PARIS, France, July 16 (TNSRes) -- The International Energy Agency issued the following news release: Renewables are expanding quickly but not enough to satisfy a strong rebound in global electricity demand this year, resulting in a sharp rise in the use of coal power that risks pushing carbon dioxide emissions from the electricity sector to record levels next year, says a new report from the International Energy Agency. After falling by about 1% in 2020 due to the impacts of the Covid-19 pand  more

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- Resources for the Future issued the following working paper (No. 21-19) on July 16, 2021, entitled "The Effect of Changing Marginal-Cost to Physical-Order Dispatch in the Power Sector". The working paper was written by Raul Gutierrez-Meave, Juan Rosellon, and Luis Sarmiento. * * * Here are excerpts: Abstract The analysis of local environmental policies is essential when evaluating the consistency of national public policies vis-a-vis the compliance of global agreement  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, July 16 (TNSPol) -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must reject Louisiana's Regional Haze plan if it is not fundamentally changed to comply with the Clean Air Act. The plan is insufficient in many ways, including a failure to review environmental justice impacts for communities disproportionately impacted by air pollution. That is the message Sierra Club and National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) sent t  more

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- The White House issued the following transcript of a news briefing on July 15, 2021, by Press Secretary Jen Psaki and Surgeon General Dr. Vivek H. Murthy: * * * MS. PSAKI: Hi, everyone. We have another special guest today. Doesn't sing as well as our guest from yesterday -- (laughter) -- but very knowledgeable. SURGEON GENERAL MURTHY: Definitely don't ask me to sing. MS. PSAKI: (Laughs.) Today, we have a special guest, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy. The Surgeon General   more