WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- The Appalachian Regional Commission issued the following news release on Sept. 25, 2024: * * * READY Grants to Grow is making $9 million available for projects that will build individual, organizational and/or community capacity to help the region's most underserved areas and populations create positive change. * * * Today, the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) announced the launch of READY Grants to Grow, a new, $9 million funding opportunity that will award gran  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release: The Department of the Interior today announced more than $9.9 million in fiscal year 2024 funding from President Biden's Investing in America agenda to address dangerous and polluting abandoned mine lands (AML), creating good-paying, family-sustaining jobs, and catalyzing economic opportunity in Colorado. Today's award comes during Climate Week as the Biden-Harris administration continues demonstratin  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management issued the following news release: * * * Funding Will Support Recovery and Production of Materials from Secondary and Unconventional Sources to Enable the Manufacturing of Clean Energy Technology Components and Equipment * * * The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM), in collaboration with DOE's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewa  more

DENVER, Colorado, Sept. 26 -- Holland and Hart, a law firm, issued the following news: Holland & Hart represented Uranium Energy Corp. (UEC), the largest, diversified North American focused uranium company, advancing the next generation of low-cost, environmentally friendly ISR mining uranium projects in the United States and high-grade conventional projects in Canada, in its agreement with Rio Tinto America Inc. (Rio Tinto) to acquire 100% of Rio Tinto's Wyoming assets, comprised of the wholly  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- The National Mining Association issued the following news release: In a ceremony in Las Vegas, Nev., the National Mining Association (NMA), the U.S. National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), and the U.S. Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) will today honor outstanding achievements in mine safety, technology and reclamation. Safety The NMA's Sentinels of Safety Award recognizes coal and mineral mining operations in 10 categor  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: During Climate Week, North American members of the Sustainable Steel Buyers Platform launched a bidding process asking steelmakers to deliver 1 million metric tons per year of near-zero emissions steel by 2028. Sierra Club applauds this initiative and the companies that are proving that there is a market demand for clean manufacturing. The Sustainable Steel Buyers Platform was built to address t  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) introduced legislation to create a tax credit that will incentivize the capture and repurposing of methane emissions from active and abandoned mines. Methane is a greenhouse gas that is 28 times more potent than carbon dioxide, and coal mines are the country's fifth-largest source of methane emissions. Leveraging methane capture technol  more