BERKELEY, California, June 10 (TNSOps) -- As You Sow Foundation issued the following news release on June 9, 2021: Today at the annual meeting of Caterpillar, 47% of investors (based on the company's preliminary tally) supported a shareholder resolution filed by As You Sow asking Caterpillar to disclose whether and how the company is aligning its climate policies and performance with the progress indicators laid out in the Climate Action 100+ Net-Zero Company Benchmark. Caterpillar is a leadin  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Policy, issued the following news release on June 9, 2021: Chairing a hearing of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee's Subcommittee on Economic Policy, United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) delivered remarks on the opportunities and risks that digital currencies present. Following Senator Warren's remarks the followin  more

MELBOURNE, Australia, June 9 -- The Australian Conservation Foundation issued the following news release: The Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) has welcomed the Queensland government's announcement that a 24-hour pumped hydroelectric scheme at Borumba Dam will go into design and planning stage. "Big renewable storage projects like this can speed the transition away from coal and gas and help make Queensland a renewable energy superpower," said ACF Chief Executive Officer Kelly O'Shanass  more

SACRAMENTO, California, June 10 (TNSsro) -- The California Public Utilities Commission issued the following proposed decision (No. 18-04-002): TO PARTIES OF RECORD IN APPLICATION 18-04-002, INVESTIGATION 17-04-019: This is the proposed decision of Administrative Law Judge Larsen. Until and unless the Commission hears the item and votes to approve it, the proposed decision has no legal effect. This item may be heard, at the earliest, at the Commission's July 15, 2021 Business Meeting. To confir  more

SACRAMENTO, California, June 10 (TNSsro) -- The California Public Utilities Commission issued the following proposed resolution (No. E-5151): Pacific Gas and Electric requests approval of five new Electric Program Investment Charge technology demonstration and deployment projects. PROPOSED OUTCOME: * Approve five Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) technology demonstration and deployment (TD&D) projects as part of the Electric Program Investment Charge (EPIC) program - Advanced Transformer Protec  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 10 (TNSRep) -- The Corporate Accountability issued the following news release: In the midst of virtual discussions of the UN climate treaty, a new report shines a light on how polluting industries are pushing a "net zero" agenda to become the presumed centerpiece of global climate plans and how the details in these plans (should any be included) delay action and don't add up. The report, entitled, "The Big Con: How Big Polluters are advancing a "net zero" climate ag  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following report on June 9, 2021, entitled "Charting a New 'Digital Atlantic'". The report was written by Heather A. Conley, senior vice president for Europe, Eurasia, and the Arctic program, and James Andrew Lewis, senior vice president and director of the strategic technologies Program. * * * Europe missed the first tech boom. It is in the United States' interest that it does not miss the second. Some Europ  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news on June 9, 2021: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced 235 small businesses, across 42 states, will receive $54 million in critical seed funding for 266 projects that are developing and deploying proof-of-concept prototypes for a wide range of technological solutions needed to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. This diverse class of awardees are designing novel solutions to our greatest energy needs ar  more

BALTIMORE, June 9 (TNSRep) -- The Environmental Integrity Project issued the following news release: A new report concludes that Maryland's municipal waste landfills release four times more methane and carbon dioxide than the state's previous estimates, contributing as much greenhouse gas pollution as almost a million cars driving for a year. The Environmental Integrity Project's report, "Greenhouse Gases from Maryland's Landfills: Underestimated and Under Regulated," is based on a review of s  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: With a G7 Summit just around the corner, Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, along with U.S. Representatives Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR-01) and Alan Lowenthal (D-CA-47), is pushing the Biden administration to work toward a global agreement to address marine plastic litter and microplastics. "Plastic pollution has exploded into a global crisis that threatens our public health, economic security, and the futur  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, June 10 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a senior member of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, today spoke in favor of an ambitious, five-year surface transportation bill, H.R. 3684, the Investing in a New Vision for the Environment and Surface Transportation (INVEST) in America Act. This bill contains all or parts of bills Congressman Cohen has introduced involving multiple substance impai  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernandez secured funding for seven of the Member Designated Projects she submitted to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure for inclusion in the INVEST in America Act. The INVEST in America Act is a transformative five-year, $547 billion surface transportation reauthorization bill that would help modernize our roads, bridges, transit, and more. The  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jon Tester is calling on the U.S. State Department to get involved in the ongoing effort to stem the flow of pollution from Canadian mines to waterways in Northwest Montana. In a letter, Tester urged Secretary of State Antony Blinken to request a referral to the International Joint Commission (IJC) concerning the selenium contamination issue in the Kootenai watershed in Montana, and for the State  more

STANFORD, California, June 10 (TNSJou) -- Stanford University issued the following news release on June 9, 2021: Concrete has given us the Pantheon in Rome, the Sydney Opera House, the Hoover Dam and countless blocky monoliths. The artificial rock blankets our cities and roadways, underlies wind farms and solar panel arrays - and will be poured by the ton in infrastructure projects supported by COVID recovery investments in the United States and abroad. That comes at a steep cost for efforts t  more

AUSTIN, Texas, June 10 (TNSJou) -- The University of Texas at Austin's Texas Advanced Computing Center issued the following news release on June 9, 2021: Solar energy provides 2% of U.S. power. However, by 2050, renewables are predicted to be the most used energy source (surpassing petroleum and other liquids, natural gas, and coal) and solar will overtake wind as the leading source of renewable power. To reach that point, and to make solar power more affordable, solar technologies still requir  more