WASHINGTON, July 26 -- The Nuclear Energy Institute issued the following news release: The National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL), the nation's largest policy organization for state lawmakers, has released a report identifying several recommendations to expand the use of nuclear energy as state lawmakers pursue policies that provide secure sources of energy. The policy options range from lifting moratoria on new nuclear power plants that exist in some states to tax incentives for ne  more

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- Rep. Heath Shuler, D-N.C. (11th CD), issued the following report: I voted to pass legislation last week that is designed to promote and increase U.S. manufacturing jobs. The "U.S. Manufacturing Enhancement Act of 2010," H.R. 4380, is expected to support tens of thousands of American jobs, reduce the cost of doing business, promote U.S. manufacturing and production, and increase the gross domestic product (GDP) by billions of dollars. The bill passed the House with overw  more

AUSTIN, Texas, July 26 -- The University of Texas issued the following news release: The CO2 emission estimates used for government policy decisions assume unlimited coal and fossil fuel production for the next 100 years, an unrealistic premise which skews climate change models and proposed solutions, according to new research published by Tad Patzek, chair of the Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering Department at The University of Texas at Austin. Based on widely accepted studies predicti  more