LONDON, England, Aug. 12 -- The British Department for Transport issued the following news on Aug. 10, 2021: Electric vehicle chargepoints across the UK could become as recognisable as the red post box or black cab, following the appointment of the Royal College of Art (RCA) and PA Consulting to deliver an iconic British chargepoint design, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has announced today (9 August 2021). The design will be unveiled at COP26 in Glasgow this November and could be seen on st  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Aug. 10 -- CARE issued the following news release: The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has released its latest report, WG1, under the Sixth Assessment cycle (AR6). This report covers the latest peer-reviewed physical science on the changing state of the climate system, human influence on the climate system, and the future global climate. This is the only IPCC report to be published before COP26 in Glasgow. In response to the report, Chikondi Chabvuta, Southe  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 (TNSOps) -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release on Aug. 11, 2021: Three public health and conservation groups sued the Environmental Protection Agency today for failing to ensure that parts of Maryland and Michigan have effective plans for cleaning up sulfur dioxide air pollution. Areas affected by the EPA's failures include Anne Arundel County and Baltimore County in Maryland, as well as parts of Metro Detroit in Michigan. These areas, whi  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Aug. 12 (TNSOps) -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release on Aug. 10, 2021: The Center for Biological Diversity filed a formal notice of intent to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for failing to protect critical habitat in West Virginia, Virginia and Kentucky for the Guyandotte River crayfish and the Big Sandy crayfish. The two Appalachian crayfish were protected under the Endangered Species Act in 2016 because of habitat loss an  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news on Aug. 11, 2021: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $45 million for projects that will help seamlessly integrate clean energy sources onto the grid, supporting the Biden Administration's goal of a decarbonized power sector by 2035. As solar and other renewable energy are rapidly deployed throughout the country, these projects are developing new technologies and capabilities to bolster the resilience  more

PENSACOLA, Florida, Aug. 11 -- Gulf Power, a subsidiary of NextEra Energy, issued the following news: Florida Power & Light Company today announced a comprehensive, four-year rate settlement agreement developed jointly with the Florida Office of Public Counsel - the state's consumer advocate - as well as the Florida Retail Federation, the Florida Industrial Power Users Group and the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, that would phase in new rates starting in 2022. The agreement would support c  more

TORONTO, Ontario, Aug. 10 (TNSRep) -- Greenpeace Canada issued the following news release: Written by the world's top climate scientists, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group 1 report on the Physical Science Basis, forming a part of the Sixth Assessment Report, summarises the latest scientific understanding of what's happening to our climate system, and gives a stark warning of where we are headed if urgent action isn't taken. Keith Stewart, senior energy strategi  more

TORONTO, Ontario, Aug. 12 (TNSRep) -- Greenpeace Canada issued the following news release: Canadian banks are playing a growing and globally significant role in fueling climate destruction and are more exposed to climate risk than they are telling their shareholders according to data in a new Greenpeace report. The report finds that prior to the pandemic, Canadian big 5 banks steadily increased their fossil fuel loans and investments since the Paris Climate Agreement was signed. "The UN Secret  more

BASEL, Switzerland, Aug. 12 -- The Journal of Materials Science, a journal that says it features techniques for studying the relationships between structure, processing, properties and performance of materials, published research articles, including the following topics, in its Vol. 56, No. 29 edition: Reviews: * Influence of agro-based reinforcements on the properties of aluminum matrix composites: a systematic review * Factors affecting the properties of superabsorbent polymer hydrogels an  more

ORLANDO, Florida, Aug. 12 -- The Orlando Utilities Commission issued the following news: On Aug. 10, 2021, the Orlando Utilities Commission's Board approved an agenda item that allows the General Manager & CEO to enter an agreement to purchase the Osceola Generating Station, a 20-year-old idle 510-megawatt (MW) single-cycle natural gas-fired power plant located near Harmony in Osceola County. OUC was approached in May 2021 with an opportunity that would enable large-scale solar farms by mitiga  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Aug. 11, 2021: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) today voted against the Democrats' budget resolution, which proposes $4.2 trillion in new spending and higher taxes. This partisan budget designed to kick off Democrats' reckless tax and spending spree passed the Senate, with every Senate Democrat voting in favor and every Republican voting no. "It's baffling that Democrats see Ameri  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following statement: * * * U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), a Senate Budget Committee member, issued the following statement on Senate Democrats passing their $4.2 trillion Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22) Budget Resolution today: "Hours after a strong bipartisan vote to revitalize America's infrastructure, Senate Democrats did an about-face and passed a purely partisan budget resolution aimed at growing federal government spending   more