WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- The American Petroleum Institute issued the following news release on Feb. 26, 2024: The American Petroleum Institute (API) today filed an application for rehearing on the Department of Energy's (DOE) indefinite pause on new and pending liquefied natural gas (LNG) permit approvals for non-FTA countries. In the legal filing submitted to DOE, API argued the pause is unlawful, violating both the Natural Gas Act and the Administrative Procedure Act, and that it erodes America  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, sent a letter to U.S. Department of Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen outlining serious concerns with proposed guidance from the IRS regarding 45V tax credits for hydrogen, which would impose burdensome requirements that jeopardize the viability of future energy projects across the cou  more

WESTMINSTER, Colorado, Feb. 27 (TNSres) -- Gov. Jared Polis, D-Colorado, issued the following news release on Feb. 26, 2024: Today, Governor Polis and cabinet members released the second version of the climate action plan to cut greenhouse gas (GHG) pollution in half by 2030, and make progress toward net-zero GHG pollution in Colorado by 2050. First released in 2021, the original Greenhouse Gas Pollution Reduction Roadmap ('Roadmap') (https://energyoffice.colorado.gov/climate-energy/ghg-polluti  more

CLAYTON, Australia, Feb. 27 (TNSres)-- The Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation issued the following news release: A CSIRO team aboard research vessel (RV) Investigator has helped Heritage NSW solve a 120-year mystery with the discovery of the SS Nemesis, a 73-metre iron-hulled steamship that was lost at sea in 1904. SS Nemesis had been on a voyage from Newcastle to Melbourne carrying coal when it disappeared in a storm off the NSW coast with the tragic loss   more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Feb. 27 -- Earthjustice issued the following news release: The Southwest Power Pool (SPP), once again, submitted a discriminatory accreditation plan with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). SPP was required to go back to the drawing board following a challenge by environmental advocates last year who challenged the unfair treatment of renewable energy. SPP now comes back with two parallel accreditation proposals, one for thermal units like coal, gas, and  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 26, 2024: Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, sent a letter to U.S. Department of Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen outlining serious concerns with proposed guidance from the IRS regarding 45V tax credits for hydrogen, which would impose b  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: The Southwest Power Pool (SPP), once again, submitted a discriminatory accreditation plan with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). SPP was required to go back to the drawing board following a challenge by environmental advocates last year who challenged the unfair treatment of renewable energy. SPP now comes back with two parallel accreditation proposals, one for thermal units like coal, gas, and nuclear, an  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Feb. 27 -- West Virginia State Treasurer Riley Moore issued the following news release on Feb. 26, 2024: West Virginia State Treasurer Riley Moore today confirmed he has sent notices to six financial institutions warning them of potential inclusion on the state's Restricted Financial Institution List after his Office made an initial determination that the institutions appear to be engaged in boycotts of fossil fuel companies as defined under state law. The Treasurer   more