MELBOURNE, Australia, June 23 -- The Australian Conservation Foundation issued the following news release: The Australian Conservation Foundation has commended senators who last night saved the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) from Energy Minister Angus Taylor's attempt to change the agency's remit so it could fund fossil fuel projects. Labor and Greens senators along with Senators Lambie and Patrick won a vote in the Senate, 28-27, to disallow the Minister's new regulations, which w  more

PARIS, France, June 23 -- The International Science Council issued the following news: The Journal of Science Policy & Governance (JSPG) has released a Special Issue on Climate Change Solutions, in collaboration with the United Kingdom Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office's Science and Innovation Network (UK SIN) in advance of COP26, which takes place later this year. The 2021 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of Parties (COP26), which takes place in Glas  more

FREIBURG, Germany, June 23 (TNSRep) -- The Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems issued the following news release on June 22, 2021: Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE have presented the newest edition of their study on the levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) of renewable power plants. The fifth edition of the study analyzes the current costs and forecasts the future cost development up to 2040 based on technology-specific learning rates and market sce  more

WASHINGTON, June 23 (TNSRep) -- Friends of the Earth issued the following statement on June 22, 2021: * * * The World Bank Group released its new Climate Change Action Plan 2021-2025, which sets target timelines to align its operations with the Paris Agreement, and sets targets to increase climate finance. The plan also commits to support countries on a just transition away from coal and to reduce emissions across sectors. The Bank's first Climate Change Action Plan in 2016 laid out actions   more

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- The House Financial Services Subcommittee on National Security, International Development and Monetary Policy issued the following testimony by Eric B. Lorber, senior director of the Center on Economic and Financial Power at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, as part of a virtual hearing entitled "Schemes and Subversion: How Bad Actors and Foreign Governments Undermine and Evade Sanctions Regimes": * * * I am honored to appear before you today to discuss how bad   more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, June 23 (TNSRep) -- The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis issued the following news release: Vanguard Group, the world's second largest asset manager, is leaving its investors to face profound wealth destruction risks as the world's largest investor in fossil fuels, all while insisting climate change is a priority for the company, finds a new report by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA). Vanguard manages over US$7.2 trillion i  more

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, June 23 (TNSRep) -- The International Renewable Energy Agency issued the following news release: The share of renewable energy that achieved lower costs than the most competitive fossil fuel option doubled in 2020, a new report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) shows. 162 gigawatts (GW) or 62 per cent of total renewable power generation added last year had lower costs than the cheapest new fossil fuel option. Renewable Power Generation Costs   more

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news release on June 22, 2021: Today NOAA announced the designation of a 962-square-mile area of Wisconsin's Lake Michigan as a national marine sanctuary. Such sanctuaries are protected waters that include important habitats and, in cases like this one, archeological sites. "Preserving this region furthers the Biden-Harris Administration's vision of locally-led, collabo  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, June 22 -- The Southern Alliance for Clean Energy issued the following news release: In a major victory for clean energy and South Carolina ratepayers, the South Carolina Public Service Commission (PSC) voted Thursday to send Duke Energy's Integrated Resource Plans (IRPs) back to the company for revision. Every two years, Duke Energy releases IRPs, which outline its guiding energy resource roadmap for the next fifteen years. A broad coalition of clean energy advocates  more