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WASHINGTON, May 17, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) President Charles T. Drevna issued the following statement in support of the Foreign Fuels Reduction Act, legislation introduced by Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) and Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) that would require a downward adjustment to the entire RFS when cellulosic volumes are similarly adjusted due to a lack of commercially available fuels: (Logo:...
BELLEVUE, Wash., April 15, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- New York Senator Charles Schumer's remarks over the weekend about provisions that could be added to an alternative bill regarding background checks are "demonstrably false and delusional," the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today. The perennially anti-gun Schumer told reporters that a concealed carry reciprocity amendment that may be offered to the alternative bill sponsored by Senators Joe...
Mayors Against Illegal Guns to Run Full-Page Ads on Flake's Deteriorating Job Approval Ratings Due to His Position on Background Checks, Which 90 Percent of Arizonans Support New Bipartisan Legislation From Senators Toomey and Manchin Would Close Loopholes That Let Criminals Get Guns; www.DemandAction.org NEW YORK CITY, April 15, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Mayors Against Illegal Guns today announced that it is running full-page ads highlighting how Senator Jeff Flake's...
New Bipartisan Legislation From Senators Toomey and Manchin Would Expand Background Checks for Commercial Gun Sales; www.DemandAction.org NEW YORK, April 12, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Mayors Against Illegal Guns today released a new television ad calling on Senators to support bipartisan legislation by Senator Joe Manchin and Senator Pat Toomey that would require background checks for commercial gun sales - including at gun shows and online. A vote on the bill is expected next...
NEW YORK, April 10, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Below are statements from the Mayors Against Illegal Guns co-chairs, New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino. The coalition today also released this fact sheet on the Manchin-Toomey amendment. Mayors Against Illegal Guns Co-Chair and New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg: "Over the last few months, Americans across the country and in both parties have demanded that those in Washington take...
AKRON, Ohio, Aug. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE) President and Chief Executive Officer Anthony J. Alexander will share his views on U.S. energy policy as a panelist at a West Virginia University energy forum being held this morning. Today's roundtable, A Forum Looking at America's Energy Roadmap to 2050, will be convened by U.S. Rep. David B. McKinley, U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin and West Virginia University President Dr. James B. Clements. Mr. Alexander will discuss...
WASHINGTON, March 19, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/-- What role should natural gas production play in the nation's energy and economic future? President Obama has called natural gas key to energy security and manufacturing growth. But with the President, Congress, environmental advocates, and state and federal regulatory agencies often presenting competing visions on the regulatory framework necessary for responsible domestic energy production, the path forward is unclear. Join...
CHARLESTON, W.Va., Aug. 25, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Congressman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) was filling in for EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson when he delivered the keynote remarks at the opening session of the U.S. EPA's 2011 Environmental Justice Conference which began in Detroit yesterday. In his address, Congressman Conyers called for the coal mining industry to be shut down in the state (West Virginia) and for the millions of those who rely on coal jobs there to find alternative...
The controversial "cap-and-trade" emissions exchange program, once hailed by the President as the best method to control greenhouse gases, will now be placed on the legislative back burner as the Obama administration will now seek alternative solutions to the problem."Cap-and-trade was just one way of skinning the cat," President Obama said during a White House news conference on Wednesday--just one day after the Republican Party managed to seize control of the House of...
CHARLESTON, W.V., Oct. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- TransGas Development Systems, LLC today announced an agreement with SK Engineering & Construction Co., Ltd leading to engineering, procurement and construction of its first U.S. coal to gasoline plant to be located in Mingo County, West Virginia called Adams Fork Energy. The Adams Fork Energy project will convert regional coal into premium grade ultraclean gasoline, producing 18,000 barrels per day (756,000 gallons). "When fully developed the...
