CANBERRA, Australia, June 26 (TNSRes) -- The Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association issued the following news release: Australia is one of the world's leading producers of oil and gas. As a nation we are fortunate to have abundant natural gas reserves and responsible development of these resources provides jobs and economic growth for Australia. In fact, oil and natural gas together account for nearly two-thirds (65%) of our national energy use. Liquefied natural gas is a  more

NEW YORK, June 26 (TNSPol) -- The Environmental Defense Fund issued the following news release: With bipartisan support, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to restore EPA rules limiting oil and gas methane pollution from new wells, processing plants and other facilities across the country. The measure, which passed the Senate in April, now moves on to the President's desk. "Congress just delivered its first bipartisan win for the climate. Controlling methane is a winning proposition for a  more

PARIS, France, June 26 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following remarks on June 25, 2021, by Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian at the Quai d'Orsay: * * * FOREIGN MINISTER LE DRIAN: (Via interpreter) (In progress) Welcome back. It is excellent news for all of us that America is back. It has come back to the values that we share, come back to an imperative that we share, democracy. It has come back to multilateralism that we built togeth  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, July 3 (TNSOps) -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: Sierra Club and multiple partners in South Carolina have reached a settlement agreement that cuts Dominion Energy's request to raise customers' rates by 87 percent and gains a commitment from Dominion not to seek additional rate increases until January 2024 at the earliest. In its application to increase rates, Dominion Energy sought approval to increase the average residential customer's bill by $9  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following news briefing on June 25, 2021, by Joey Hood, acting assistant secretary for near eastern affairs and Susannah Cooper, acting director of the office of the global coalition to defeat ISIS Patrick worman, and office of monetary affairs director: * * * MR ICE: It's my pleasure to welcome you to this call previewing Secretary Blinken's trip to Italy for meetings on Syria, the D-ISIS coalition, and the G20. The trip was announce  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, July 3 (TNSOps) -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus issued the following news on July 2, 2021: Josh Cook, UW-Madison Geological Engineering class of 2015, became interested in renewable energy while participating in a summer intensive Mandarin language program in China. He lived in Tianjin, a city of over 15 million people, and also had the chance to visit Beijing and Shanghai, each of which has over 20 million residents. "These cities were much larger than any I'd  more