MONTGOMERY, Alabama, Nov. 20 (TNSPer) -- The Alabama Securities Commission issued the following news: The National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C) announced on November 16, 2021, that Alabama Securities Commission (ASC) Director Joseph Borg was elected to serve as Treasurer of the NW3C Board of Directors. Director Borg has been associated with NW3C for many years and has served on the NW3C Board since 2012. NW3C was established over 40 years ago. NW3C began its existence in 1978 as the Leviti  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, Nov. 20 (TNSAwa) -- The Maine House Democrats issued the following news release: Rep. Maggie O'Neil, D-Saco, received Sierra Club Maine's 2021 Public Service for the Environment Award this week in recognition of her legislative leadership and commitment to protecting the environment. O'Neil earned the award for her work to sponsor and pass groundbreaking legislation that moves the state cash pool and retirement system away from investments in fossil fuel companies, which are li  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Nov. 19 -- Appalachian Power, an American Electric Power company, issued the following news release: Kingsport Power, doing business in Tennessee as AEP Appalachian Power, this week filed an application with the Tennessee Public Utility Commission (TPUC) that would raise residential customer rates by approximately 6.8 percent and provide customers with new options and benefits. The proposal includes three optional programs for residential customers. One of the option  more

BRUSSELS, Belgium, Nov. 20 -- The European Commission issued the following fact sheet on Nov. 19, 2021, regarding the Fifth List of Energy Projects of Common Interest: * * * 1. What are PCIs? Projects of common interest (PCIs) are key infrastructure projects aimed at completing the European internal energy market in order to help the EU achieve its energy and climate policy objectives: delivering affordable, secure and sustainable energy for all Europeans and contributing to a climate-neutral  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Nov. 20 -- Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr issued the following news release on Nov. 19, 2021: Attorney General Chris Carr today wrote to Congressional leaders to voice his strong opposition to President Biden's nomination of Professor Saule Omarova to serve as the next Comptroller of the Currency. The letter was sent in response to Professor Omarova's prior comments in which she expressed her clear objection to most, if not all, aspects of the existing banking and financi  more

AMES, Iowa, Nov. 19 (TNSRes) -- Iowa State University issued the following news release: Two of the biggest power grids on the planet are connected by seven small threads. Those seven threads (technically, they're back-to-back, high-voltage, direct-current connections) join America's Eastern and Western interconnections and have 1,320 megawatts of electric-power handling capacity. (The seam separating the grids runs, roughly, from eastern Montana, down the western borders of South Dakota, Nebr  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 (TNSOps) -- Progressive Policy Institute issued the following commentary to The Hill: Below are the excerpts. * * * By Paul Bledsoe Strategic Adviser At the 11th hour of climate negotiations in Scotland last week, the U.S. and China released a "Joint Glasgow Declaration on Enhancing Climate Action in the 2020s" outlining increased cooperation on a wide range of climate and clean energy topics. The communique's careful language was redolent of Cold War detente documents  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Nov. 20 (TNSOps) -- The University of Michigan's Ford School of Public Policy issued the following news: Following the conclusion of COP26, Barry Rabe reflected on the outcomes of the summit in Glasgow. "This is the 26th time that this conference of parties and processes has worked. Each time there is lots of drama, high expectations, and usually in the end we are underwhelmed but there is some progress. I would put the Glasgow meeting in that category, there are few areas  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- Rep. Bill Johnson, R-Ohio, issued the following statement on Nov. 19, 2021: * * * Congressman Bill Johnson (R-Marietta) released the following statement after voting against H.R. 5376, the Socialist Tax and Spending Bill otherwise known as Joe Biden's Build Back Broke spending bill. "Just two weeks after passing a $1.2 trillion 'infrastructure' bill, Nancy Pelosi and her colleagues in the House approved trillions more in government spending that will fundamentally chang  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- Rep. Harold Rogers, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release: Washington Democrats rammed through another irresponsible spending bill in the U.S. House of Representatives as Congressman Hal Rogers and House Republicans voted against the bill, warning Americans about the crippling impact it will have on our economy and how it will effect every family. "Our nation is in crisis and American families are feeling the impact more every day at the gas pump, at the grocery   more

AIKEN, South Carolina, Nov. 19 -- Savannah River Remediation issued the following news release on Nov. 18, 2021: The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management's liquid waste contractor at the Savannah River Site (SRS) immobilized more decontaminated salt solution (DSS) in the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30 than in the previous five years combined. Savannah River Remediation (SRR) converts DSS into a grout and safely dispositions the engineered waste form inside mega-volume   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following order (No. 3-20656): In the Matter of MIO PARTNERS, INC. Respondent. ORDER INSTITUTING ADMINISTRATIVE AND CEASE-AND-DESIST PROCEEDINGS, PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 203(e) AND 203(k) OF THE INVESTMENT ADVISERS ACT OF 1940, MAKING FINDINGS, AND IMPOSING REMEDIAL SANCTIONS AND A CEASE-AND-DESIST ORDER I. The Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") deems it appropriate and in the public interest that public adm  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) issued the following statement after passage of the Democrats' reckless tax and spending bill in the House of Representatives. "The out-of-control spending being driven by radical far-left Democrats is going to do real, lasting damage to our economy. It's going to have a huge cost for our country and American taxpayers are going to be the ones paying for it, both in terms  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, issued the following news release on Nov. 18, 2021: Georgia U.S. Senators Jon Ossoff and Reverend Raphael Warnock today released the following statements after President Joe Biden's appointment of Daniel Blackman to serve as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Administrator for Region 4. The Region 4 Administrator, based in Atlanta, oversees Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- Sen. Raphael G. Warnock, D-Georgia, issued the following news release on Nov. 18, 2021: Georgia U.S. Senators Reverend Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff today released the following statements after President Joe Biden's appointment of Daniel Blackman to serve as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Administrator for Region 4. The Region 4 Administrator, based in Atlanta, oversees Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennes  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Bernard Sanders (I-Vt), and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.) sent a letter to two private equity firms, Apollo Global Management (Apollo) and Blackstone, which previously owned Warrior Met Coal (Warrior Met), a mining company in Alabama whose workers have been on strike for the past seven months. In the letter, the senators highlight Apollo and Blackstone's  more

LONDON, England, Nov. 20 -- Shoosmiths, a law firm, issued the following news release: This last fortnight has seen the eyes of the world fall on Glasgow as it hosted the much-anticipated global COP26 summit. Now the summit has drawn to a close, this article brings you up to speed with why it took place, the pledges that have been set, and share some of the resources Shoosmiths has created as all efforts turn to limit global warming and the impact of climate change. COP26 'Conference of the P  more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Nov. 20 -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release on Nov. 19, 2021: North Carolina regulators have accepted portions of Duke Energy's short-term plan to provide electricity to its customers, but declined to accept any of the long-term planning scenarios Duke submitted as part of those plans. Duke provides power to millions of Tar Heel families and businesses, and its integrated resource plan (IRP) is a roadmap for how it intends to do so over the next 15 y  more

BRUSSELS, Belgium, Nov. 20 -- SolarPower Europe issued the following news release: In the last few weeks, world leaders and their representatives have convened in Glasgow to tackle the climate crisis. The conclusions from the summit highlight the need to accelerate the deployment of clean power generation, while countries made individual pledges that should result in an increase of 1.8 to 2.4 C of global warming. Countries have agreed to revisit their commitments, by the end of 2022, to keep t  more