PHOENIX, Arizona, March 15 -- The Salt River Project, a public power utility and electricity provider, issued the following news: Salt River Project (SRP) and NextEra Energy Resources, LLC, announced Arizona's largest operational battery energy storage system is now online. Sonoran Solar Energy Center is a 260-megawatt (MW) solar facility with the ability to charge a 1 gigawatt-hour (GWh) battery energy storage system, located south of Buckeye, Arizona. The solar and battery storage system is a  more

MELBOURNE, Australia, March 15 (TNSres) -- The Australian Conservation Foundation issued the following news release: Australia is underreporting methane emissions from its fossil fuel sector by at least 64%, the latest update of the International Energy Agency's Global Methane Tracker shows. The data, published last night, found Australia was responsible for 1.5% of global methane emissions in 2023, even though we have only 0.33% of the world's population. The new instalment of the IEA's Glob  more

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, member of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following commentary to the Charleston Gazette on March 14, 2024: * * * The Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act extends and builds on the success of the 2017 Trump tax cuts, writes Ways and Means Republican Carol Miller (WV-01) in an op-ed for the Charleston Gazette. As noted in the op-ed, the legislation incorporates ideas gathered at a series of hearings held out  more

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following news release on March 14, 2024: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has proposed a $9,000 civil penalty against Phoenix Federal No. 2 Mining, the owner of a non-operational coal mine in Fairview, West Virginia, for failing to properly dispose of or transfer nuclear gauges it possesses. The proposed fine (https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2407/ML24071A163.pdf) stems from an NRC inspector's discovery in January 2023 during a s  more

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement issued the following news: As part of its efforts to combat legacy coal mining pollution and create healthier communities, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement is making approximately $1.3 million available for Watershed Cooperative Agreement Program (WCAP) grants to allow non-profit organizations to undertake acid mine drainage remediation projects. "Healthy w  more

CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, March 15 -- The Southern Environmental Law Center issued the following news release on March 13, 2024: This week, Enviva, the world's largest producer of biomass wood pellets, declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The move comes after a months-long financial crisis that saw Enviva's stock price fall by more than 90 percent, leading to warnings that the company could soon be delisted from the New York Stock Exchange. "Enviva's financial collapse demonstrates what we have   more