BRISTOL, England, March 29 -- The British Environment Agency issued the following news release: Apps alerting residents to flooding, permeable road surfaces to improve drainage and schemes to protect vital sand dune beaches are among 25 new flooding and coastal resilience projects across England awarded funding today (Monday 29 March). The pioneering projects, led by local authorities and delivered over the next six years, will receive a share of pound sterling150 million from Defra as part of  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Geophysical Research Letters, a journal from the American Geophysical Union that says it publishes research on major scientific advances in geoscience disciplines, published research articles, including the following topics, in its March 28, 2021 edition: Research Letter: * Supraglacial Ice Cliffs Can Substantially Increase the Mass Loss of Debris-Covered Glaciers * Recent Rebounding of the Post-Landfall Hurricane Wind Decay Period Over the Continental United States   more

TOKYO, Japan, March 29 (TNSInt) -- Rainforest Action Network issued the following news release on March 28, 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 res  more

BRIGHTON, England, March 27 (TNSRes) -- The University of Sussex issued the following news release: The UK energy sector generates more than pound sterling110 billion of additional unaccounted costs every year, new research from the University of Sussex Business School and Hanyang University reveals. The true social, environmental and health costs of the UK energy sector is more than three times the entire revenues of the country's electricity industry (pound sterling30 billion), the research   more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, March 29 -- The West Virginia Legislature issued the following news release: Monday, March 29, 2021 - 48th Day of Session The Senate will convene at 11 a.m. THIRD READING * Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 401: Relating to WV Consumer Credit and Protection Act * Eng. SB 488: Relating to distributing hotel occupancy tax to convention and visitor's bureaus * Eng. SB 588: Requiring county boards of education and county superintendents to comply with instructions of State Board  more