MELBOURNE, Australia, June 25 -- The Australian Conservation Foundation issued the following news release: The Australian Conservation Foundation has called on Environment Minister Sussan Ley to conduct an audit of the Adani mine's water sources to make sure they all comply with national environment law. The call follows concerns Adani may be planning to extract more groundwater than its licence permits and comments by Adani Australia's CEO on Radio National Breakfast this morning that Adani's  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Economic Analysis issued the following news release on June 24, 2021: Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased at an annual rate of 6.4 percent in the first quarter of 2021 (table 1), according to the "third" estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the fourth quarter, real GDP increased 4.3 percent. The "third" estimate of GDP released today is based on more complete source data than were available for the "  more

DENVER, Colorado, June 25 -- Gov. Jared Polis, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: Advisory Committee on Governmental Accounting The Advisory Committee on Governmental Accounting assists the auditor in formulating and prescribing a classification of accounts which will be uniform for every level of local government with exceptions. for terms expiring May 18, 2025: * Gina Lanier of Aurora, Colorado, to serve as a representative of school and junior college districts, reappointed;   more

AUSTRALIA, June 25 (TNSRep) -- The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis issued the following news release: The Australian government may be relying on inaccurate financial assumptions for its gas-fired recovery as most gas- and coal-fired power plants in Australia, the UK, the U.S. and China are being operated less and less - what's called a declining capacity factor, finds a new report by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA). Report author and LNG  more

INDONESIA, June 25 (TNSRep) -- The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis issued the following news release: Recent announcements by Indonesia's state-owned utility company Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) to achieve carbon neutrality by 2060 must be met with caution and scrutinized as the numbers don't stack up, according to a new report from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA). The report's authors IEEFA energy finance analysts Elrika Hamdi and Put  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, June 25 (TNSJou) -- North Carolina State University issued the following news release: Scientists need to focus on tangible efforts to boost equity, diversity and inclusion in citizen science, researchers from North Carolina State University argued in a new perspective. Published in the journal Science, the perspective is a response to a debate about rebranding "citizen science," the movement to use crowdsourced data collection, analysis or design in research. Research  more

ALBANY, New York, June 25 -- Public Citizen issued the following news release on June 24, 2021: Public Citizen and 24 organizations with New York State ties have submitted a comment to the New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) in response to its proposed guidance to insurers on managing financial risks from the climate crisis. The agency's release of the proposed guidance marks the first time any U.S. regulator, federal or state, has publicly laid out its expectation for how financi  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a senior member of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, today questioned expert witnesses from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) about environmental issues affecting his constituents in Memphis. In particular, he asked for an update on the status of the Byhalia Connection Pipeline that, if constructed, would unjustly aff  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Rep. David McKinley, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on June 24, 2021: U.S. Reps. David B. McKinley, P.E. (R-W.Va.) and Kurt Schrader (D-OR) today introduced the Clean Energy Future through Innovation Act of 2021, a bipartisan proposal to boost innovation of clean energy technologies and reduce emissions from the power sector while preserving affordability and reliability. The legislation would make significant investments in energy innovation and infr  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Rep. Kurt Schrader, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: U.S. Reps. Kurt Schrader (D-OR) and David B. McKinley, P.E. (R-W.Va.) introduced the Clean Energy Future through Innovation Act of 2021, a bipartisan proposal to boost innovation of clean energy technologies and reduce emissions from the power sector while preserving affordability and reliability. The legislation would make significant investments in energy innovation and infrastructure, including carbon ca  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: At a hearing of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee's Subcommittee on Energy this week, Senator John Hoeven, ranking member of the subcommittee, introduced Mac McLennan, President and CEO of Minnkota Power Cooperative, and stressed the importance of carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) technologies, like Project Tundra, in maintaining the nation's access to affordable and reliable  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on June 24, 2021: The U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a hearing to examine the infrastructure needs of the U.S. energy sector, western water, and public lands, and to consider a legislative proposal to invest approximately $95 billion for infrastructure. During the hearing, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the   more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) and John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) led the introduction of bipartisan legislation to enhance the federal Section 45Q tax credit to make it more accessible for carbon capture, direct air capture and carbon utilization projects of all sizes. The bill increases the 45Q credit value for carbon capture projects at industrial facilities and power plants to incentivize wider adoption.  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) and John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) led the introduction of the bipartisan Coordinated Action to Capture Harmful (CATCH) Emissions Act to enhance the federal Section 45Q tax credit to commercialize and deploy much needed technologies to reach net-zero emissions by mid-century and create new, good-paying jobs across the United States. The bipartisan legislation is co-sponsored   more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, June 25 (TNSsro) -- The Public Service Commission of West Virginia issued the following order (Case No. 21-0240-COAL-SC-GI): SOUTHEASTERN LAND, LLC, Proceeding that requires coal shipper to show cause why the Commission should not enforce outstanding Notices of Violation in circuit court and assess costs, and Investigation of delinquent tonnage fees and whether Administrative penalties, costs, or fees should be imposed. PROCEDURAL ORDER CANCELING HEARING By Commissi  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, June 25 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: With NETL leadership and support, researchers at Battelle successfully helped to pave the way for commercial deployment of carbon capture, storage and utilization (CCUS) technologies that will reduce the effects of climate change while utilizing America's fossil energy resources through vital research associated with the Midwest Regional Carbon Sequestration Part  more