BRUSSELS, Belgium, Sept. 2 -- The Council of the European Union issued the following speech by President Charles Michel at opening session of the Bled Strategic Forum: It's a great pleasure to be in Bled today. This forum is a key event for European debate. Thank you Prime Minister, and the Slovenian Presidency, for giving it added weight this year, a few months after the launch of the Conference on the Future of Europe, a European future which is inconceivable without the Western Balkans. And   more

NOTRE DAME, Indiana, Sept. 2 (TNSOps) -- The University of Notre Dame issued the following news: To launch the 2021 Notre Dame Forum, NBC News' chief environmental affairs correspondent Anne Thompson will host a "fireside chat" with U.S. Sen. Chris Coons, co-chair of the bipartisan Senate Climate Solutions Caucus, in a keynote event, "Call to Action: Crossing the Political Divide to Address Climate Challenges," from 3 to 4 p.m. Sept. 10 in the Jordan Auditorium of the Mendoza College of Busines  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 (TNSRep) -- Resources for the Future issued the following issue brief (No. 21-11) on Aug. 31, 2021, entitled "From Fabrics to Fossils: What Can the Decline of US Textiles Manufacturing Teach Us About the Energy Transition?". The issue brief was written by fellow Daniel Raimi and Kamil Cook. * * * Here are excerpts: Abstract The imperative to reduce greenhouse gas emissions will almost certainly lead to a major economic transition for the people and places where coal, oil  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Sept. 2 -- Gov. Jim Justice, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Gov. Jim Justice announced that West Virginia's General Revenue collections for August 2021 came in at $29.9 million above estimates. "The State of West Virginia continues just to percolate along and do absolutely wonderful," Gov. Justice said. "If you'll think back a few years, we had doom and gloom all the time. Now, all I do is continue to report to you good number after good number."  more