BILLINGS, Montana, Oct. 8 -- The Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana, Leif M. Johnson, issued the following news release on Oct. 7, 2021: Signal Peak Energy, LLC, which operates an underground coal mine near Roundup, today admitted to criminal charges that it willfully violated health and safety standards and has agreed to pay a $1 million fine as part of proposed plea agreement, Acting U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson said. Signal Peak Energy, through a representative, pleaded guilt  more

LONDON, England, Oct. 8 -- The British Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office issued the following statement on Oct. 7, 2021, by Lord Zac Goldsmith, minister for Pacific and the Environment, during a ministerial roundtable at the 15th session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development entitled "Supporting Productive Transformation for Greater Resilience in a Post-Pandemic World": * * * Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, it is a privilege to join you at the UNCTAD 15 confe  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 (TNSPol) -- The Center for American Progress issued the following statement on Oct. 7, 2021: * * * Yesterday, Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) introduced the American Energy Worker Opportunity Act, legislation to empower working people whose jobs are affected by the energy industry's transition to cleaner sources. The plan would offer workers laid off from the coal and oil industries wage support and assistance with health benefits and retirement, as well as offer education and tra  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 (TNSPol) -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary: * * * By Joseph Majkut Director, Energy Security and Climate Change Program Democrats in Congress may have to shrink the size of the proposed spending package, the Build Back Better Act, to get the Senate votes necessary to pass it under budget reconciliation. The Washington Post reports that officials in the White House are facing the choice of paring the budget bill down to fe  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- Energy and Fuels, a peer-reviewed scientific journal from the American Chemical Society that says it publishes research in the intersection of chemistry and chemical engineering and non-nuclear energy and fuels, published research articles on the following topics in its Oct. 7, 2021 edition: REVIEWS: * A Review on the Role of Organic Matter in Gas Adsorption in Shale * Insight into the Role and Strategies of Metal-Organic Frameworks in Direct Methanol Fuel Cells: A Revi  more

PARIS, France, Oct. 8 (TNSRep) -- The International Energy Agency issued the following news release: Climate action cannot focus only on carbon dioxide. Governments and energy companies have major opportunities to reduce methane emissions, which provides the most impactful way to limit near-term climate change, the International Energy Agency said in a new report released today. Methane is responsible for around 30% of the global rise in temperatures to date. Rapid steps to tackle methane emis  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Oct. 8 (TNSAwa) (TNSJou) -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: * * * Virginia Tech: Geosciences' Emeritus Professor Michael F. Hochella Honored With Two Society Medals for Research Michael F. Hochella Jr., a University Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of Geosciences, recently was honored with two academic honors: the Geochemical Society Clair C. Patterson Award and the American Chemical Society Geochemistry Division Medal. Hochella retired from V  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- The National Gallery of Art issued the following news release: Following its September meeting, the National Gallery of Art Board of Trustees announced that former PepsiCo executive Indra Nooyi was elected as a new trustee and will begin serving immediately. Sharon Rockefeller, a policymaker and leader in public media, has retired as chairman of the board. Rockefeller, who has served as chairman since 2013, becomes trustee emeritus. Philanthropist and business leader David  more

ELK GROVE VILLAGE, Illinois, Oct. 8 -- President Biden issued the following remarks on the importance of COVID-19 vaccine requirements: * * * THE PRESIDENT: Jerry, thank you. (Applause.) Thank you, thank you, thank you. Mr. Mayor, thanks for the passport into town. I tell you, every time I come to the Greater Chicago Area, there's somebody I want to steal and bring back to Washington, Gov. I've done it a couple times, you know. (Laughs.) At any rate -- Look, Jerry, every company needs people  more

WARREN, Michigan, Oct. 8 -- Rep. Andy Levin, D-Michigan, issued the following news release on Oct. 7, 2021: Congressman Andy Levin (MI-09), member of the House Education and Labor Committee, and Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (MI-13) held a workers' rights roundtable to discuss what protections their constituents have under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) and the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Even as the representatives seek to enshrine workers' rights further in the law, they want to   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Michigan, issued the following news release on Oct. 7, 2021: Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (MI-13) and Congressman Andy Levin (MI-09), member of the House Education and Labor Committee, held a workers' rights roundtable to discuss what protections their constituents have under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) and the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Even as the representatives seek to enshrine workers' rights further in the law, they want to mak  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) introduced the American Energy Worker Opportunity Act, which would provide critical resources and training opportunities to assist and empower workers whose jobs are affected by the energy industry's move toward renewable sources. Baldwin was joined by Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Bob Casey (D-PA), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Michael Bennet (D-CO), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL),  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Bob Casey (D-PA), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Michael Bennet (D-CO), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Tina Smith (D-MN), and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) introduced a bill, the American Energy Worker Opportunity Act, which would provide critical resources and training opportunities to assist and empower workers whose jobs are affected by the energy industry's move towa  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- Sen. Robert Casey Jr., D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Michael Bennet (D-CO), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Tina Smith (D-MN) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) introduced the American Energy Worker Opportunity Act, which would provide critical resources and training opportunities to assist and empower workers whose jobs are affected by the energy industry's move to  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 8 -- The United Nations issued the following remarks via video message by Secretary General Antonio Guterres at the E.U. Sustainable Investment Summit: * * * President von der Leyen. Distinguished guests and speakers. Ladies and gentlemen. Let me get straight to the point. Our world is in trouble. Societies and economies are still battling the impacts of COVID 19. Extreme poverty and chronic hunger are increasing. The disastrous impacts of climate change are more visible by the  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Oct. 8 -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news: Like the "canary in the coal mine," the worldwide decline of amphibian populations, including frogs, toads and salamanders, during the past 50 years may be a harbinger of emerging infections and environmental changes that endanger humankind, as well. Just as important, some amphibian species have begun to recover from the global spread of a fungal infection called chytridiomycosis that caused the ex  more