BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 21 (TNSRes) -- Ceres, a non-profit organization that is mobilizing many of the world's largest companies and investors to take stronger action on climate change, water scarcity and other global sustainability challenges, issued the following news release on July 20, 2021: U.S. power sector carbon dioxide emissions fell 10% between 2019 and 2020 according to a new analysis released today. This is the largest year-over-year decrease since the Benchmarking Air Emissions  more

WASHINGTON, July 20 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R46845) on July 19, 2021, entitled "India-U.S. Relations": * * * (Continued from Part 2 of 3) U.S.-India Health Cooperation and COVID-19/180 Health Programs According to the U.S. Department of State, the United States and India have historically cooperated on a variety of issues including public health and global health security./181 Since the 1990s, U.S. foreign assistance to India has decreased as I  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 21 -- Entergy issued the following news release on July 7, 2021: U.S. power sector carbon dioxide emissions fell 10% between 2019 and 2020 according to a new analysis released today. This is the largest year-over-year decrease since the Benchmarking Air Emissions of the 100 Largest Electric Power Producers in the United States report was first released in 1997. While the coronavirus pandemic may have been a contributing factor, the drop in emissions in 2020 is part   more

WASHINGTON, July 21 (TNSJou) -- George Washington University issued the following news release on July 20, 2021: * * * Disenfranchised, minority neighborhoods still exposed to disproportionately high levels of health harming nitrogen dioxide * * * A new study of COVID-19 shutdowns in the United States reveals pronounced disparities in air pollution -- with disenfranchised, minority neighborhoods still experiencing more exposure to a harmful air pollutant compared to wealthier, white communit  more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- The White House Office of Management and Budget issued the following memorandum (No. M-21-28): * * * Memorandum for the Heads of Departments and Agencies FROM: Shalanda D. Young, Acting Director, Office of Management and Budget Brenda Mallory, Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality Gina McCarthy, National Climate Advisor SUBJECT: Interim Implementation Guidance for the Justice40 Initiative President Biden is committed to securing environmental justice and spu  more

NEW YORK, July 21 (TNSRep) -- Public Citizen issued the following news release on July 20, 2021: Public Citizen released an analysis of American International Group's (AIG) first ever "Environmental, Social and Governance" (ESG) report, in which the insurer affirms its underwriting and investments in the fossil fuel industry. Advocates find that AIG has not taken adequate climate action given its lack of restrictions on fossil fuels. "AIG is refusing to address its largest contribution to a w  more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Rep. Sean Casten, D-Illinois, issued the following news release on July 20, 2021: U.S. Congressman Sean Casten (D-IL) kicked off Hot FERC Summer with a floor speech inspired by Megan Thee Stallion's "Hot Girl Summer" alongside the introduction of the Energy PRICE Act. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is not often in the spotlight, but for those serious about fighting the crisis it needs to be. #HotFERCSummer -- the new social media campaign launched by Rep  more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Rep. Lori Trahan, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on July 20, 2021: Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) and Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm, along with Senator Edward J. Markey (D-MA), announced awards totaling $3,841,107 to small businesses in the Third District working on advanced scientific tools and clean, secure energy for the American people. The funding announcements were part of 110 grants across 26 states for projects pursuing technologi  more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following remarks on July 20, 2021, by Commissioner Hester M. Peirce at the Brookings Institution: * * * This summer was the summer of the cicadas. The dull hum of their song permeated the solitude of an evening stroll, along with the disconcerting crunch as pedestrian attempts to avoid squashing the creatures inevitably failed. Every seventeen years the beady-eyed cicadas emerge from underground-a natural wonder, perhaps  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, July 21 (TNSRes) -- The University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute issued the following news: In late June, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) designated Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast National Marine Sanctuary (WSCNMS or sanctuary) in the fresh, cold waters of Lake Michigan. Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast National Marine Sanctuary Designation; Final Regulations, 86 Fed. Reg. 32,737 (to be codified at 15 C.F.R pt. 922). Following a review by Congress and the g  more

WOODS HOLE, Massachusetts, July 21 (TNSJou) -- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution issued the following news release: The Indian Ocean has been warming much more than other ocean basins over the last 50-60 years. While temperature changes basin-wide can be unequivocally attributed to human-induced climate change, it is difficult to assess whether contemporary heat and freshwater changes in the Indian Ocean since 1980 represent an anthropogenically-forced transformation of the hydrological cycl  more