OAKLAND, California, July 28 (TNSOps) -- As You Sow Foundation issued the following news release on July 27, 2021: As You Sow released a new Corporate 401(k) Sustainability Scorecard that grades companies like Amazon.com on their retirement plan investments. Employee retirement savings in these plans are invested in companies which directly contradict publicly stated corporate sustainability goals on climate change and racial justice. "Amazon is working to address climate risk in their operati  more

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce issued the following news release on July 28, 2021: U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina M. Raimondo today announced Mr. Mauro Gregorio, Chief Executive Officer of the Dow Silicones Corporation, as the new U.S. private sector co-chair of the U.S.-Brazil CEO Forum. As the new U.S. private sector co-chair, Mr. Gregorio and his team will work together with the U.S. Government to coordinate, organize, and plan the activities of the U.S. Section in prep  more

WASHINGTON, July 27 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R46446) on July 26, 2021, entitled "Tribal Energy Resource Agreements: Approval Process and Selected Issues for Congress" by natural resources policy specialist Tana Fitzpatrick: * * * SUMMARY Congress provided federally recognized Indian tribes the option to enter into a Tribal Energy Resource Agreement (TERA) with the federal government in the Indian Tribal Energy Development and Self-Determination Ac  more

WASHINGTON, July 27 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R46446) on July 26, 2021, entitled "Tribal Energy Resource Agreements: Approval Process and Selected Issues for Congress": * * * (Continued from Part 1 of 2) Revised Secretarial Consideration of TERA Criteria ITEDSA 2017 amends the criteria for approving a TERA and how the Secretary can consider such criteria. ITEDSA 2017 states the Secretary shall disapprove a TERA only if the TERA(1) violates federal  more

BETHESDA, Maryland, July 29 -- The Consumer Product Safety Commission issued the following statement on July 27, 2021, by Acting Chairman Robert S. Adler on petition requesting rulemaking on commercially bred dogs sold To consumers: * * * On February 17, 2021, the Humane Society of the United States and the Humane Society Legislative Fund submitted a petition requesting that the CPSC initiate a rulemaking under sections 7 and 9 of the Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA) to write a mandatory sta  more

OTTAWA, Ontario, July 29 -- Environment and Climate Change Canada issued the following news release on July 28, 2021: Canada is committed to strong global action against climate change, including international climate finance, which helps developing countries fight - and adapt to - climate change. The Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Canada's Minister of Environment and Climate Change, has accepted an invitation from UK COP26 President Alok Sharma to co-lead a process to further build trust that  more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, July 29 (TNSRep) -- The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis issued the following news release: * * * Vietnam's state utility Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) came through 2020 in surprisingly good financial health compared to many Southeast Asian peers, according to a new report from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA), which analyzed EVN's recently released 2020 financial statements. "In a year when most regional power companies ca  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, July 29 -- The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality issued the following news release: Following a comprehensive application review and public comment period, the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality's Division of Waste Management (DWM) has issued a permit to allow Duke Energy to expand the existing onsite, lined-landfill at the Roxboro Steam Electric Plant for the disposal of excavated coal ash. The issuance of the permit for the expanded CCR Industr  more

MACUNGIE, Pennsylvania, July 29 -- President Biden issued the following remarks on July 28, 2021, after touring the Mack Trucks Lehigh Valley Operations facility on the importance of manufacturing: * * * THE PRESIDENT: Well, I'm not going to say anything; I just came to drive a truck. (Laughter.) And I'm not sure which one I want to drive. That one? There's one back in the corner you can't see. It's the biggest damn pick-up truck you ever saw in your life. (Laughter.) I tell you what. Please  more

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) introduced legislation to help fight global energy poverty. The Providing Opportunities With Energy Resources to Uproot Poverty Act, or the POWER UP Act, prohibits the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) from implementing or enforcing restrictions on the source of energy used by a power generation project that provides affordable electricity to developi  more

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) reintroduced the Defense of Environment and Property Act of 2021 to get government off the backs of farmers and landowners. The legislation restores common sense to federal water policy by redefining "navigable waters," excluding ephemeral or intermittent streams from federal jurisdiction, and restraining the power the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Army Corps of En  more

SLIPPERY ROCK, Pennsylvania, July 29 (TNSGra) -- Slippery Rock University issued the following news: Slippery Rock University has made significant progress on a master energy infrastructure feasibility study and other components of its "Roadmap to Carbon Neutrality" program in partnership with Ever-Green Energy. The program to reduce SRU's greenhouse gas emissions and achieve carbon neutrality by 2037 is being supported by a grant from the West Penn Power Sustainable Energy Fund. In October 20  more