BRUSSELS, Belgium, Feb. 29 -- The European Investment Bank issued the following news release: * * * * Bulgarian businesses will have access to new financing of Euros291 million under a first-of-its-kind securitisation between the EIB Group and Allianz Bank Bulgaria. * The EIB and United Bulgarian Bank join forces to facilitate Euros150 million in fresh lending to companies. * The EU bank will offer advisory support on investments in water, waste management and biodiversity and on the green t  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Feb. 29 -- Clean Wisconsin issued the following news release: Clean Wisconsin has intervened to defend the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in two national lawsuits aimed at dismantling the authority of the agency to administer and enforce critical environmental protections. The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments last week in the first case which centers on the EPA's Good Neighbor Plan, a federal rule designed to address air pollution that crosses state lines. Wisconsi  more

LONDON, England, Feb. 29 -- The Climate Group issued the following agency statement on Feb. 28, 2024: * * * After huge success in Singapore in 2023, our Asia Action Summit is back for another year. This time around, we're in Seoul, South Korea for our one-day flagship event focused on Powering Green Growth in Asia. Continuing last year's discussions, we'll be focusing on two of the region's biggest net zero opportunities - the decarbonisation of steel, and the clean energy transition. Asia an  more

BASEL, Switzerland, Feb. 29 -- Environment, Development and Sustainability, a peer-reviewed journal that says it covers all aspects of the environmental impacts of socio-economic development, published research articles on the following topics in its March 2024 edition (Vol. 26, Issue 3). Here are excerpts: * E-waste recycled materials as efficient catalysts for renewable energy technologies and better environmental sustainability * A bibliometric analysis of the literature on circular econom  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 -- Rep. S. Brett Guthrie, R-Kentucky, issued the following statement on Feb. 28, 2024: * * * Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), who serves on the Energy, Climate, & Grid Security Subcommittee of the House Energy & Commerce Committee, released the following statement after his bill the Nuclear for Brownfields Site Preparation Act passed the House of Representatives as part of Energy, Climate, & Grid Security Chair Jeff Duncan's (SC-03) Atomic Energy Advancement Act. "I am p  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: Senator John Hoeven today announced that, following his efforts, the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has approved a 10-year extension of North American Coal's royalty rate of 2.2 percent for Freedom Mine in Beulah: The reduction is consistent with market rates for non-federal coal in the region, providing certainty to the largest lignite mine in the U.S. and preserving   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 -- Rep. Roger Williams, R-Texas, chairman of the House Small Business Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 28, 2024: Today, Congressman Roger Williams (R-TX), Chairman of the House Committee on Small Business, wrote to President Biden and Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm regarding the Administration's decision to indefinitely pause export approvals for newly constructed Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) export terminals. The Committee is concerned that the Ad  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Feb. 28 (TNSres) -- The Ports of Indiana issued the following news release: Ports of Indiana shipped 12.6 million tons of cargo in 2023, the second-highest tonnage in its 63-year history. This is a 6-percent increase over 2022 and second only to 2018, when Indiana's three ports handled 14.8 million tons of cargo. The largest single cargo increase in 2023 was coal exports from Mount Vernon, which jumped 78 percent. Fertilizer increased more than 11 percent overall, with do  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 (TNSres) -- Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility issued the following news release: In recent years, whistleblower disclosures and retaliation complaints have fallen dramatically, according to U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC) statistics reviewed by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). The greater than 40% decline in the five years between Fiscal Years 2017 and 2022 (the last year for which final figures are available) comes despite an in  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 28, 2024: Today, U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Joe Manchin (D-WV) held a hearing to examine the opportunities and challenges associated with developing geologic hydrogen in the United States. During the hearing, Chairman Manchin discussed federal support for growing the domestic hydrogen market in the Bip  more

LONDON, England, Feb. 29 (TNSres) -- The University College London issued the following news: A broad coalition of leading universities, which includes UCL, is calling on financial institutions to offer cash investing options that don't contribute to financing the expansion of greenhouse gas-emitting fossil fuels. The goal is to broaden responsible investment options so that invested university funds aren't used to finance companies that are constructing new fossil fuel infrastructure. The co  more