EINDHOVEN, Netherlands, Aug. 20 (TNSOps) -- Eindhoven University of Technology issued the following news: Professor Heleen de Coninck calls CO2 border tax 'revolutionary'. Global warming, according to climate scientist and IPCC author Heleen de Coninck, makes it an illusion to think that everything will stay the same. A conversation about the climate plans of Frans Timmermans, the lack of decisiveness in governments and the thin line between scientist and idealist. "You have to involve the peo  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- Energy and Fuels, a peer-reviewed scientific journal from the American Chemical Society that says it publishes research in the intersection of chemistry and chemical engineering and non-nuclear energy and fuels, published research articles, including the following topics, in its Aug. 19, 2021 edition: REVIEWS: * Thermochemical Recycling of Waste Plastics by Pyrolysis: A Review * Rock/Fluid/Polymer Interaction Mechanisms: Implications for Water Shut-off Treatment * Car  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Aug. 20 -- Greenhouse Gases - Science and Technology, a peer-reviewed journal from the Society of Chemical Industry that says it focuses on methods for carbon capture and storage, as well as utilization of carbon dioxide (CO2) as a feedstock for fuels and chemicals, published research articles on the following topics in its August 2021 edition: Original Research Articles: * Permeability evolution in tectonic coal: The roles of moisture and pressurized water-injection * S  more

FRANKFORT, Kentucky, Aug. 20 -- The Kentucky Public Service Commission issued the following news release: The Public Service Commission (Commission/PSC) issued an Order today granting Kentucky Power Company's request for partial rehearing of the Commission's July 15, 2021, regarding construction projects at the company's Mitchell Generating Station located in West Virginia. The Commission's July 15 Order approved construction projects to comply with the federal Coal Combustion Residual (CCR) ru  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Aug. 20 -- The North Carolina Department of Commerce issued the following news release: The North Carolina Rural Infrastructure Authority (RIA) has approved 21 grant requests to local governments totaling $5,916,198, Governor Roy Cooper announced today. The requests include commitments to create a total of 1,200 jobs, 661 of which were previously announced. The public investment in these projects will attract more than $546 million in private investment. "Investments   more

EVANSTON, Illinois, Aug. 19 (TNSJou) -- Northwestern University issued the following news release: * * * Method can be implemented based on existing technologies * * * When people talk about how to eliminate vehicles' carbon dioxide (CO2) emission, often the conversation often focuses on electrifying cars, trucks and buses. Yet cargo and tanker ships, which are responsible for 3% of all CO2 emissions, are rarely a part of the discussion. Now a Northwestern University research team offers a   more

BASEL, Switzerland, Aug. 19 -- Resources, a peer-reviewed journal of scientific studies on natural resources, published research articles on the following topics in its August 2021 edition: Articles: * Coal to Biomass Conversion as a Path to Sustainability: A Hypothetical Scenario at Pego Power Plant (Abrantes, Portugal) * Selective Collection of Municipal Waste in a Residential District with Multi-Family Buildings--Case Study from Poland * Comparison of Empirical Models to Predict Viscosity  more

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, Aug. 20 (TNSPol) -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: On August 11, the Sierra Club filed a petition for reconsideration of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) decision to omit Ottawa County from the agency's list of areas across the country that are out of attainment with health-based federal ozone (smog pollution) standards. Sierra Club won a court order in 2020 requiring EPA to revisit the agency's 2018 decision to designate Ottawa County as an   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 (TNSPol) -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release on Aug. 19, 2021: The Department of the Interior announced it will restart an analysis of the climate, health and economic impacts from mining and burning coal from public lands -- a review that began during the Obama administration. In response, representatives of Sierra Club released the following statements: "The Biden administration's decision to review the impacts of coal leasing on public lands is a good f  more

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 20 (TNSOps) -- The Southern Alliance for Clean Energy issued the following news release on Aug. 18, 2021: Hours after the Tennessee Valley Authority's Board of Directors met, concerned citizens and advocates with the Tennessee Valley Energy Democracy Movement spoke, sang, and marched in Market Square outside TVA's Knoxville headquarters to make their voices heard on key issues and to demand that TVA hold virtual public listening sessions. Unlike legislative bodies an  more