LONDON, England, Jan. 22 (TNSPer) -- Greenpeace UK issued the following news release: Greenpeace UK's Executive Director John Sauven is to step down from his role after 14 years at the head of the campaign group next month. The Greenpeace UK board has appointed the organisation's Programme Director Pat Venditti as interim Executive Director. During his time at Greenpeace UK, John has overseen vital campaign wins to protect our rainforests, stop coal burning and fracking in the UK, kickstart of  more

RICHARDSON, Texas, Jan. 22 (TNSAwa) -- The University of Texas Dallas campus issued the following news: Dr. Robert Finkelman, a geosciences lecturer and research scientist at The University of Texas at Dallas, recently earned national recognition for his more than 25 years of leadership in the emerging field of medical geology -- the science dealing with the relationship between geological factors and health problems in humans, animals and plants. Finkelman received the 2021 Distinguished Care  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 (TNSPol) -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release: 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 Continen  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 (TNSRes) -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release on Jan. 21, 2022: * * * Thousands of Permits OK'd Despite President's Authority to End Drilling by 2035 * * * New federal data shows the Biden administration approved 3,557 permits for oil and gas drilling on public lands in its first year, far outpacing the Trump administration's first-year total of 2,658. Nearly 2,000 of the drilling permits were approved on public lands administered by t  more

DENVER, Colorado, Jan. 21 (TNSsro) -- The Colorado Public Utilities Commission issued the following weekly meeting agenda: Consent Items TRANSPORTATION 1. PROCEEDING NO. 21A-0570R New Elk Coal Company IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF NEW ELK COAL CO., LLC FOR AUTHORITY TO REPAIR AND UPGRADE A COUNTY ROAD RAILROAD GRADE CROSSING AT COUNTY ROAD 20.8 AND NEW ELK COAL CO., LLC (COUNTY ROAD 20.8 IN JANSEN, LAS ANIMAS COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO) . Filing Date and Party: 11/30/2021 New Elk Coal   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R46908) on Jan. 19, 2022, entitled "Interior, Environment and Related Agencies: Overview of FY2022 Appropriations" by natural resources policy specialist Carol Hardy Vincent: * * * The Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies appropriations bill contains funding for about three dozen agencies and entities. They include most of the Department of the Interior (DOI), as well as agencies within other depa  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following commentary to the Fox News: * * * U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) published an op-ed on Fox News marking the one year anniversary of the Biden administration canceling the Keystone XL pipeline and explaining how the U.S. needs to reimagine its approach to energy and climate policy. Cassidy laid out a path for America to lead on environmental issues without sacrificing national security interests and sending gas   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release on Jan. 21, 2022: Senator John Hoeven today issued the following statement after the North Dakota Industrial Commission (NDIC) approved the Class VI permit for the geologic storage of CO2 from Project Tundra. This carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) project is able to advance due to the45Q tax credit, which helps make efforts like this commercially-viable by providing up to $50 per ton of CO2 s  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following opening statement at a Jan. 11, 2022, hearing on hydropower: * * * This committee has done incredible work to advance priorities for our nation's energy sector and public lands over the past year. We kicked off the 117th Congress last year with a hearing on global climate trends that established a baseline of facts for our work to address climate change  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 -- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee issued the following testimony by Scott Corwin, executive director of the Northwest Public Power Association, involving a Jan. 11, 2022, hearing on hydropower: * * * Thank you for the opportunity to testify today on the opportunities and challenges for maintaining existing hydropower capacity, expanding hydropower at non-powered dams, and increasing pumped storage hydropower. The role of hydropower in our nation's energy   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 -- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee issued the following testimony by Jennifer Garson, acting director for the Water Power Technologies of the Energy Department, involving a Jan. 11, 2022, hearing on hydropower: * * * My name is Jennifer Garson, and I am the Acting Director for the Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO) in the Department of Energy's (DOE's) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE). As the Acting Director, I direct applied res  more

GENEVA, Switzerland, Jan. 22 -- The World Economic Forum issued the following news release: The G20 and advanced economies must work together to create a more resilient and responsive global health architecture to face future threats and pandemics, said President Joko Widodo of Indonesia in his address to the Davos Agenda 2022. He said the International Monetary Fund should be tasked to mobilize resources to revitalize global health architecture. This should include a global contingency fund f  more