WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on March 12, 2024: Ranking Member Capito and WV leaders after the EPW Committee passed bipartisan legislation reauthorizing the Economic Development Administration for first time in nearly 20 years. Remarks here. Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, welcomed West Virginia economic development district lea  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, March 14 -- The Chesapeake Climate Action Network issued the following news release on March 13, 2024: This morning, nine legislators from the central Virginia state delegation issued a statement in opposition to Dominion Energy's proposed Chesterfield gas plant. The letter comes on the heels of a community meeting hosted by Senator Ghazala Hashmi (D-Chesterfield), attended by over 100 Chesterfield community members. The letter also criticizes Dominion's 2023 Integrated Reso  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, March 13 -- Clean Wisconsin issued the following news release on March 12, 2024: Today the Wisconsin legislature took the final step to approve changes to Wisconsin's electric vehicle (EV) charging law, paving the way for the state to receive $78 million in funding from the Biden Administration to build a statewide charging network. The bills, which were supported by Clean Wisconsin along with environmental and business groups across the state, will now head to Gov. Evers fo  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- The Electric Power Supply Association issued the following news release: The United States Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit recently issued a critical decision in defense of competitive market auction rules in the PJM DPL-South case. The court ruled in favor of appeals from the Electric Power Supply Association (EPSA), the PJM Power Providers Group (P3), NRG Energy, and Constellation Energy Generation. It agreed with EPSA's position that the Federal Energy Regulator  more

LONDON, England, March 14 -- Energy Science and Engineering, a peer-reviewed journal from the Society of Chemical Industry that says it features energy and supply and use, published research articles on the following topics in its January 2024 edition (Vol. 12, Issue 1): IN THE FIELD: * Measurement of wellbore leakage in high-pressure gas well based on the multiple physical signals and history data: Method, technology, and application ORIGINAL ARTICLES: * Research on the optimal model for   more

LONDON, England, March 14 -- Energy Science and Engineering, a peer-reviewed journal from the Society of Chemical Industry that says it features energy and supply and use, published research articles on the following topics in its March 2024 edition (Vol. 12, Issue 3): IN THE FIELD: * A viscoelastic-plastic constitutive model incorporating creep initiation stress for surrounding rock in deep roadways and its practical application * Research on high efficiency and retarded autogenous mud acid  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Rep. Cori Bush, D-Missouri, issued the following news release on March 13, 2024: Below is Ranking Member Congresswoman Cori Bush's (MO-01) opening statement, as prepared for delivery, at yesterday's House Oversight and Accountability Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs hearing examining the security of the U.S. power grid. *** Opening Statement Ranking Member Cori Bush Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory A  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, a journal that reports industrial and academic research in the fields of applied chemistry and chemical engineering with special focus on fundamentals, processes and products from the American Chemical Society, published research articles on the following topics in its March 13, 2024, edition (Vol. 63, Issue 10): Applied Chemistry: * Construction of Macromolecular Structural Models of Coal and Simulation of Adsorption unde  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Angus King (I-ME) and John Cornyn (R-TX) are urging the Administration to be more nimble in preventing the funding of the Russian war effort via gold sales. In a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, the Senators argue that the United States needs to take additional steps to prevent Vladimir Putin and his cronies from selling gold to obtain hard ca  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, issued the following news release on March 13, 2024: U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), a senior member of the Appropriations Committee and Ranking Member of the Interior-Environment Appropriations Subcommittee, today announced big wins for Alaska within H.R. 4366, the Consolidated Appropriations Act 2024. The measure combines six of Congress' 12 funding bills for Fiscal Year (2024) and passed the Senate on Friday evening through a biparti  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury issued the following news release: Investments concentrated in communities with lower wages, lower employment rates, and lower college graduation rates Today, ahead of U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen's visit to Advanced Nano Products in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, the U.S. Department of the Treasury published new analysis on the impact of the Inflation Reduction Act in continuing to drive clean energy investment to communi  more

LONDON, England, March 13 (TNSres) -- Oil Change International issued the following news release: A comprehensive report released today by Oil Change International exposes the failure of the five major North Sea oil and gas producing countries - Norway, UK, Denmark, the Netherlands, and Germany - in terms of aligning its oil and gas policies with the Paris Agreement, posing a grave threat to global efforts to combat the climate crisis. Despite being signatories to the Paris Agreement and recen  more

SCRANTON, Pennsylvania, March 14 -- Gov. Josh Shapiro, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release on March 13, 2024: Today, Governor Josh Shapiro kicked off a new era of energy leadership in Pennsylvania, unveiling his plan to protect and create nearly 15,000 energy jobs, lower utility bills for Pennsylvania households, and take real action to address carbon pollution. If passed by the legislature, the Governor's initiatives would save Pennsylvania ratepayers $252 million in the first fi  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury issued the following news release: As Prepared for Delivery in Johannesburg, South Africa Thank you for the warm welcome. I want to express my gratitude to Consul General Spera and the American Chamber of Commerce for hosting me. I am honored to be joined today by South African Entrepreneurs that are building companies to unlock the economic potential of their country. I owe my own presence here today to the inspiration I drew from   more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury issued the following news release: As Prepared for Delivery Good afternoon. Thank you to Dr. Park for the introduction. I'm glad to be here with Governor Beshear, whose leadership for Team Kentucky is driving change on many shared priorities. We're here today to see Advanced Nano Products' nearly $50 million investment for a facility that will produce parts for EV batteries. It's part of a boom in EV-related investments in Kentucky.  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) recently questioned leaders in manufacturing on China's involvement in U.S. manufacturing at a Senate Committee on Finance hearing. Specifically, Senator Barrasso spoke about protecting America's conventional energy sources for U.S. manufacturing and how President Biden's reckless tax and spending spree is benefiting China at the expense of hardworking Americans. On Pr  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, March 14 -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release on March 13, 2024: Today, Governor Josh Shapiro announced the Pennsylvania Reliable Energy Sustainability Standard (PRESS), his proposal to update the 2004 Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards (AEPS). Forward looking at the time of its adoption, the AEPS requires Pennsylvania utilities and electricity suppliers to purchase minimum amounts of electricity from renewable or alternative sources and includes mo  more

BIRMINGHAM, England, March 13 (TNSres) -- The University of Nottingham issued the following news release: Researchers at the University of Nottingham have received a share of one billion pounds for a project aiming to reduce CO2 emissions through the creation of an AI model that will improve the accuracy of short-range weather forecasting for photovoltaic (PV) production. As the UK continues its journey to net zero, PV generation and usage is expected to increase as a sustainable alternative t  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, March 14 -- Gov. Spencer J. Cox, R-Utah, issued the following news release on March 12, 2024: Gov. Spencer J. Cox signed 74 bills today. He has signed 103 pieces of legislation from the 2024 General Legislative Session to date. Information on the bills signed today can be found below: * HB 11 Water Efficient Landscaping Requirements * HB 14 School Threat Penalty Amendments * HB19 Higher Education Financial Aid Amendments * HB 22 Concurrent Enrollment Revisions * HB   more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, March 14 -- West Virginia State Treasurer Riley Moore issued the following news release: West Virginia State Treasurer Riley Moore today condemned new guidelines (https://www.unepfi.org/industries/banking/net-zero-banking-alliance-members-vote-to-reinforce-guidelines-for-climate-target-setting/) issued by the United Nations-backed Net-Zero Banking Alliance, which for the first time call on member banks to begin reporting emissions targets and fossil fuel transition pl  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, issued the following news release on March 12, 2024: Today, legislation introduced by Arizona Senator Mark Kelly to reauthorize the Economic Development Administration (EDA) for the first time in nearly 20 years, passed out of committee with strong bipartisan support--a key step towards becoming law. As Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, which oversees EDA, Kelly played   more