WASHINGTON, May 24 -- Advanced Energy United issued the following news release on May 22, 2024: Today, a petition was filed in federal court against the recently finalized U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) emissions regulations for existing coal-fired power plants and new gas plants. National business association Advanced Energy United expressed support for the regulations when they were announced in April, and today urged against industry litigation and instead called for the embrace   more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, May 21 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: By Calvin Hennick, MIT Energy Initiative In 1987 in a village in Mali, workers were digging a water well when they felt a rush of air. One of the workers was smoking a cigarette, and the air caught fire, burning a clear blue flame. The well was capped at the time, but in 2012, it was tapped to provide energy for the village, powering a generator for nine years. The fuel source: ge  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Sen. Robert Casey Jr., D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: Casey bill would ensure every coal miner who suffers from black lung disease receives the benefits they are entitled to Since 1968, more than 76,000 people have died from as a result of 'black lung' diseaseIn Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions hearing, Casey highlighted the struggles of miners, families fighting for health care, benefits they need Casey: "There are few diseases where eve  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Steve Daines, a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, helped lead the introduction of a resolution to block the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from implementing its new rule. The rule would impose costly and burdensome Obama-era regulations on coal-fired electric power plants, like Colstrip, forcing them to close, jeopardizing grid reliability and raising electricity  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, May 24 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced more than $16 million in grant awards from President Biden's Investing in America (https://www.whitehouse.gov/invest/) agenda to expedite the assessment and cleanup of brownfield sites in Pennsylvania while advancing environmental justice. These investments through EPA's Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, and Cleanup (MAC  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, May 20 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * Funded by $1.5 billion investment into Brownfields sites from President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to address legacy pollution, advance environmental justice, and create healthier communities * * * Today, May 20, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced more than $6 million for seven grants from President Biden's Investing in America (https://www.whitehouse.gov/inves  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, May 20 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * Funded by $1.5 billion investment into Brownfields sites from President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to address legacy pollution, advance environmental justice, and create healthier communities * * * Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $7.38 million in grant awards from President Biden's Investing in America (https://www.whitehouse.gov/invest  more

GREELEY, Colorado, May 20 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * Brownfields grants to spur community and economic revitalization * * * Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced more than $1.6 million in Brownfields grant funding to support the environmental assessment, cleanup and redevelopment of critical properties in the communities of Greeley and Kersey in Weld County, Colorado. The City of Greeley will receive $500,000 to as  more

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on May 23, 2024: Today, May 23, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is issuing its final decision to deny Alabama's application to run a federally approved state permit program to manage coal ash landfills and impoundments. Following extensive engagement with Alabama and a robust review of its application, the agency is issuing a denial because the state's permit program is significantly less protec  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 20 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * Funded by $1.5 billion investment into Brownfields sites from President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to address legacy pollution, advance environmental justice, and create healthier communities * * * Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced $34,646,400 in grant awards from President Biden's Investing in America agenda to expedite the assessment and cleanup   more

BRUSSELS, Belgium, May 23 -- The Council of the European Union issued the following news release on May 21, 2024: Today, the Council adopted a regulation and a directive establishing common internal market rules for renewable and natural gases and hydrogen and reforming the existing EU gas legislation. The new rules will help make the shift to renewable and low-carbon gases, in particular hydrogen, in the energy system, with a view to achieving the EU's decarbonisation targets. Designing the   more

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, May 24 -- Gov. Mark Gordon, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: The State of Wyoming has joined an Alabama-led 19-state coalition asking the Supreme Court to declare unconstitutional the efforts of California, Connecticut, Minnesota, New Jersey, and Rhode Island to dictate the future of American energy policy. Those five states have brought unprecedented litigation against the nation's most vital energy companies for an alleged "climate crisis," and are demanding b  more

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Arkansas, chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on May 22, 2024: Today, the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources held an oversight hearing on the Fiscal Year 2025 budget requests for the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE). Subcommittee Chairman Pete Stauber (R-Minn.) issued the following statement in response: "It is conce  more

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- Rep. Bill Huizenga, R-Michigan, issued the following news release on May 22, 2024: Today, Congressman Bill Huizenga (R-MI) was joined by 119 of his colleagues on a letter to House Appropriations leaders requesting an H-2A visa guestworker wage freeze in the upcoming appropriations process. This simple policy fix would help lower input costs for the agricultural community and save family farms across the nation. This level of support for freezing the H-2A wage rate is signi  more

FORT WAYNE, Indiana, May 24 -- Indiana Michigan Power, an American Electric Power company, issued the following news release: Indiana Michigan Power (I&M) has announced it has completed raising the water level upstream of the Elkhart Hydroelectric Plant on the St. Joseph River to its normal spring and summer level. The annual process was delayed due to ongoing maintenance work on the dam that began in the spring and was necessary in order to raise the water levels. "We understand that the dela  more

MELBOURNE, Australia, May 24 -- The Institute of Public Affairs issued the following news release: "As called for first by the Institute of Public Affairs, the extension of the Eraring power station's operations is a victory for common sense and a recognition that net zero requires a drastic re-think," said Scott Hargreaves, Executive Director of the Institute of Public Affairs. In May 2023, the IPA launched the landmark research report, Liddell The Line In The Sand: Why it's time to hit pause  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, May 24 -- Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey issued the following news release on May 23, 2024: Today Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey filed suit with 18 other states against California, Connecticut, Minnesota, New Jersey and Rhode Island at the United States Supreme Court in order to halt the blue states' burdensome policies that threaten Missouri energy. In the suit, General Bailey asserts the defendants have brought unprecedented pressure against the na  more

CHIPPENDALE, Australia, May 24 -- The Nature Conservation Council issued the following news release on May 23, 2024: The Nature Conservation Council of New South Wales (NCC), the state's leading environmental advocacy organisation, has today criticised the government's regrettable decision to use taxpayer money keeping the Eraring coal-fired power station open. "This is bad news for the climate and the people of NSW. "The people of NSW will be expected to pay up to $225 million per year to su  more

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following news release: As American taxpayers foot the $17 billion annual bill in direct federal subsidies to the fossil fuel industry - while facing the increasingly frequent, dangerous, and costly effects of climate change - Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) today reintroduced the End Polluter Welfare Act. First introduced by Sanders in 2012, this critical legislation closes tax loopholes, eliminates corpo  more

WASHINGTON, May 24 (TNScapv) -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release on May 23, 2024: Today, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN) reintroduced the End Polluter Welfare Act, the most comprehensive legislative proposal to address the billions in special interest subsidies that disproportionately flow to the oil, gas, and coal industries. The reintroduction comes with the support of over 300 environmental, climate, consumer protection, and frontline organ  more

MONTGOMERY, Alabama, May 24 -- The Southern Environmental Law Center issued the following news release on May 23, 2024: Today, the EPA finalized its denial of the Alabama Department of Environmental Management's application to operate a state program to permit coal ash disposal sites under the federal Coal Combustion Residuals Rule. Alabama Power, TVA, and PowerSouth have dumped millions of tons of coal ash, containing toxic substances like arsenic and mercury, into unlined water-filled pits   more