BRUSSELS, Belgium, Dec. 11 (TNSPer) -- The Global Wind Energy Council issued the following news release on Dec. 10, 2021: The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) today announced that Rebecca Williams, who was seconded to GWEC as Director of COP26, will join the organisation permanently to spearhead the growth of offshore wind around the world. She will take up the role of Global Head of Offshore Wind, and be responsible for leading GWEC's efforts to accelerate the adoption of offshore wind around  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 (TNSPol) -- Friends of the Earth issued the following joint news release on Dec. 10, 2021, with six organizations: Conservation groups submitted formal comments today urging cancelation of February's federal oil and gas lease auctions, saying the Biden administration is legally required to prevent harm from the leasing program's greenhouse gas emissions, not just disclose it. "The Biden administration must do more than simply talk about climate change, it has a duty to take  more

NEW YORK, Dec. 11 (TNSPol) -- Waterkeeper Alliance issued the following joint news on Dec. 10, 2021, release with six organizations: Conservation groups submitted formal comments today urging cancelation of February's federal oil and gas lease auctions, saying the Biden administration is legally required to prevent harm from the leasing program's greenhouse gas emissions, not just disclose it. "The Biden administration must do more than simply talk about climate change, it has a duty to take   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 (TNSPol) -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release on Dec. 10, 2021: Conservation groups submitted formal comments today urging cancelation of February's federal oil and gas lease auctions, saying the Biden administration is legally required to prevent harm from the leasing program's greenhouse gas emissions, not just disclose it. "The Biden administration must do more than simply talk about climate change, it has a duty to take action on a sc  more

SANTA FE, New Mexico, Dec. 11 (TNSPol) -- WildEarth Guardians issued the following news release on Dec. 10, 2021: Conservation groups submitted formal comments today urging cancelation of February's federal oil and gas lease auctions, saying the Biden administration is legally required to prevent harm from the leasing program's greenhouse gas emissions, not just disclose it. "The Biden administration must do more than simply talk about climate change, it has a duty to take action on a scale an  more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Dec. 11 (TNSRep) -- The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis issued the following news release: 10 December (IEEFA Asia): In August, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) announced an ambitious plan to buy high emissions coal-fired power plants in Southeast Asia and retire them within 15 years through an energy transition mechanism (ETM). According to the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis' (IEEFA) latest report, if the ETM is not designed correct  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 (TNSPol) -- Oil Change International issued the following news release on Dec. 10, 2021: News circulated that the U.S. government has issued new interim guidance to all agencies and embassies for international energy engagements. This guidance applies to all international engagements across the U.S. government, including financing from the U.S. Export-Import Bank and the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation. The guidance builds on past coal exclusions to rule o  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 (TNSPol) -- Progressive Policy Institute issued the following commentary to The Hill: * * * By Paul Bledsoe Strategic Adviser With Russian troops massing on Ukraine's border, and President Biden urging Russia's Vladimir Putin not to invade, the geopolitics of Russian natural gas are growing increasingly intolerable. European gas imports are a mainstay of cash for Putin's regime, with over one-third of Kremlin funding coming directly from oil and gas revenue, even as Russi  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Rep. Kelly Armstrong, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: Congressman Kelly Armstrong (R-ND) cosponsored legislation to re-charter the National Coal Council (NCC), the Coal Council Certainty Act of 2021. Under the Biden administration, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) allowed the nearly 40-year-old NCC charter to lapse in November 2021. DOE has since proposed a major overhaul to the charter, which includes gutting the NCC's membership and refocusing its  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Rep. David McKinley, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Under the Biden Administration, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) allowed the nearly 40-year-old National Coal Council (NCC) charter to lapse in November 2021. DOE has since proposed a major overhaul to the charter, which includes gutting the NCC's membership and refocusing its mission away from coal industry innovation. In response, David B. McKinley, P.E. (WV-01) introduced H.R. 6187, the Coal C  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following Q&A: Q: What is the debt limit? A: The U.S. Treasury Department manages the revenue coming into the federal treasury and the money going out the door to pay the bills. Congress sets a debt ceiling that limits the amount of debt the U.S. Treasury is allowed to extend to finance government operations. From Social Security payments to border security, health care and veterans benefits, the Secretary of the U.S. Treasury  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, issued the following news release on Dec. 10, 2021: U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) issued the following statement in response to the Labor Department's announcement today that U.S. inflation hit a 39-year annualized high of 6.8% at the end of October, and the Congressional Budget Office's assessment released today that President Joe Biden's so-called "Build Back Better" legislation would cost $4.9 trillion and add $3 trillion to the nati  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- The U.S. Agency for International Development issued the following remarks on Dec. 10, 2021, by Administrator Samantha Power at the Summit for Democracy event entitled "Countering Digital Authoritarianism and Affirming Democratic Values": ADMINISTRATOR POWER: Thank you so much, Tom. And thank you for your decades of leadership, really, as a thought driver on democracy and human rights and a canary in the coal mine on many of the threats that were coming -- that unfortunat  more