STANFORD, California, Aug. 4 (TNSJou) -- The Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment issued the following news release: A key factor in America's prodigious agricultural output turns out to be something farmers can do little to control: clean air. A new Stanford-led study estimates pollution reductions between 1999 and 2019 contributed to about 20 percent of the increase in corn and soybean yield gains during that period - an amount worth about $5 billion per year. The analysis, published  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 4 (TNSOps) -- The Conservation Law Foundation issued the following news release: After a challenge from Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) and the Sierra Club, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will be required to revise the water discharge permit it issued to the Merrimack Station coal-fired power plant. The permit failed to include critical water pollution protections that the agency itself had previously proposed, and it would have resulted in unacceptable   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 (TNSPol) (TNSCapv) -- Friends of the Earth issued the following news release: In a letter to the White House National Climate Advisor Gina McCarthy, CEOs from a range of environmental groups urged her to make sure fossil fuel subsidies are eliminated in the budget reconciliation process, the Democrat-controlled parallel to the bipartisan infrastructure package. The message follows a letter to Speaker Pelosi and Leader Schumer from more than 500 environmental, public health,  more

DANVILLE, Pennsylvania, Aug. 4 -- Geisinger Health issued the following news release: - Thomas Hood, M.D., who has seen patients in Kulpmont for more than two decades, is joining the Geisinger 65 Forward Health Center team in central Pennsylvania at the soon-to-open location in Coal Township. Geisinger 65 Forward is a health care program designed exclusively for people age 65 and over where patients get longer appointments, more on-site health services and social, educational and wellness activ  more

ALBANY, New York, Aug. 4 -- Gov. Andrew Cuomo, D-New York, issued the following news release on Aug. 3, 2021: Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced $5 million for the Just Transition Site Reuse Planning Program to facilitate site reuse planning services and support for communities facing fossil fuel power plant closures. The program will provide eligible communities with resources to begin charting a sustainable and economically viable path forward through site reuse planning services from d  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Aug. 4 (TNSPar) -- Southwest Research Institute issued the following news release: Southwest Research Institute and The University of Texas at San Antonio are collaborating to combine two catalytic processes into a single reactor, with the overall goal of recycling carbon from CO2 to produce low-cost hydrocarbon fuels. The work, led by Dr. Grant Seuser of SwRI's Powertrain Engineering Division and Dr. Gary Jacobs of UTSA's College of Engineering, is supported by a $125,000 g  more

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 4 -- The Tennessee Valley Authority issued the following news release: The Tennessee Valley Authority reported $7.4 billion in total operating revenues on 113.6 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity sales for the nine months ended June 30, 2021. Sales of electricity were 5% higher for the nine months ended June 30, 2021, than the same period in the prior year primarily due to lower energy sales for the nine months ended June 30, 2020, associated with the COVID-19 pand  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on Aug. 3, 2021, entitled "The Bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Creates Good-Paying Jobs and Supports Workers": * * * The deal reached by President Biden and the bipartisan group of Senators makes a once-in-a-generation investment in our infrastructure and will create good-paying union jobs repairing our roads and bridges, replacing lead pipes, and building energy transmission lines. It invests in clean ener  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on Aug. 3, 2021, entitled "Top 10 Programs in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act That You May Not Have Heard About": * * * 1. Weatherization: Two-thirds of low-income U.S. households have high energy burdens, meaning they spend more than 6 percent of their income on utility bills. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal will invest a historic $3.5 billion in the Weatherization Assistance Program, reducing energ  more