ARGONNE, Illinois, Jan. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory issued the following news release: The National Economic Resilience Data Explorer (NERDE) brings together post-pandemic information into one easy-to-use online dashboard. As the United States continues to navigate the many economic challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, a new data tool helps provide communities a clear, detailed understanding of the pandemic's impacts on local economies - and whether   more

OAKLAND, California, Jan. 20 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on Jan. 19, 2022: California Attorney General Rob Bonta, as part of a multistate coalition, filed a response brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in defense of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) authority under the Clean Air Act to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from existing power plants. In 2019, the Trump Administration repealed the Clean Power Plan and replaced it with the so-  more

DENVER, Colorado, Jan. 19 (TNSPol) -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release on Jan. 18, 2022: A federal judge approved a consent agreement today that requires Mountain Coal Co., a subsidiary of Arch Coal, to operate pollution-control equipment and obtain and comply with a Clean Air Act permit for its West Elk coal mine. In 2020 four environmental groups sued Mountain Coal, saying the mine was operating without required Clean Air Act permits and illegally emittin  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 (TNSPol) -- Consumer Energy Alliance issued the following statement on Jan. 19, 2022: * * * Consumer Energy Alliance (CEA) Federal Affairs Adviser Michael Zehr made the following statement in advance of Thursday's House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources hearing entitled "What More Gulf of Mexico Oil and Gas Leasing Means for Achieving U.S. Climate Targets." "American parents, families and small businesses are paying a dollar a gallon more at th  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 -- The Green Party issued the following news release on Jan. 19, 2022: The EcoAction Committee of the Green Party of the United States (Green Party US) condemns President Biden's year of climate negligence and renews the call to pressure the president to declare a climate emergency and issue a comprehensive series of related Executive Orders, as described on ClimatePresident.org. Biden and Congressional Democrats must also replace the ever-shrinking "Build Back Better" (BBB  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 (TNSPol) -- Clean Wisconsin issued the following joint news release with 16 organizations on Jan. 19, 2022: In a brief filed yesterday with the U.S. Supreme Court, environmental, public health and clean energy industry groups urge the Court to reject the coal industry's radical attempt to strip the Environmental Protection Agency of its ability to confront the climate crisis. The coalition urges the Court to affirm the authority, and duty, the Clean Air Act confers upon the   more

MERRILLVILLE, Indiana, Jan. 20 (TNSRep) -- Northern Indiana Public Service Co., a subsidiary of NiSource, issued the following news release on Jan. 18, 2021: NIPSCO's parent company, NiSource Inc. (NYSE: NI) today highlights its environmental sustainability commitment in a detailed 2021 Climate Report that outlines the company's continued trajectory of emissions reductions and initiatives aimed at a sustainable and resilient energy future that is supportive of a just transition for all stakehol  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 20 (TNSOps) -- Rainforest Action Network issued the following news release on Jan. 19, 2022: Citigroup announced new 2030 interim targets to reach its commitment to net-zero financed emissions by 2050. The plan includes a commitment to reduce absolute financed emissions from the energy sector by 29% and financed emissions intensity from the power sector by 63%. By contrast, other major US banks -- including JPMorgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, and Goldman Sachs -- have announced 2030  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 -- Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI), a co-owner of a major sports franchise, slammed comments from another co-owner of a major sports franchise, Chamath Palihapitiya, for saying that "no one cares" about the ongoing genocide in China and that "until we actually clean up our own house, the idea that we step outside of our borders with you know, with us sort of like morally virtue signaling about somebody else's hu  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 20 (TNSRep) -- Waterkeeper Alliance issued the following joint news release on Jan. 19, 2022: More than 360 climate, tribal, religious and conservation groups petitioned the Biden administration today to use its executive authority to phase out oil and gas production on public lands and oceans. The petition provides a framework to manage a decline of oil and gas production to near zero by 2035 through rulemaking, using long-dormant provisions of the Mineral Leasing Act, Outer Co  more

BOULDER, Colorado, Jan. 20 (TNSOps) -- Western Resource Advocates issued the following news on Jan. 19, 2022: Western Resource Advocates today welcomed Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association's submission of a Colorado Electric Resource Plan settlement agreement that includes ambitious and important targets for reducing the utility's fossil-fuel emissions between 2025 and 2030. The agreement provides significant benefits above and beyond Tri-State's Responsible Energy Plan announced   more