BASALT, Colorado, Dec. 19 (TNScapv) -- Rocky Mountain Institute issued the following news release: Boulder, CO - December 18, 2024-- Cement and concrete, essential to the built environment and modern infrastructure, are responsible for 8% of global annual carbon pollution, presenting a critical need and opportunity for industrial climate action. Recognizing this, RMI (founded as Rocky Mountain Institute), the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), and the National Ready-Mixed Concrete Associ  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, Dec. 19 -- Gov. Janet Mills, D-Maine, issued the following news on Dec. 18, 2024: * * * Tarlan Ahmadov, a seasoned workforce leader and former state refugee coordinator, will begin on January 21 * * * Governor Janet Mills announced today that she has appointed Tarlan Ahmadov, a seasoned workforce development leader and former state refugee coordinator, as the first director of the Maine Office of New Americans (ONA). Ahmadov has more than 20 years of experience in employment  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following news release: Today, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, released a first-of-its kind public dataset and accompanying staff report that expose the scale of the climate change-driven crisis in homeowners' insurance. With this release, the Committee makes publicly available--for the first time--an accounting of insurance non-renewals  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Washington (December 17, 2024) Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, today released the following statement after the Department of Energy released its study on liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports. "This study confirms what I've been saying for years surging LNG exports are bad for consumer pocketbooks, bad for communities near its extraction a  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Bill Text (PDF) | Section By Section (PDF) Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, along with Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and Representative Jared Huffman (CA-02), today introduced the Nautical Oversight Safety and Protection of Inflammable Liquids by Law in the Sea (NO SPILLS) Act, which would strengthen the review process by whi  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Bill Text (PDF) | Section By Section (PDF) Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, along with Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and Representative Jared Huffman (CA-02), today introduced the Nautical Oversight Safety and Protection of Inflammable Liquids by Law in the Sea (NO SPILLS) Act, which would strengthen the review process by which the Mari  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Dec. 18, 2024: U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Mike Crapo today celebrated the passage of their bipartisan bill designating U.S. Highway 20 between Newport, Ore. and New England as the "National Medal of Honor Highway." "It's fitting that our country's longest continuous highway, stretching from the Pacific to the Atlantic, is now dedicated to our veterans who have continuously served and protected our country fr  more