DURHAM, North Carolina, July 13 (TNSJou) -- Duke Health issued the following news release: In areas of North Carolina where the air has higher levels of particle pollution than the World Health Origination recommends, Duke Health researchers have found that residents had elevated rates of death and hospitalizations for Alzheimer's disease. The findings, appearing online in PLOS ONE, are consistent with other research establishing an association between air pollution and increased risk of neuro  more

LONDON, England, July 13 -- The Energy Institute issued the following news release on July 12, 2021: Professionals across all walks of UK energy today call for government and industry to coalesce around a national skills strategy that underpins the development of low-carbon energy and supply chains, in a just way that does not leave today's skilled workers and their communities stranded. Their views, hopes and fears are revealed as part of Energy Barometer 2021: the net zero skills issue, base  more

SANTA ROSA, California, July 13 (TNSPol) -- The Climate Center, a climate policy organization working to reduce greenhouse gas pollution, issued the following news on July 12, 2021: Late on Friday, Governor Gavin Newsom directed the California Air Resources Board (CARB) and California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to explore accelerated action to reduce climate pollution. CARB will model a pathway to carbon neutrality by 2035, ten years ahead of the state's current goal, and the CPUC will   more

FRANKFORT, Kentucky, July 13 (TNSsro) -- The Kentucky Public Service Commission issued the following order (Case No. 2021-00198): In the Matter of: ELECTRONIC TARIFF FILING OF EAST KENTUCKY POWER COOPERATIVE, INC. AND ITS MEMBER DISTRIBUTION COOPERATIVES FOR APPROVAL OF PROPOSED CHANGES TO THEIR QUALIFIED COGENERATION AND SMALL POWER PRODUCTION FACILITIES TARIFFS COMMISSION STAFF'S SECOND REQUEST FOR INFORMATION TO EAST KENTUCKY POWER COOPERATIVE, INC. East Kentucky Power Cooperative, Inc. (E  more

NEW YORK, July 13 (TNSJou) -- Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory issued the following news: By Kevin Krajick Researchers studying a Massachusetts forest say that the toxic element mercury may be deposited in forests across the globe in much greater quantities than previously understood. The study suggests that the mercury load carried by forests has been underestimated by half. This mercury accumulates in soils, and ultimately runs off into streams and rivers, ending up in   more

ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, New York, July 13 (TNSPer) -- Bard College issued the following news release on July 12, 2021: The OSUN Center for Human Rights and the Arts at Bard College (CHRA) announced today that Nadine Fattaleh and Oscar Humberto Pedraza Vargas have been selected as the first recipients of the Center's fellowship in human rights and the arts. The goal of the fellowship program is to support outstanding engagement in human rights and the arts by scholars, artists, and activists. Fe  more

WASHINGTON, July 13 (TNSPOl) -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release on July 12, 2021: Backers of the fracked gas Mountain Valley Pipeline announced a new scheme today to purchase carbon offsets to make up for the operational emissions of its first 10 years in service. These offsets would do nothing to address the climate impact of extracting or burning the fracked gas that MVP would transport. If built, the pipeline would lead to annual emissions of over 89 million metric tons of   more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, July 13 (TNSJou) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: The transportation sector is the largest contributor to greenhouse gas emissions in the United States, and a lot of attention has been devoted to electric passenger vehicles and their potential to help reduce those emissions. But with the rise of online shopping and just-in-time shipping, electric delivery fleets have emerged as another opportunity to reduce the transportation sector's enviro  more