CANBERRA, Australia, May 7 -- Australian Energy Producers (formerly the Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association) issued the following news release: Australia's oil and gas industry has deployed a new voice in Victoria and New South Wales to secure the role of natural gas in the cleaner energy future. Australian Energy Producers has appointed Peter Kos as Director - Victoria & NSW at a critical time during the nation's net zero energy transformation. Mr Kos is a senior publ  more

ROCKHAMPTON, Australia, May 7 -- Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese issued the following transcript of a radio interview with Aaron Stevens of 4RO Rockhampton: * * * AARON STEVENS, HOST: I'm joined by the Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese. Hello. ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: G'day. Good to be with you. And it is indeed an absolutely stunning day here in Rocky. STEVENS: It's like this all the time in CQ. We get some pretty good weather here. PRIME MINISTER: I've got to say, I've   more

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: Senator John Hoeven, a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, pressed U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Deb Haaland and Interior Department officials to stop locking up federal lands and blocking energy development and other uses. Specifically, Hoeven pushed back on the Interior Department's draft North Dakota Resource Management Plan (RMP) and the Bureau of Land Management's   more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- The House Financial Services Committee released the following written testimony by Chris Wright, chairman and CEO of the Liberty Energy Inc., from a hearing dated April 10, 2024, entitled "Beyond Scope: How the SEC's Climate Rule Threatens American Markets." SEC is the Securities and Exchange Commission. * * * Good morning, Chairman McHenry, Ranking Member Waters, and members of the Committee. My name is Chris Wright, and I am the Founder, Chairman and CEO of Liberty Energ  more

DALLAS, Texas, May 6 -- Hunton Andrews Kurth, a law firm, issued the following news: Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP advised the underwriters in connection with the sale by Ohio Power Company (OPCo) of $350 million aggregate principal amount of its 5.65% Senior Notes, Series T, due 2034. The transaction closed on May 6, 2024. OPCo is engaged in the transmission and distribution of electric power to approximately 1,527,000 retail customers in Ohio. OPCo purchases energy and capacity at auction to serv  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, May 6 -- The Journal of Applied Polymer Science, a peer-reviewed journal that says it covers polymers, including membranes, energy conversion and storage and biomedical implants, published research articles on the following topics in its May 15, 2024, edition (Vol. 141, Issue 19): REVIEW: * Dielectric characterization of fiber- and nanofiller-reinforced polymeric materials RESEARCH ARTICLES: * Higher order structures and toughening mechanisms for simultaneously polymer  more

FRANKFORT, Kentucky, May 2 -- The Kentucky Public Service Commission issued the following order (Case No. 2024-00082): * * * In the Matter of: Electronic Application Of Louisville Gas And Electric Company For A Site Compatibility Certificate For The Construction Of A Battery Energy Storage System Facility At E.W. Brown Generating Station In Mercer County, Kentucky COMMISSION STAFF'S FIRST REQUEST FOR INFORMATION TO LOUISVILLE GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY Louisville Gas and Electric Company (LG&E  more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- The National Center for Public Policy Research issued the following news release on May 6, 2024: Shareholder activists with the National Center for Public Policy Research's Free Enterprise Project (FEP) will present proposals at six shareholder meetings this week -- American Express, Intel, General Electric, Progressive, Ford and Duke Energy. On Tuesday, May 7, FEP will confront American Express, Intel and General Electric (GE) at each company's virtual shareholder meeting  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, May 7 -- The Iowa Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release: The Natural Resource Commission (NRC) of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will meet at 9:30 a.m., on May 9, at 6200 Park Ave., Suite 200, Pine Lake Conference Room, in Des Moines. The Iowa DNR has moved its offices from the Wallace State Office Building on the Capitol Complex, to 6200 Park Ave., Suite 200, on the western edge of Des Moines. Visitor's will check in at the main en  more

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: BISMARCK - U.S. Senators Kevin Cramer (R-ND) and John Hoeven (R-ND) and U.S. Representative Kelly Armstrong (R-ND) penned a letter to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) regarding the draft Resource Management Plan (RMP) for the state of North Dakota. These plans, as established by the BLM, serve as a guide for managing the agency's land and resources. The State of North Dakota and several industry grou  more

RADFORD, Virginia, May 7 -- Radford University issued the following Q&A on May 6, 2024, with Sustainability Manager Aysha Bodenhamer: * * * You may know Aysha Bodenhamer '10 as a Radford University alumna and faculty member in the Department of Sociology. Earlier this year, however, Bodenhamer began a new role, serving as her alma mater's newest sustainability manager. It's a position she said will allow her to do more to "instill a culture of sustainability" in the Highlander community by eng  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, May 6 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: As the Department of Energy continues to prioritize a diversified energy portfolio, ORNL researchers are lending their expertise to create new pathways for a net-zero future. Femi Omitaomu and Melissa Allen-Dumas of the laboratory's Computing and Computational Sciences Directorate, as well as Randy Belles of the Fusion and Fission Energy Sciences Directorate, contribu  more

HUNTINGTON, West Virginia, May 7 -- Marshall University issued the following news release: The Society of Yeager Scholars is proud to introduce its 38th class of exceptional students at Marshall University. This year, eight outstanding scholars will join the prestigious program, bringing the total number of Yeager Scholars on campus to 35--the highest count since 2011. The incoming class boasts an impressive average SAT score of 1470 and an average ACT score of 32. These scholars have demonstr  more