INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Aug. 24 (TNSeve) -- The Society of Professional Journalists has scheduled a conference session as part of its SPJ 21 Journalism Conference on Sept. 4, 2021, entitled "Non-Profit News: The Model for the Future": According to the agency website: With the consolidation of news outlets, an emphasis on breaking news and a shrinking focus on local stories, there remains a gaping hole of information that needs to be filled. Who will cover topics that remain essential to the pub  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 (TNSPol) -- Greenpeace issued the following joint news release on Aug. 23, 2021: Every year the federal government gives over $15 billion worth of taxpayer funded subsidies to the fossil fuel industry. The current infrastructure bill contains $25 billion in potential new subsidies. In conjunction with today's start of the End Fossil Fuel Subsidies week of action, 25 organizations -- including Greenpeace USA, Our Revolution, Public Citizen, Indigenous Environmental Network, F  more

JONESBORO, Arkansas, Aug. 24 (TNSRes) -- Arkansas State University issued the following news: Research into cost-saving and environmentally beneficial concrete ingredients is showing progress at Arkansas State University. When a new, wider sidewalk was poured in the area between Dean Street residence halls and the Reng Student Union, it ordinarily would have attracted no more attention than a typical summertime campus improvement project. Instead, engineering students under the direction of a  more

CANBERRA, Australia, Aug. 24 -- The Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association issued the following news release on Aug. 23, 2021: The voice of the Australian oil and gas industry today said an ACIL Allen report on Western Australia's gas and downstream industries opportunities showed potential major projects in the state powered by gas could deliver between $3 billion to $10 billion in Gross State Product (GSP) in the next twenty years. APPEA WA Director Claire Wilkinson said  more

CANBERRA, Australia, Aug. 24 (TNSRep) -- The Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association issued the following news release: In a submission to the Victorian government's 'gas substitution' roadmap, the voice of the Australian oil and gas industry warned that any moves to 'scapegoat gas' and deny energy choice to Victorians will cost families thousands of dollars, hurt the state's economy and risk reaching its net zero 2050 target. APPEA Victorian Director Ashley Wells said the   more

DULUTH, Minnesota, Aug. 24 -- Minnesota Power, a division of Allete, issued the following statement on Aug. 23, 2021: * * * Today's decision by the Minnesota Court of Appeals is an important step forward for the Nemadji Trail Energy Center project. The court affirmed a previous decision by the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission that the Nemadji Trail Energy Center (NTEC) is a low-cost, flexible and necessary resource to meet the energy needs of the 145,000 customers Minnesota Power serves a  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Aug. 24 (TNSPol) -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release on Aug. 23, 2021: The State Corporation Commission of Virginia released its final order in the Appalachian Power Company (APCo) rate case. The Commission denied Effluent Limitations Guidelines (ELG) costs for both the John E. Amos and Mountaineer coal plants, both are West Virginia power plants that provide power to Virginia. The SCC concluded that APCo failed to show that the ELG investments were reasona  more

MCCALLA, Alabama, Aug. 24 (TNSOps) -- The United Mine Workers of America issued the following news release on Aug. 23, 2021: The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Regional 10 Director has found merit in unfair labor practice charges the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) filed regarding Warrior Met Coal's bad faith bargaining and its failure to provide the Union with information that the Company is obligated to provide in contract negotiations. The NLRB notified Warrior Met on August 13  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Aug. 24 -- The Virginia State Corporation Commission issued the following news release on Aug. 23, 2021: The Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC) has approved in part and denied in part an environmental rate adjustment clause (E-RAC or rider). The rider recovers environmental compliance expenses associated with federal rules regulating the disposal of coal ash at two of the company's power plants located in West Virginia. These power plants, the Amos and Mountaineer   more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Aug. 24 -- West Virginia State Treasurer Riley Moore issued the following news release on Aug. 23, 2021: State Treasurer Riley Moore today criticized the U.S. Treasury's new guidance for international multilateral development banks, which seeks to cut off investment in fossil fuel projects in countries around the world. "President Biden and his liberal allies have been trying to pick winners and losers in the U.S. energy markets for years, now they want to cut off so  more