MELBOURNE, Australia, May 25 (TNSIntl) -- The Australian Conservation Foundation issued the following news release: The Federal Court has re-affirmed the legitimacy of the 'water trigger' in Australia's environment law and thrown into disarray plans to take 12.5 billion litres of water a year - as much as 163,000 Sydney residents use in a year - from Queensland's Suttor River to service Adani's Carmichael coal mine. The Court today agreed with the Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) that   more

WASHINGTON, May 25 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following article from Economics Daily: Prices for U.S. imports increased 10.6 percent for the year ended in April 2021. This was the largest increase since a gain of 11.1 percent for the year ended in October 2011. Prices for imported manufactured goods increased 5.9 percent over the past year. Within manufactured goods, prices for imported petroleum and coal products increased 61.3 percent, while prima  more

DENVER, Colorado, May 25 -- The Colorado House Democrats issued the following news: The House Agriculture, Livestock, and Water Committee today approved two bipartisan bills that are a part of the Colorado Comeback state stimulus, a package of legislation that will invest roughly $800 million into helping Colorado recover faster and build back stronger. The bills are focused on bolstering rural economies and restoring some of the damage that wildfires have caused to our watersheds. Both passed   more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, May 25 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on May 24, 2021: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is announcing the selection of 151 communities to receive 154 grant awards totaling $66.5 million in Brownfields funding through its Multipurpose, Assessment and Cleanup (MAC) Grants. This includes $600,000 for communities in Baltimore County, and Frederick, Maryland. This funding will support underserved and economically disadvan  more

LONDON, England, May 25 (TNSRep) -- Greenpeace UK issued the following news release: A new report /1, published today (25 May 2021) by Greenpeace UK and WWF, finds that UK banks and asset managers were responsible for financing 805 million tonnes of CO2 in 2019, which would make The City of London the 9th biggest emitter of CO2 in the world if it were a country - ranked higher than Germany /2. The new research points towards finance as one of the UK's biggest contributors to climate change and   more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, May 25 (TNSRep) -- The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis issued the following news release: Clear understandings from the Bangladesh government's recently released 8th Five-Year Plan must be incorporated into the new energy and power master plan currently under development by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to drive zero carbon transformation and financial sustainability in the energy system, finds a new report from the Institute for Energy  more

FRANKFORT, Kentucky, May 25 -- Gov. Andy Beshear, D-Kentucky, issued the following news on May 24, 2021: Gov. Andy Beshear announced today his recommendation of two projects in Pike County totaling more than $1 million in funds from the Appalachian Regional Commission. Projects would bolster water infrastructure and protect the area from future flood damage. Gov. Beshear also announced nearly $150,000 in funds from the Transportation Cabinet to reconstruct an intersection at a local high schoo  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, May 25 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: In support of NETL's Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Other Minority Institutions (HBCU-OMI) program, the Lab consistently engages new organizations such as Morgan State University (MSU), which is developing robust high-temperature sensors that will unlock higher power plant efficiencies as part of their first ever collaboration with NETL. "Higher  more

BROOKINGS, South Dakota, May 25 (TNSRes) -- South Dakota State University issued the following news: Two SDSU power systems researchers are developing statistical models that will help orchestrate the integration of renewable energy into the electricity grid. Associate professor Reinaldo Tonkoski and assistant professor Tim Hansen of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science have developed a data-driven model to determine the output of inverter-based renewable energy source  more

VINCENNES, Indiana, May 24 (TNSOps) -- Vincennes University issued the following news release: Indiana annually is among the top ten coal-producing states. The coal industry has been a source of good-paying jobs for generations of Hoosiers in Southwest Indiana. Recent trends and the current outlook, however, suggest continued shrinkage in coal-related employment. Vincennes University offers bachelor's degrees, associate degrees, certificates, and training to help individuals affected by the tr  more