WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 (TNSPol) -- The American Petroleum Institute issued the following news release on Sept. 7, 2021: The American Petroleum Institute (API) and 130 energy, manufacturing, business and labor trade organizations across the natural gas and oil supply chain sent a letter to the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works opposing legislation that would place a fee on methane. The organizations, led by API, explain that the proposal is a "pay-for" that "could jeopardize aff  more

LONDON, England, Sept. 8 -- Friends of the Earth issued the following news release on Sept. 7, 2021: The prospect of a new coal mine in Cumbria seriously undermines the UK government's credibility ahead of November's crucial climate talks, Friends of the Earth warns today at the start of a public inquiry into the controversial proposal. Boris Johnson has made coal one of the top priorities for the climate summit, which the UK government is hosting. Following last month's stark warning by clima  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 (TNSOps) -- United We Dream issued the following news release on Sept. 7, 2021: United We Dream led eight other progressive and racial justice organizations in unveiling a brand new, full page ad in the New York Times. For these organizations, including Black Voters Matter, The Frontline, Indivisible, Living United for Change in Arizona (LUCHA), Make The Road New York, MoveOn, the Sunrise Movement, and the Working Families Party, and their millions of members, citizenship fo  more

DELTA, Colorado, Sept. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's U.S. Forest Service unit - Grand Mesa Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests - issued the following news release: The Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison (GMUG) National Forests in partnership with the National Forest Foundation (NFF), Southwest Conservation Corps (SCC), Western Colorado Conservation Corps (WCCC), Gunnison Trails Group (GTG), and Crested Butte Mountain Bike Association (CBMBA) have begun implementation of Grea  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Sept. 8 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Sept. 7, 2021: Yesterday, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) attended a picnic hosted by the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) in Racine. Senator Manchin joined UMWA President Cecil Roberts and West Virginia miners in honoring the 100th Anniversary of the Battle of Blair Mountain and celebrating Labor Day. "Yesterday was a wonderful day celebrating Labor Day and honoring hardworking W  more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Sept. 8 (TNSOps) -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release on Sept. 7, 2021: Sierra Club, Prairie Rivers Network, and the Springfield Branch of the NAACP held a press conference today in the aftermath of an incident at the Dallman coal plant owned by the City of Springfield, and which released a lung-burning coal ash dust cloud into the air. City Water, Light, and Power's Dallman coal plant malfunctioned on the afternoon of Tuesday, August 31, 2021. Images of  more

NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept. 8 -- The United Nations Environment Programme issued the following news release on Sept. 7, 2021: Digital billboards around the Kenyan capital today started to live stream Nairobi's real-time air pollution in an effort to increase air quality awareness among the city's 4.7 million inhabitants. The initiative - by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), in collaboration with IQAir, a Swiss air quality technology company, Safaricom, a telecommunications provider in Kenya, Alph  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 (TNSRes) -- The World Bank issued the following news release: To mark the International Day of Clean Air for blue skies, the World Bank is publishing a Country Environmental Analysis for the Lao PDR, analyzing how the country can use its commitment to greener growth to stimulate economic recovery from the current slowdown, and to improve health across the Lao population. The theme for this year's Clean Air Day is "Healthy Air, Healthy Planet", emphasizing the huge impact of  more