Tipoffs for Beckley, West Virginia (coal)
- Long-Time Northern Rockies Attorney Steps Into Leadership Role for Earthjustice Office
BOZEMAN, Montana, Jan. 20 (TNSPer) -- Earthjustice issued the following news release on Jan. 19, 2022:
Earthjustice has promoted long-time Northern Rockies attorney Jenny Harbine to managing attorney of its Bozeman office, the organization announced today. Harbine has served as acting managing attorney for the office since last summer.
"For people who live in the Northern Rockies, clean water and air, healthy wildlife populations, and wild public lands aren't political issues," said Harbine. "
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Appalachian Voices: Advocates Applaud Introduction of Rep. Scott & Adams' 10-Year Extension of Excise Tax for Black Lung Disability Trust Fund
BOONE, North Carolina, Jan. 21 (TNSPol)(TNScapV) -- Appalachian Voices issued the following news release on Jan. 20, 2022:
Rep. Bobby Scott (VA-03) and Rep. Alma Adams (NC-12) introduced the Black Lung Benefits Disability Trust Fund Solvency Act of 2022 to extend the Coal Excise Tax for 10 years, with original cosponsors Rep. John Yarmuth (KY-3) and Rep. Matt Cartwright (PA-12). This is a welcome development for miners with black lung disease and their families who rely on the Black Lung Disabi
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Center on Budget & Policy Priorities: '2022 Federal Rental Assistance Factsheets Sources and Methodology'
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 (TNSRep) -- The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities issued the following report on Jan. 19, 2022, entitled "2022 Federal Rental Assistance Factsheets Sources and Methodology":
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To create the federal rental assistance factsheets for the 50 states, District of Columbia, and the United States, CBPP analyzed administrative data from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Department of Agriculture (USDA). In addition to public sources, we relied on
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Center on Budget & Policy Priorities: 2022 Federal Rental Assistance Factsheets Sources and Methodology
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 (TNSPol) -- The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities issued the following news:
To create the federal rental assistance factsheets for the 50 states, District of Columbia, and the United States, CBPP analyzed administrative data from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Department of Agriculture (USDA). In addition to public sources, we relied on a non-public dataset from HUD's Office of Policy Development and Research (available through a research
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Congressional Research Service: 'Surface Transportation Board - Background & Current Issues'
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R47013) on Jan. 19, 2022, entitled "Surface Transportation Board: Background and Current Issues" by transportation policy analyst Ben Goldman:
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SUMMARY
The Surface Transportation Board (STB) was created by Congress in 1995 to replace the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) as the economic regulator of providers of interstate land and water transportation. It most often deals with issues facing the
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Earthjustice Applauds President Biden's Climate Progress in First Year
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 (TNSPol) -- Earthjustice issued the following statement on Jan. 20, 2022:
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Earthjustice President Abigail Dillen released this statement today on the one-year anniversary of President Biden's inauguration.
"President Biden proposed the most ambitious climate and environmental justice agenda in U.S. history, recognizing how much is at stake. We applaud the Biden administration for taking critical steps forward in its first year, and we will continue to hold them accoun
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Institute for Energy Economics & Financial Analysis Europe: CEZ Group Lays Out Decarbonisation Plan, But Is It Ready?
CLEVELAND, Ohio, Jan. 21 (TNSRep) -- The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis issued the following news release:
After a decade of missed opportunities, CEZ Group (CEZ) finds itself playing catch-up on renewable energy, according to a report by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA).
CEZ, the largest energy group in Czechia and one of the largest energy groups in Central and Eastern Europe, announced a new strategy in 2021 to decarbonise its power ge
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Pacific Northwest Lab: Value of Wind Energy
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 (TNSRes) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory issued the following web feature:
By Mary Ann Showalter
Two teams of researchers from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have shown that wind energy offers logistical, economic, and environmental value to consumers and utilities from the coast of Oregon to remote villages in Alaska.
In the first study (http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/14/15/4435) of the grid impacts of offshore wind en
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Pembina Institute: Clean Energy the Way Forward for Nova Scotia and New Brunswick as Provinces Phase Out Coal
CALGARY, Canada, Jan. 21 (TNSRep) -- Pembina Institute issued the following news release:
The Pembina Institute has released a new report examining the cost of providing reliable electricity in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia using Clean Energy Portfolios (CEPs). The report, Towards a Clean Atlantic Grid: Clean energy technologies for reliable, affordable electricity generation in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, found that as coal is phased out, the next energy resource built in these provinces sh
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President Biden Announces Key Regional Appointments for USDA, FEMA, HUD
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- The White House issued the following news release on Jan. 20, 2022:
President Joe Biden appointed the following individuals to serve in key regional leadership roles at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) at the Department of Homeland Security, and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD):
These regional appointees will be critical to the President's efforts to rebuild communities most impacted b
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Rep. McKinley: President Biden's Year of Crisis, Failure
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- Rep. David McKinley, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Jan. 20, 2022:
Congressman David B. McKinley, P.E. (WV-01) issued a statement today highlighting the numerous disappointments of the Biden Administration's failed leadership, one year after President Joe Biden was sworn into office.
"The Biden Administration has failed to lead on issues important to American families, instead choosing to push Democrats' out-of-touch agenda, including policies that
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Reps. Adams, Scott Introduce Bill to Protect Future Benefits, Health Care for Miners With Black Lung Disease
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- Rep. Alma S. Adams, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release:
Without revenue from the tax, the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund is at-risk of becoming insolvent at a time when the number of black lung cases is rapidly increasing.
Subcommittee on Workforce Protections Chairwoman Alma Adams (NC-12) and Education and Labor Committee Chairman Bobby Scott (VA-03) introduced the Black Lung Benefits Disability Trust Fund Solvency Act of 2022. This legislation would
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Reps. Scott, Adams Introduce Bill to Protect Future Benefits, Health Care for Miners With Black Lung Disease
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release on Jan. 20, 2022:
Education and Labor Committee Chairman Bobby Scott (VA-03) and Subcommittee on Workforce Protections Chairwoman Alma Adams (NC-12), introduced the Black Lung Benefits Disability Trust Fund Solvency Act of 2022. This legislation would extend the black lung excise tax rate, which expired at the end of last year, to fund future benefits a
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Sen. Barrasso: President Biden's 1st Year in Office Marked by Failures
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release on Jan. 20, 2022:
U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) led a press conference on President Biden's first year in office that was marked by failures.
Excerpts from Senator Barrasso's remarks:
"One year ago today, Joe Biden took the oath of office as President of the United States.
"And we're here to tell you that after one year and you take a look at that year, it has been a year of failure on item after it
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Sierra Club Virginia: AG Miyares Decision to Withdraw From Supreme Court Climate Case Fails Virginians
RICHMOND, Virginia, Jan. 21 (TNSPol) -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release on Jan. 20, 2022:
Yesterday afternoon, Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares announced that he would withdraw his office from a lawsuit in which the Commonwealth of Virginia was previously defending life-saving climate action and clean air safeguards before the Supreme Court.
In West Virginia v. EPA, a group of right-wing politicians and coal industry executives are attempting to use their opposition to
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Sierra Club: Settlement Agreement Between DTE and Advocates Delivers Energy Efficiency Funds to the Most Vulnerable Families
LANSING, Michigan, Jan. 21 (TNSPol) -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release on Jan. 20, 2022:
The Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) approved a settlement agreement between DTE, the Sierra Club, Ecology Center, Earthjustice, NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council), National Housing Trust, and other parties regarding DTE's electric and gas energy efficiency plans (referred to in Michigan as "energy waste reduction"). Through the process mandated by state law, Michigan utilit
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University of Sydney: Should Indonesia Relocate Its Capital?
SYDNEY, Australia, Jan. 21 (TNSRes) -- The University of Sydney issued the following news:
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Experts react to President Joko Widodo's decision
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Sydney experts comment on Indonesia's rapid-fire plan to move its capital from Jakarta to East Kalimantan, Borneo by 2024.
This week, Indonesia passed legislation to move its capital from Jakarta to East Kalimantan, a province on the island of Borneo that is home to rainforests, rivers, and other habitats critical for species like the orang
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University of Wisconsin-Madison: Students, Transportation Services Develop Solar-Powered Displays for University Bus Shelters
MADISON, Wisconsin, Jan. 21 (TNSRes) -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus issued the following news:
By Marek Makowski
Although it manages arrival times, bus stops, repairs, signage, parking lots, road closures, permits, citations, and special event parking--all the tedious necessary aspects of public transit-- Transportation Services also creates experiences. It may seem unusual to consider standing at a bus stop an experience: waiting, pacing, thumbing one's smartphone, looking for
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Western Environmental Law Center: Legal Petition Calls on Biden to Phase Out Federal Oil, Gas by 2035
EUGENE, Oregon, Jan. 20 (TNSRep) -- The Western Environmental Law Center 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
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WHO Publishes New Global Data on the Use of Clean and Polluting Fuels for Cooking by Fuel Type
GENEVA, Switzerland, Jan. 21 -- The United Nations World Health Organization issued the following news release:
One third of the global population or 2.6 billion people worldwide still remain without access to clean cooking. The use of inefficient, polluting fuels and technologies is a health risk and a major contributor to diseases and deaths, particularly for women and children in low- and middle-income countries. It makes cooking with polluting fuels one of the largest environmental contribu
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WildEarth Guardians: Legal Petition Calls on Biden to Phase Out Federal Oil, Gas by 2035
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 (TNSRep) -- WildEarth Guardians 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 C
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Year in Review: Treasury's Top Accomplishments During Year One of the Biden-Harris Administration
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury issued the following news release:
In the first year of the Biden-Harris Administration, the U.S. Department of the Treasury has worked to support families and businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic and foster the country's robust economic recovery. As Secretary Yellen remarked yesterday, "Unemployment is now at 3.9 percent - the sharpest one-year drop in the rate ever. GDP now exceeds pre-pandemic levels, and 2021 witnessed one of the
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