CANBERRA, Australia, Aug. 19 -- The Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association issued the following news release: The voice of the Australian oil and gas industry today told the Australian Carbon Capture Utilisation and Storage (CCUS) Conference that if the world can fast track and scale up CCS development it will lead to net zero emissions quicker. APPEA Chief Executive Andrew McConville used his presentation at the conference to outline how CCS could be the key to safely and  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 (TNSPol) -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release on Aug. 18, 2021: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced today it will require a full "environmental impact statement" for the massive petrochemical complex Formosa Plastics proposes to build in St. James Parish, Louisiana. The decision is a major victory for opponents of the plant, who sued to block the project in January 2020 and convinced the Army Corps to suspend its permit last fall.   more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Aug. 19 (TNSRep) -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release on Aug. 17, 2021: The Utah Clean Infrastructure Coalition released a report today showing Utah's Permanent Community Impact Fund Board has funneled more than $109 million in public money to projects that promote or expand fossil fuel extraction, violating the federal Mineral Leasing Act. The report also documents that needed infrastructure projects in rural communities are going unfu  more

DENVER, Colorado, Aug. 19 (TNSPol) -- Conservation Colorado issued the following news release on Aug. 18, 2021: Conservation Colorado unveiled its 2021 legislative scorecard highlighting state legislative conservation victories and the elected officials who made them possible -- including 58 state Senators and Representatives who received our coveted 100% pro-conservation score. "Coloradans have a lot to celebrate from the 2021 legislative session," said Kelly Nordini, executive director at Co  more

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Aug. 19 (TNSPol) -- Earthjustice issued the following news release on Aug. 18, 2021: In a significant climate victory, a federal district court judge today issued a decision vacating the Trump administration's decision approving ConocoPhillips' Willow Master Development Plan, halting the largest oil-and-gas drilling project in the Alaskan Arctic. ConocoPhillips' plan, slated for a public-lands area known as the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska in the Western Arctic, would h  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Aug. 19 -- Evolutionary Applications, a peer-reviewed journal that says it addresses biological questions of health, social and economic relevance, including medicine, agriculture, forestry, aquaculture, conservation biology, environmental sciences, climate change and invasion biology, microbiology and toxicology, published research articles, including the following topics, in its August 2021 edition: REVIEWS: * An evaluation of the potential factors affecting lifetime re  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 (TNSPol) (TNSCapV) -- Friends of the Earth issued the following news release: Grassroots leaders from 20 different countries and 37 organizations sent a letter to the U.S. Treasury Department, calling on the Department to center the demands of international grassroots movements in the implementation of its new Multilateral Development Bank (MDB) fossil fuel financing guidance released on Monday. The guidance directs the U.S. government to strongly oppose coal projects, and t  more

WHEELING, West Virginia, Aug. 19 (TNSPol) -- The United Mine Workers of America issued the following news release on Aug. 18, 2021: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh and United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) International Secretary-Treasurer Brian Sanson toured the American Consolidated Natural Resources Ohio County Coal Resources Inc. Golden Ridge Portal Mine to view underground mining operations. They also discussed the impacts the bipartisan infrastructure   more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Aug. 19 -- North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein issued the following news release on Aug. 18, 2021: Attorney General Josh Stein today announced that as a result of his January coal ash settlement with Duke Energy, electricity customers will save approximately $215 million in future energy costs. These funds are a result of 14 settlements that Duke Energy reached with 23 insurance companies over coal ash coverage policies, the last of which was settled this week.   more

DOVER AFB, Delaware, Aug. 19 -- The U.S. Air Force Dover Air Force Base (436th Airlift Wing) issued the following news on Aug. 18, 2021: By Tech. Sgt. Nicole Leidholm The Air Mobility Command Museum, located just south of Dover Air Force Base and winner of the 2020 Trip Advisor Travelers' Choice Best of the Best award, provides more than just an array of historical aircraft. It is dedicated to preserving military history and providing educational programs. Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, the   more

WAUKEGAN, Illinois, Aug. 19 -- Rep. Bradley Schneider, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Representative Brad Schneider (IL-10) led a letter to NRG Energy from Federal and State representatives asking for assurances that the company will conduct appropriate environmental remediation before closing its Waukegan coal plant. Cosigning the letter to NRG President and CEO Mauricio Gutierrez were Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Representative Lauren Underwood (IL-1  more

WHEELING, West Virginia, Aug. 19 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Aug. 18, 2021: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh and United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) International Secretary-Treasurer Brian Sanson toured American Consolidated Natural Resources Ohio County Coal Resources Inc. Golden Ridge Portal Mine to view underground mining operations. Senator Manchin and Secretary Walsh also discussed the impacts the bipartis  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Aug. 19 (TNSOps) -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release on Aug. 18, 2021: Activists from Sierra Club's Beyond Coal Campaign and Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement (Iowa CCI) rallied in Cowles Commons Park before marching to occupy the lobby at MidAmerican Energy Headquarters in Downtown Des Moines. MidAmerican is the number one carbon polluter in Iowa. It owns and operates 5 coal plants across the state that have no public plans for retirement. "A decade ag  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 (TNSPol) (TNSCapv) -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release on Aug. 18, 2021: Grassroots leaders from 20 different countries and 37 organizations sent a letter to the U.S. Treasury Department, calling on the Department to center the demands of international grassroots movements in the implementation of its new Multilateral Development Bank (MDB) fossil fuel financing guidance released on Monday. The guidance directs the U.S. government to strongly oppose coal pro  more

SWINDON, England, Aug. 19 (TNSRes) -- The UK Research and Innovation issued the following news release on Aug. 18, 2021: A new a quantum-enabled gas imaging camera will help dramatically cut environmentally damaging methane leaks from the oil and gas industry. The camera is produced and developed by University of Bristol spinout QLM Technology and funded by the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund's commercialising quantum technologies challenge. It can visualise and measure the amount of gas b  more