WASHINGTON, July 24 (TNSRep) -- The American Sustainable Business Council issued the following news release: As Congress continues to negotiate the bipartisan package, it is critical that we put the country back on track to meeting our emission reduction goals in a way that doesn't protect dangerous fossil fuels like natural gas, which has a host of issues associated with it. American businesses have an amazing track record of progress and improvement that has led to lasting change when resisti  more

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce issued the following remarks on July 23, 2021, by Secretary Gina Raimondo at the White House announcement of $3 billion Economic Development Administration investment in America's communities: * * * As President Biden often says, we are on the road to recovery. And today marks a real step forward in that recovery. The President signed the American Rescue Plan into law to get our country back on its feet. Thanks to that law, I'm thrilled to  more

DURHAM, North Carolina, July 24 (TNSJou) -- Duke University's Nicholas School of the Environment issued the following news on July 22, 2021: Scientists at Duke University have developed a suite of four new tests that can be used to detect coal ash contamination in soil with unprecedented sensitivity. The tests are specifically designed to analyze soil for the presence of fly ash particles so small other tests might miss them. Fly ash is part of coal combustion residuals (CCRs) that are genera  more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, July 24 -- Gov. JB Pritzker, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Bill Number: HB 14 Description: Requires the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to issue an explanation to licensing, certificate, or grant registration applicants that are denied due to a criminal conviction. Action: Signed Effective: January 1, 2022 Bill Number: HB 20 Description: Removes the registration fee for a Gold Star license plate for a surviving widow, widower, or   more

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Internal Revenue Service issued the following revenue ruling (No. 2021-13): ISSUES (1) For purposes of section 45Q(a) of the Internal Revenue Code (Code), is the acid gas removal unit at Facility X carbon capture equipment within the meaning of Sec. 1.45Q-2(c) of the Income Tax Regulations? (2) Is Investor required to own every component of carbon capture equipment within a single process train at Facility X to be the person to whom  more

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, July 24 (TNSRep) -- Pembina Institute issued the following news release: Though Canada's provinces and territories hold much of the power over the country's energy resources, the majority lack the policy infrastructure and measures necessary to achieve significant greenhouse gas emission reductions, new research shows. To determine climate readiness, the Pembina Institute and Simon Fraser University's School of Resource and Environmental Management assessed each pr  more

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, D-Texas, issued the following news release on July 23, 2021: Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) announced six Economic Development Administration (EDA) programs, collectively called Investing in America's Communities. The combined $3 billion in funding is available thanks to the passage of the American Rescue Plan by House and Senate Democrats and its enactment by President Biden. Congressman Gonzalez is encouraging eligible cities, coalitions, or  more

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Illinois, issued the following news release on July 23, 2021: Congressman Krishnamoorthi (D-IL-08), Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), and Congressman Tony Cardenas (D-CA-29), authors of the Baby Food Safety Act of 2021, sent a letter to Congressman Frank Pallone, the Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, and Senator Patty Murray, the Chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and  more

LA JOLLA, California, July 24 (TNSJou) -- The University of California-San Diego Scripps Institution of Oceanography issued the following news: * * * Report calls for better integration of observations, models, and paleoclimate research * * * A review paper by Janet Sprintall, an oceanographer at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego, and colleagues considers whether an intensification of the Indian Ocean's water cycle is natural or a consequence of human-caused climate destabi  more

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- The White House issued the following transcript of a news briefing on July 22, 2021, by Press Secretary Jen Psaki and Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo: * * * MS. PSAKI: Hi, everyone. Happy Thursday. Okay, we have a special guest. Happy to welcome back Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo. Today, she will be telling us about a new economic development initiative that the Department is launching, thanks to the American Rescue Plan. She'll take a couple of questions. After  more

JAKARTA, Indonesia, July 24 (TNSOps) -- The World Resources Institute issued the following news release on July 23, 2021: Yesterday the government of Indonesia submitted an updated national climate commitment to the United Nations. The plan includes new measures on adaptation and resilience and some new targets in specific sectors, but has the same topline emissions targets submitted in 2016: an unconditional target to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions 29% below business-as-usual by 2030, o  more