CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, Jan. 30 (TNSPol) -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release on Jan. 27, 2022: The North Carolina Division of Air Quality has proposed a rule requiring state regulators to issue decisions on air-pollution permits within 18 months, as required by the federal Clean Air Act. The change comes after the Center for Biological Diversity challenged outdated state air-pollution permits for the University of North Carolina's coal-fired power plan  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources issued the following testimony by Lucian Pugliaresi, president of the Energy Policy Research Foundation Inc., involving a remote oversight hearing on Jan. 20, 2022, entitled "What More Gulf of Mexico Oil and Gas Leasing Means for Achieving U.S. Climate Targets": * * * My name is Lucian Pugliaresi. I am President of the Energy Policy Research Foundation, Inc. (EPRINC), a non-profit public policy re  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources issued the following testimony by Max Sarinsky, senior attorney of the the Institute for Policy Integrity, involving a remote oversight hearing on Jan. 20, 2022, entitled "What More Gulf of Mexico Oil and Gas Leasing Means for Achieving U.S. Climate Targets". Sarinsky is also an adjunct professor at the New York University School of Law. * * * I am a senior attorney at the Institute for Policy Inte  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources issued the following testimony by Kristina Dahl, senior climate scientist of the climate and energy program at the Union of Concerned Scientists, involving a remote oversight hearing on Jan. 20, 2022, entitled "What More Gulf of Mexico Oil and Gas Leasing Means for Achieving U.S. Climate Targets": * * * Thank you for giving me the opportunity to testify today about the climate implications of additi  more