat of bodily harm are its best responses to the ongoing strike by UMWA min  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, June 9 -- The West Virginia Legislature issued the following news release: House Speaker Roger Hanshaw, R-Clay, and House Minority Leader Doug Skaff, D-Kanawha, have announced the creation of an informal workgroup dedicated to developing proposals to help revitalize West Virginia's communities. Hanshaw told Delegate Ed Evans, D-McDowell, he would create a focused group of lawmakers to help find solutions to the problems facing coal communities after Evans passionatel  more

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, June 9 -- Gov. Mark Gordon, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: Wyoming and Montana have filed their response to the federal Solicitor General of the United States in their coal port original action case. Governor Gordon directed Wyoming to challenge policies in Washington State to defend Wyoming's sovereignty. The two states argue that the State of Washington's discriminatory policies against the coal industry are continuing, and only the Supreme Court of the Unite  more