RALEIGH, North Carolina, June 18 (TNSPol) -- Environment North Carolina issued the following news release: A bill drafted by Duke Energy behind closed doors with legislators was unveiled on Tuesday. The bill would mandate the construction of 3,500 megawatts of new fracked gas plants, locking North Carolina into dirty energy generation for decades. The bill also decreases utility transparency and allows Duke to increase customers' rates for three consecutive years at a time, requires customers   more

OTTAWA, Ontario, June 19 -- Natural Resources Canada, an arm of the Canadian government, issued the following news release on June 18, 2021: The Honorable Seamus O'Regan Jr., Minister of Natural Resources, announced that the Government of Canada has approved the NOVA Gas Transmission Ltd. (NGTL) Edson Mainline Expansion Project with 25 conditions. This decision was based on facts, science, Indigenous knowledge, the public interest and careful consideration of the concerns of potentially impacte  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, June 19 (TNSGra) -- Pennsylvania State University-Harrisburg issued the following news: The Institutes of Energy and the Environment (IEE) has awarded seed grants to 22 groups of interdisciplinary researchers at Penn State for the 2020-21 award cycle. IEE established a Seed Grant Program in 2013 to foster basic and applied research addressing IEE's research themes. Since then, IEE has awarded grants to more than 148 interdisciplinary projects across 15 Penn State  more

WASHINGTON, June 19 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) wished West Virginia a happy 158th birthday and celebrated the dedication of the Gold Star Families Monument in Charleston, West Virginia at the Capitol Complex. West Virginia's 158th Birthday: "West Virginia's story is made up of every West Virginian's contributions to America and our great state. We have always answered the call. We have mined the coal that forged the  more