AUSTIN, Texas, July 15 (TNSRes) -- The University of Texas issued the following news release on July 14, 2021: A current federal tax credit to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by storing carbon dioxide from industrial sources could be critical to help the U.S. reach end of decade carbon neutrality targets while yielding economic benefits, particularly on the Texas and Louisiana Gulf Coast, according to a study by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin published today in Energy Policy.   more

BERKELEY, California, July 16 (TNSOps) -- As You Sow Foundation issued the following news release: After a 98% shareholder vote on an As You Sow resolution on May 4, General Electric (GE) announced a major commitment to transition its business to address climate change by setting a target to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050. This target not only encompasses GE's operations but importantly includes its Scope 3 emissions from customers' use of the products it sells, including power gener  more

LONDON, England, July 16 -- The British Cabinet Office issued the following news release: With just four months to go until Glasgow hosts the COP26 climate change summit, ministers and senior officials from 19 countries met virtually as part of the Energy Transition Council (ETC). The ETC aims to accelerate the move from coal to clean power and support developing countries in unlocking investment. This third meeting of the ETC comes after a report from the International Energy Agency (IEA) whi  more

WASHINGTON, July 16 (TNSRes) -- The Environmental Working Group issued the following news release: Duke Energy's board of directors has approved a 2.1 percent hike in its quarterly cash dividend for shareholders, even as the investor-owned utility and Republican lawmakers in North Carolina push to raise rates on captive customers. The decision by Duke's board will increase the annual dividend rate per share to $3.94, according to a July 14 report by Zacks Equity Research: https://finance.yahoo  more

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis issued the following Beige Book for July 14, 2021: Summary of Economic Activity Economic conditions have continued to improve at a moderate pace since our previous report. Contacts continue to report that labor and material shortages are restraining their ability to meet customer demand. Overall cost pressures remain elevated, but firms reported varying degrees of pass-through to customers. Reports on consumer spending continue to be  more

WASHINGTON, July 16 (TNSRep) -- Friends of the Earth issued the following news release: A new report shows why the best infrastructure investment for U.S. jobs, the climate, and the economy is in a rapid transition to renewable energy and a 21st-century electricity system, and to phase out nuclear power and fossil fuels. While nuclear subsidy proposals in play as part of infrastructure negotiations like those from Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) would designate $6-$50 b  more

WASHINGTON, July 15 (TNSRep) -- The Institute for Local Self-Reliance issued the following news release: A new report finds that deploying distributed solar energy to the equivalent of 30 million American homes would produce significant job-creation and economic benefits while addressing climate change and mitigating racial and income disparities. By enacting policies to support the 30 million homes goal, the report concludes that federal policy makers could create 1.77 million new jobs and lea  more

FRANKFORT, Kentucky, July 16 -- The Kentucky Public Service Commission issued the following news release on July 15, 2021: The Public Service Commission (Commission/PSC) issued an Order today approving a request from Kentucky Power for construction projects to comply with federal Coal Combustion Residual (CCR) rules at the company's Mitchell Generating Station (Mitchell) located in West Virginia. Absent the CCR construction project, Mitchell would have to cease operations in late 2023, thereby   more

ROLLA, Missouri, July 15 (TNSRes) -- Missouri University of Science and Technology issued the following news: Clean energy may mean less mining for coal, but it also means opening or expanding mines to unearth minerals such as cobalt for use in alloys and batteries, tellurium for solar cells and semiconductors, and germanium for transistors in electronic devices. That's according to Dr. Michael Moats, professor and interim chair of materials science and engineering at Missouri S&T, who says red  more

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release on July 14, 2021: U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, offered a bipartisan amendment that was included in the bipartisan infrastructure package that would establish an abandoned hardrock mine reclamation program through the U.S. Department of Interior. Senator Heinrich has long championed efforts to modernize the nation's out of date har  more

SAINT PAUL, Minnesota, July 15 (TNSPol) -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release on July 14, 2021: Groups filed a legal challenge with the Minnesota Supreme Court today appealing a lower court's decision to uphold the Public Utilities Commission's 2020 approval of Enbridge's Line 3 pipeline. The groups, including the White Earth Band of Ojibwe, the Red Lake Band of Chippewa, the Sierra Club, Honor the Earth, Friends of the Headwaters, and Youth Climate Interveners, argued in their  more

ATHENS, Greece, July 14 -- U.S. Embassy in Greece issued following remarks on July 13, 2021, by Ambassador Geoffrey R. Pyatt at the 23rd International Symi Symposium entitled "The East Med - Reassessing Common Interests" panel: * * * Thank you very much, Professor Filis, Constantinos, to all the organizers and especially Prime Minister Papandreou, George, the whole family. Thank you so much for giving me the opportunity to share in this discussion. I'm not spending the whole day out here in La  more