BRUSSELS, Belgium, July 2 -- The European Investment Bank issued the following news release: * * * * European Investment Bank supports Austria's only crude steel producer voestalpine in its mission to lower the environmental and carbon footprint of its activities. * Funds back the company's four-year research and development programme up to 2028. * A focus will be on greentec steel, a plan to reduce CO2 emissions by up to 30% in 2029 compared to 2019 by partially replacing coal-based blast f  more

AUSTIN, Texas, July 2 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following joint statement on July 1, 2024: * * * Governor Greg Abbott and Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick today issued the following statement concerning the future of the Texas Energy Fund: "In recent testimony before the Senate Business and Commerce committee, ERCOT CEO Pablo Vegas testified that Texas may need 150,000 megawatts of power to power our grid by 2030. That is only six years away. Currently, Texas typically has appro  more

WASHINGTON, July 2 -- Rep. Valerie Foushee, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Valerie Foushee (NC-04) and Congressman Bennie Thompson (MS-02) introduced H.R. 8618, The Forest Biomass Emissions Act of 2024, legislation that would require the United States Environmental Protection Agency to study the greenhouse gas and community effects of forest biomass combustion for electricity generation. The bill is the House companion to Senate legislation introduced by Sena  more

WASHINGTON, July 2 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following remarks on July 1, 2024, by Secretary Antony J. Blinken at a conversation on U.S. Foreign Policy at the Brookings Institution: * * * MS ROUSE: Good morning, everyone. I'm Cecilia Rouse. I'm the president of the Brookings Institution. Thank you all who are joining us here today in Falk Auditorium and to the many more who are joining in online. It is my absolute pleasure to welcome you to a special conversation with U.S. Secret  more