WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 -- Sen. Robert Casey Jr., D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: Mainspring Energy manufactures linear generators that power hospitals, supermarkets, data centers, and more across the Nation New plant will expand generator production, enhance American global competitiveness, create 891 jobs in Coraopolis Casey, Fetterman, and Deluzio pushed for the Accelerating Linear Generator Production for Mainspring Energy project Today, U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA) and   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news on Oct. 22, 2024: * * * Funding from the Investing in America Agenda Continues to Boost U.S. Manufacturing, Strengthen Domestic Clean Energy Supply Chains, Cut Pollution, and Create Thousands of Good-Paying Jobs in Energy Communities * * * As part of the Biden-Harris Administration's historic Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $428 million for 14 projects to accelerate  more

BRUSSELS, Belgium, Oct. 22 -- The European Commission issued the following news release: The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a Euros128 million Swedish measure to support SSAB in decarbonising its steel production. The measure will contribute to the achievement of the European Green Deal and the Green Deal Industrial Plan targets, while also helping to end dependence on Russian fossil fuels and accelerate the green transition, in line with the REPowerEU Plan." The S  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: Senator John Hoeven, a member of the Senate Energy and Water Development Appropriations Committee, today announced that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded more than $48.6 million in support of Project Tundra, a carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) effort led by Minnkota Power Cooperative. The funding is being awarded to the DCC East Project in Grand Forks. "North Dakota has always  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 -- The House Oversight and Accountability Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy and Regulatory Affairs released the following testimony by Chuck DeVore, chief national initiatives officer for the Texas Public Policy Foundation, from a Sept. 25, 2024, hearing entitled "Kitchen Table Economics: How Failed Biden-Harris Policies Continue to Hurt Consumers": * * * The COVID-triggered recession of 2020 lasted two months, starting in February and ending in March, with the  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following news release on Oct. 21, 2024: * * * Firm misstated that funds did not invest in companies involved in fossil fuels and tobacco * * * The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged New York-based investment adviser WisdomTree Asset Management Inc. with making misstatements and for compliance failures relating to the execution of an investment strategy that was marketed as incorporating environmental, soc  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: Click here to download audio. BISMARCK, N.D. The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management announced the award of nearly $49 million to DCC East Project LLC in Grand Forks to construct a large-scale geologic carbon storage facility in support of Project Tundra. The project will add full-time equivalent jobs to the already existing 360 jobs at Minnkota's Milton R. Young Sta  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on Oct. 22, 2024: Charleston, WV- Today, Senator Joe Manchin III (I-WV), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, announced nearly $430 million to accelerate domestic clean energy manufacturing in coal communities in West Virginia and across the country. This award from the Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Manuf  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: Today, the Biden administration announced it will deploy $428 million in infrastructure funds through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to projects aimed at growing domestic clean energy manufacturing in communities affected by coal mine or power plant closures. The Energy Department (DOE) selected 14 projects that will advance domestic clean energy manufacturing across 15 U.S. coal communities. Th  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 -- Earthday.org, part of the environmental movement, issued the following news release: EARTHDAY.ORG, the global leader in Earth Day advocacy, observed by over one billion people worldwide every April 22, invites you to back our theme for 2025, Our Power, Our Planet. Join EARTHDAY.ORG as we call for renewable energy generation to triple, globally by 2030. "The world must move away from fossil fuels and transition to clean, renewable energy," says Kathleen Rogers, President   more

TRIANGLE, Virginia, Oct. 23 -- The AFL-CIO United Mine Workers of America issued the following news release: SPARKZ an innovative next-generation battery manufacturer, and the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) announced today the awarding of a $9.8 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy. The DOE grant will fund a first-of-a-kind production facility for critical raw materials essential for lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery manufacturing. This strategic investment will revitaliz  more