CANBERRA, Australia, Sept. 30 -- The Australian Department of Industry, Innovation and Science's Minister for Resources, Water and Northern Australia issued the following news release: Australia's resources and energy exports are forecast to earn a record $349 billion for 2021-22, with a strong recovery for coal and despite lower iron ore prices and the ongoing impact of the global COVID-19 pandemic. The September edition of the Resources and Energy Quarterly from the Department of Industry, S  more

CANBERRA, Australia, Sept. 30 (TNSRep) -- The Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association issued the following news release: The latest Resources and Energy Quarterly shows that it is the resources sector, including the Australian oil and gas industry, continuing to drive the nation's economy. According to the Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources/*, the value of Australia's resources and energy export earnings are forecast to set a record of $349 billion in 202  more

CANBERRA, Australia, Sept. 30 -- The Australian Department of Industry, Innovation and Science's Minister for Resources, Water and Northern Australia issued the following joint news release with Angus Taylor, minister for energy and emissions reduction: The Morrison Government has committed $250 million to a new program that will turbocharge the development of commercial-scale carbon capture, use and storage (CCUS) projects and hubs across Australia and create up to 1,500 jobs. The CCUS Hubs a  more

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Sept. 30 (TNSPol) -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release on Sept. 29, 2021: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed today to remove eight birds and a plant in Hawai'i from the endangered species list because of extinction. They join the list of 650 U.S. species that have likely been lost to extinction. The species being proposed for delisting include the Kaua'i 'akialoa, Kaua'i nukupu'u, Kaua'i 'o'o, kama'o or Large Kaua'i thrush, Maui ak  more

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Sept. 30 -- Ecojustice issued the following news release on Sept. 29, 2021: Letters were delivered today to the boards and executives of Canada's 10 largest pension fund managers requesting information on how the funds are meeting their legal fiduciary obligations to beneficiaries in the face of a worsening global climate crisis. These pension funds together have nearly $2 trillion in assets under management (AUM). Each letter is signed by beneficiaries of the resp  more

PARIS, France, Sept. 30 (TNSRep) -- The International Energy Agency issued the following news release: China's remarkable economic growth over the past four decades has lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty, turning the country into a leader in many industries but also the world's largest carbon emitter, accounting for one-third of global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. China provides more than half of the world's steel and cement, but the CO2 emissions from just those two sector  more

LONDON, England, Sept. 30 -- The Mineral Products Association issued the following news: A UK cement kiln has successfully been operated using a net zero fuel as part of a world first demonstration using hydrogen technology. Led by the Mineral Products Association (MPA), Hanson UK and made possible by Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) funding, the trial used a mix of 100 per cent net zero fuels including hydrogen for commercial scale cement manufacture for the very  more

ORLANDO, Florida, Sept. 30 -- The Orlando Utilities Commission issued the following news: On Tuesday, September 28, 2021, OUC completed its purchase of the Osceola Generating Station, a 510-megawatt (MW) single-cycle natural gas-fired power plant located near Harmony in Osceola County. OUC announced plans to purchase the facility last month. The nearly $100 million deal to purchase and upgrade the inactive plant from Genova, a Texas-based private ownership group, does not change OUC's commitme  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Rep. Jared Huffman, D-California, issued the following news release on Sept. 29, 2021: Representatives Jared Huffman (CA-02), Chair of the Natural Resources Water, Oceans, and Wildlife Subcommittee, and Mike Thompson (CA-05) sent a letter to Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg urging him to deny federal funding for a railway project intended to transport coal through their districts. "We cannot imagine that your Department of Transportation, with your   more

BASALT, Colorado, Sept. 30 (TNSRes) -- Rocky Mountain Institute issued the following news release on Sept. 28, 2021: RMI releases its latest report, Pursuing Zero-Carbon Steel in China: A Critical Pillar to Reach Carbon Neutrality, which analyzes the specific path of China's steel industry to reach zero-carbon by 2050. The report finds that it is technically and economically feasible for the steel industry to decarbonize through demand reduction, steel recycling and switching to green routes.   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Sept. 29, 2021: The U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held an oversight hearing on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). During the hearing, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Committee, and FERC Commissioner Mark Christie raised concerns about maintaining the affordability and reliability of electric service for West Virginians amid the nation's transition to a c  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-New York, issued the following news release on Sept. 29, 2021: U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer today announced $1,484,675 in federal funding for SUNY Alfred State College of Technology through the U.S. Department of Labor, in partnership with the Appalachian Regional Commission. Schumer said the grant will be used to enhance workforce development initiatives to meet training needs like specialized welding skills  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration has awarded $10,537,000 in grant funding to support safety and health training, and other programs. MSHA awarded grants to 46 states, the Navajo Nation and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Grantees will use the funds to provide miners with federally mandated training. The grants cove  more

BASEL, Switzerland, Sept. 29 (TNSJou) -- The University of Basel issued the following news release: Mercury released into the atmosphere by industry enters the sea and from there makes its way into the food chain. Now, an analysis by the University of Basel has revealed how the harmful substance enters seawater in the first place. This is not primarily via rainfall, as previously assumed, but rather also involves gas exchange. Measures to reduce mercury emissions could therefore take effect fas  more