BERKELEY, California, May 19 (TNSRep) -- As You Sow Foundation issued the following news release on May 18, 2021: The International Energy Agency (IEA) has published its first ever comprehensive roadmap to net-zero emissions by 2050. The IEA is considered the foremost global energy expert with many governments using its modeling and conclusions as input for policy decisions. The new report provides guidance for governments, companies, investors, and the public on what is necessary to fully deca  more

MELBOURNE, Australia, May 19 (TNSIntl) -- The Australian Conservation Foundation issued the following news release: The Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) has called on parliamentarians to block Energy Minister Angus Taylor's latest attempt to expand the mandate of the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to allow it to fund carbon capture projects and hydrogen produced from coal and gas. Under the Minister's new regulations, ARENA could be used to fund: * Anything that is a 'low-  more

GREAT FALLS, Montana, May 19 (TNSPol) -- Earthjustice issued the following news release on May 18, 2021: The Northern Cheyenne Tribe and environmental groups filed their opening brief today challenging the Biden administration's decision to defend a Trump-era policy continuing coal leasing on public lands. Former Interior Secretary, Ryan Zinke reversed an Obama-era moratorium barring companies from future leasing of most federal lands for coal exploration or extraction. In 2019, Earthjustice,   more

IRONTON, Louisiana, May 19 (TNSOps) -- Earthjustice issued the following news release: Community leaders from Ironton filed comments opposing the air permit application for the Tallgrass oil export terminal. The project, a joint venture between Tallgrass Energy LP, Drexel-Hamilton and the Port of Plaquemines, is slated for construction in Plaquemines Parish at the site of the former St Rosalie plantation. The proposed oil export terminal would be built next to Ironton, a historic Black communit  more

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, May 19 (TNSOps) -- The Global Reporting Initiative issued the following news release: A consultation has launched to gather feedback on two proposed new Standards under GRI's Sector Program, which will increase transparency within sectors by focusing attention on the sustainability issues that matter most. Adding to the Oil and Gas Sector Standard, which is currently being finalized, the GRI Global Sustainability Standards Board (GSSB) has announced exposure drafts   more

MADISON, Wisconsin, May 19 (TNSRes) -- The University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute issued the following news: A preponderance of climate studies on the Great Lakes predict a trend toward reduced ice cover. Ice is expected to form later and melt earlier. With Wisconsin Sea Grant funding, researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Superior (UWS) are looking into how this might impact the shipping industry on the Great Lakes. Richard Stewart, director of the Transportation and Logistics Resea  more

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, May 19 -- Greenpeace International issued the following statement on May 18, 2021: * * * The International Energy Agency has stated in their new Net Zero Roadmap released today that there is "no need for investment in new fossil fuel supply in our net-zero pathway." In addition, the agency has ruled out new oil and gas fields, after 2021, as well as new coal mines and mine extensions. Responding to the IEA's new 1.5 C-aligned net zero scenario, Jennifer Morgan, Ex  more

DEARBORN, Michigan, May 19 (TNSPol) -- The League of Conservation Voters issued the following news release on May 18, 2021: The Biden administration will make one of their first stops on a national tour at the Ford Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Dearborn, Michigan highlighting the potential of electric vehicle manufacturing to build clean energy jobs with the American Jobs Plan. To support a recovery package that focuses on climate, clean energy, high-quality union jobs and environmental just  more

ALBANY, New York, May 19 -- Gov. Andrew Cuomo, D-New York, issued the following news release on May 18, 2021: Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced today the first of five planned high-speed electric vehicle charging hubs at multiple Mirabito Convenience Store locations in Central New York. Made possible by an agreement between Mirabito and the New York Power Authority, the new EVolve NY charging hubs will offer a total of 19 chargers at the five Mirabito sites. The first location, at an Oneonta M  more

PARIS, France, May 19 (TNSRes) -- The International Energy Agency issued the following news release on May 18, 2021: The world has a viable pathway to building a global energy sector with net-zero emissions in 2050, but it is narrow and requires an unprecedented transformation of how energy is produced, transported and used globally, the International Energy Agency said in a landmark special report released today. Climate pledges by governments to date - even if fully achieved - would fall wel  more

DEARBORN, Michigan, May 19 -- President Biden issued the following remarks on May 18, 2021, during his visit at the Ford Rogue Electric Vehicle Center: * * * My name is Joe Biden and I'm a car guy. (Applause.) I got -- please sit down. I got through high school and college and law school because my dad ran an agency. And I'm delighted to be here. I want to say something else up front: I'm standing here because, about 180 years ago, when I first got elected to the Senate, Gov -- (laughter) --   more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 19 (TNSOps) -- Rainforest Action Network issued the following news release on May 18, 2021: At today's JPMorgan Chase annual general meeting, CEO Jamie Dimon faced questions from a number of climate justice activists, on Enbridge's Line 3 tar sands oil pipeline and Indigenous sovereignty, the East Africa Crude Oil pipeline, the Adani Carmichael coal mine, deforestation, and the bank's oil, gas and coal policies. He either dismissed those questions, punted, or demo  more

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, May 19 (TNSPer) -- Texas A&M University Corpus Christi campus issued the following news: Three Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi researchers were selected for two-year appointments with the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies as a part of its inaugural HRI Fellows program. The program, which selected scholars from across disciplines at TAMU-CC, promotes transdisciplinary research projects at HRI and the University. The fellows include an environmental h  more

CANBERRA, Australia, May 19 -- The Australian Department of Industry, Innovation and Science's Minister for Resources, Water and Northern Australia issued the following news release: Minister for Resources, Water and Northern Australia, Keith Pitt, says new figures released by the Minerals Council of Australia on royalties and taxes paid by the minerals industry confirm just how crucial the sector is for the national economy. Minister Pitt said the report, compiled by Deloitte, shows the pheno  more

WASHINGTON, May 19 -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on May 18, 2021, entitled "The American Jobs Plan Supercharges the Future of Transportation and Manufacturing": * * * Increasingly, the global market is shifting to electric vehicles (EVs) - tapping into EVs' potential to save families thousands of dollars, lower carbon pollution, and make the air we breathe cleaner. Yet, despite pioneering the technology, the United States is behind in the race to manufacture these vehicles  more