WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- ACS Environmental Science and Technology Letters, a peer reviewed journal from the American Chemical Society, published research articles, including the following topics, in its September 2021 edition: ANTHROPOGENIC IMPACTS ON THE ATMOSPHERE: * Discovery of a Potent Source of Gaseous Amines in Urban China * Strong Impacts of Legitimate Open Burning on Brown Carbon Aerosol in Northeast China * Recent Slowdown of Anthropogenic Methane Emissions in China Driven by Stabi  more

SYDNEY, Australia, Sept. 15 -- The Investor Group on Climate Change issued the following news release: In the run-up to the most consequential United Nations climate change conference in years, and on the heels of another urgent warning from the world's leading scientists, a record number of 587 investors with US$46 trillion in assets under management are urging governments to rapidly implement five priority policy actions that will allow them to invest the trillions needed to respond to the cl  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 (TNSOps) -- Oil Change International issued the following news release on Sept. 14, 2021: "Chubb does not provide insurance coverage for any tar sands projects," a Chubb spokesperson told the The Financial Times today. The announcement was shared in a Tweet by Financial Times reporter Ian Smith. "By dropping Trans Mountain, Chubb has started to walk the talk around the climate crisis. The Trans Mountain Pipeline and expansion is a fuse to the carbon time bomb known as the   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, ranking Republican member of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 14, 2021: "Never has our government wasted so much to kill so many American jobs, drive prices even higher, and hook a whole new generation of the poor on government dependency," top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) said while opening the third day of the full committee hearing on Democrats' job kil  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 (TNSRep) -- Resources for the Future issued the following working paper (No. 21-29) on Sept. 14, 2021, entitled "A Retrospective Review of Retrospective Cost Analyses". The working paper was written by visiting fellow Arthur G. Fraas, Elizabeth Kopits and Ann Wolverton. * * * Here are excerpts: Abstract Every administration since President Carter has initiated efforts urging agencies to reassess existing regulations. However, these reviews rarely involve ex post benefit  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) joined Charles Payne's Fox Business show "Making Money" this afternoon to discuss Democrats' new elections legislation, their tax-and-spend agenda, and their energy proposals. Excerpts and the full video are below. On Democrats' New Elections Legislation: "Hell no [we do not want the federal government to be able to override states' rights in election laws]. What doe  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 (TNSPol) -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release on Sept. 14, 2021: House Democrats, under the leadership of Ways and Means Committee Chair Richard Neal, are delivering a historic package of clean energy tax incentives through committee today. It makes clean investments across multiple sectors of the economy and builds momentum for these essential policies to be included in any final reconciliation bill. In contrast to these important investments, however, Hous  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Sept. 15 (TNSPol) -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: The Polk County Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 to pass a resolution committing to 90% greenhouse gas emission reductions from county operations by 2040. By passing the resolution, the county commits to begin: * Engaging an experienced and qualified energy consulting firm to conduct a formal audit of the county's energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions at all county properties and vehicle fleet   more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Sept. 15 (TNSOps) -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: National and Pennsylvania-based environmental groups sent petitions urging the Pennsylvania Environmental Quality Board (EQB) to adopt full-cost bonding for conventional and unconventional oil and gas wells. In the state of Pennsylvania, the required bond amounts for oil and gas wells -- the money drilling companies have to put aside for cleanup and plugging before being allowed to drill a new wel  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 15 (TNSPol) -- The Union of Concerned Scientists issued the following statement on Sept. 14, 2021: * * * The Illinois General Assembly passed a comprehensive bill today, the Climate and Equitable Jobs Act (CEJA, SB2408), that puts the state among the nation's leaders in confronting the climate crisis. This bill reduces carbon emissions and moves Illinois away from fossil fuels and towards a clean energy future to achieve a 100% carbon-free power sector by 2045. Additio  more