TOKYO, Japan, March 30 (TNSIntl) -- The 350.org issued the following news release on March 29, 2021: Japanese NGO Kiko Network, along with three individual investors, have just filed Japan's second ever climate resolution on a Japanese financial institution, this time on Japanese megabank Mitsubishi UFJ Financial group (hereafter "MUFG"). The resolution calls on the company to adopt and disclose a plan to align its financing and investments with the Paris Climate Agreement. The resolution was f  more

BOONE, North Carolina, March 30 (TNSPer) -- Appalachian Voices issued the following news release on March 29, 2021: The White House today named the 26 members of the White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council, a new body created to support the Biden-Harris administration's efforts to advance environmental justice nationwide by using all levers of the federal government. The White House has appointed Appalachian Voices Executive Director Tom Cormons to serve on the volunteer council. Th  more

CANBERRA, Australia, March 29 -- The Australian Department of Industry, Innovation and Science's Minister for Resources, Water and Northern Australia issued the following news release: A new report has confirmed the remarkable performance of Australia's resource and energy sector which is now on track for a record year of exports value. The latest Resources and Energy Quarterly from the Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources covers a five-year outlook and highlights how the mini  more

WASHINGTON, March 30 (TNSPol) -- Georgetown University Law Center issued the following news: Georgetown Law's deep and broad bench of environmental law experts gathered earlier this month to discuss former President Trump's environmental track record and the Biden's administration's new direction. Professor William Buzbee, faculty director of the Georgetown Environmental Law & Policy Program, moderated the wide-ranging faculty discussion that touched on everything from environmental justice st  more

WASHINGTON, March 30 (TNSPol) -- The Institute for Energy Research issued the following news release on March 29, 2021: Congress just spent $1.9 trillion on what was billed as a stimulus package and now President Biden says he needs another $3 trillion for infrastructure and his carbon-free goals that he touted on the campaign trail. The new package may be split into two separate bills with the first focusing on infrastructure and spending on manufacturing and climate change measures, broadband  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, March 30 -- The U.S. Department of Labor issued the following news release on March 29, 2021: The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration today announced the availability of $10,537,000 in state grant funding to provide training and retraining of miners and mine operators working at surface and underground coal and metal and nonmetal mines. The training is federally mandated. Any state in which mining takes place may apply for the grant. MSHA may f  more