WASHINGTON, June 28 -- Sen. Michael F. Bennet, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: Denver -- Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet welcomed the agreement between Tri-State Generation and Transmission, the City of Craig, and Moffat County to provide up to $70 million in financial and other support between 2026 and 2038 for the economic transition resulting from the closure of Craig Station, a coal-fired power plant. "For years, when I've visited Craig and other communities in Northwes  more

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- Energy and Fuels, a peer-reviewed scientific journal from the American Chemical Society that says it publishes research in the intersection of chemistry and chemical engineering and non-nuclear energy and fuels, published research articles on the following topics in its June 20, 2024, edition (Vol. 38, Issue 12). Here are excerpts: * * * Reviews: * In-Situ Combustion for Heavy Oil and Oil Sands Recovery: Recent Progress, Field Applications, and Future Perspectives * T  more

LONDON, England, June 29 -- 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 June 2024 edition (Vol. 12, Issue 6): ORIGINAL ARTICLES: * Research on how acidification affects the coal's microscopic pore structure in the Guizhou mining region * Optimization of hydraulic parameters for pipeline system of hydropower station with super long headra  more

WASHINGTON, June 28 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued the following dissent on June 27, 2024, by Commissioner Allison Clements on a decision (Docket No. ER23-150-000) involving Southern Power Co.: * * * I dissent because the Commission's Order authorizes affiliate transactions between Southern Power Company (Southern) and Georgia Power Company (Georgia Power), despite evidence that Georgia Power may have designed a Request for Proposals (RFP) proces  more

WASHINGTON, June 28 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: BISMARCK, N.D. -- Senator John Hoeven today issued the following statement after the U.S. Supreme Court issued a 6 to 3 decision overturning the Chevron deference doctrine, a court precedent that had allowed decades of regulatory overreach by executive agencies, particularly under the Biden and Obama administrations, while undermining Congressional authority and limiting the judicial branch's ability to   more

WASHINGTON, June 28 -- Oil Change International issued the following news release on June 27, 2024: This week, head of the International Energy Agency (IEA), Fatih Birol, called for countries' updated Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) to "include no new unabated coal and also early retirements of existing coal". In Birol's address, no mention was made of all governments' agreement to transition away from fossil fuels, as civil society also noted at recent UN climate talks in Bonn. Thi  more

MOUNT VERNON, Indiana, June 28 -- The Ports of Indiana issued the following news release: * * * Long-term agreement will support growth of existing customers and attract new business * * * Ports of Indiana has selected OmniTRAX to serve as the new rail operator and development partner at Ports of Indiana-Mount Vernon, Indiana's largest port. Founded in 1986, the Denver-based company was selected from a group of 19 nationwide respondents as part of an extensive RFP process to provide rail swi  more

WASHINGTON, June 28 -- Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: * * * Today, Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12) introduced the Worker Rights and Support Act which would require employees be offered a 30-minute meal break for each six hour work period, given a 10-minute break for every four hours worked to use the restroom, and provided 20-minute breaks for medical conditions. Restroom and medical breaks are paid, but meal breaks are not, unless the employe  more

TRIANGLE, Virginia, June 29 -- The United Mine Workers of America issued the following statement on June 28, 2024: * * * Responding to a provision passed by the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies in its annual budget report that blocks all funding for the recent Silica Rule released by the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) International President Cecil E. Roberts issued the fol  more