GENEVA, Switzerland, Oct. 7 -- The International Labour Organization issued the following news release: Fuller utilization of the existing capital and tools of the international financial institutions could more rapidly reduce the threats to humanity posed by the pandemic and climate change, says a new working paper of the International Labour Organization. The paper Financing Human-Centred COVID-19 Recovery and Decisive Climate Action Worldwide: International Cooperation's 21st Century Momen  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 7 (TNSOps) -- The 350.org issued the following news release: 350.org is thrilled to announce that Anne Schroeer is joining the team as Fundraising Director. In this role, Anne will oversee global fundraising at 350 and help diversify its funding into more countries to support the organization's mission of stopping all new coal, oil and gas projects and building a renewable energy future for all. With a unique experience that combines campaigning and fundraising, Ann  more

SAINT PAUL, Virginia, Oct. 7 -- The Appalachian Regional Commission issued the following news release on Oct. 6, 2021: During the opening plenary of the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC)'s annual conference in St. Paul, Virginia, Federal Co-Chair Gayle Manchin provided a preview of ARC's new 2022-2026 Strategic Plan. The strategic plan, Appalachia Envisioned: A New Era of Opportunity, is expected to be formally approved by the Commission in the coming weeks. During the plenary conversation  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 (TNSPol) -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary: By Murray Hiebert, Senior Associate of the Southeast Asia Program and Danielle Fallin, Program Coordinator and Research Assistant for the CSIS Southeast Asia Program Southeast Asia will be one of the world's most vulnerable regions to climate change unless countries make dramatic cuts in greenhouse gas pollution. According to a 2018 report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Cli  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 (TNSPol) -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following transcript of an online event with seven panelists: The panelists are Stephen Nalley, Acting Administrator and Deputy Administrator, U.S. Energy Information Administration; Angelina LaRose, Assistant Administrator for Energy Analysis, U.S. Energy Information Administration; Erin Boedecker, Team Lead, Energy Consumption & Efficiency Modeling Team; Chris Namovicz, Team Lead, Electricity, Coal &   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news on Oct. 6, 2021: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $45 million in funding for 12 projects to advance point-source carbon capture and storage technologies that can capture at least 95% of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions generated from natural gas power and industrial facilities that produce commodities like cement and steel. These research and development, front-end engineering design and engineering-s  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Energy Information Administration issued the following news release on Oct. 6, 2021: The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) projects that, absent significant changes in policy or technology, world energy consumption will grow by nearly 50% between 2020 and 2050. In its International Energy Outlook 2021 (IEO2021), EIA projects that strong economic growth, particularly with developing economies in Asia, will drive global increases in  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Oct. 7 (TNSRep) -- The Environment California Research and Policy Center issued the following news release on Oct. 5, 2021: * * * Particulate Matter And Ozone Pollution Are Harmful To Human Health * * * California - Over 28 million Californians --about 70% of the state's population-- experienced over 100 days of unhealthy air quality in 2020, according to a new report from Environment California Research & Policy Center, Frontier Group and CALPIRG Education Fund. Ai  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration Program issued the following news: The Office of Restoration and Damage Assessment would like to announce the recent completion of the subject study and related report that the Office funded. The ORDA Mussel Restoration & Monitoring Final Report is now available for download. Executive Summary The Certus, Inc. and Lone Mountain Processing, Inc. Natural Resource Damage Assessment and   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 (TNSOps) -- The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners issued the following news release: The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners President Paul Kjellander has appointed Commissioners Art Graham and David Ziegner as members of the board of directors. Graham, a member of the Florida Public Service Commission, is currently a member of NARUC's Executive Committee. He also serves on the Association's Committee on Electricity, Subcommittee o  more

MUNICH, Germany, Oct. 7 (TNSRes) -- The Max Planck Society issued the following news: Benjamin List, Director at the Max Planck Institute for Coal Research, will receive the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2021 together with David WC MacMillan from Princeton University. They will be honored for their work on asymmetric catalysis. The two researchers discovered that small organic molecules also mediate chemical reactions. Science previously assumed that only enzymes and metals, including often toxic he  more

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Oct. 7 -- The Minerals Council South Africa issued the following news release on Oct. 6, 2021: The Minerals Council South Africa supports the Paris Climate Change Agreement ambition of net zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050. The Minerals Council fully supports the need for a people-centred and pragmatic just energy transition tailored at a country level to meet South Africa's development, economic and energy security ambitions as outlined in the country's la  more

PARIS, France, Oct. 7 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following transcript of an interview on Oct. 6, 2021, of Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken with Francine Lacqua of Bloomberg: * * * QUESTION: Fabulous. Secretary, thank you so much for speaking to Bloomberg. SECRETARY BLINKEN: It's great to be with you. QUESTION: We're here in France. It's been a difficult three weeks diplomatically. How angry really were the French over the subs? SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, we've had a - we've h  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) has awarded two grants, totaling $2 million to Ohio University in Athens. This will support the development of new and safe uses of coal-wastes which will help create good-paying jobs in these communities. "Ohio is leading the way on industrial energy efficiency," said Brown. "  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) held a press conference call Wednesday to unveil the American Energy Worker Opportunity Act, which would provide critical resources and training opportunities to assist and empower workers whose jobs are affected by the energy industry's move toward renewable sources. "We can't allow the workers who powered our country to be left behind as we adopt new technology and grow the ren  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 (TNSpol) -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release on Oct. 6, 2021: The Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) released a proposed rule to amend certain aspects of its regulations for implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The phased approach to modifying the NEPA regulations would start with three specific changes in Phase 1 to restore certain regulatory provisions from the original 1978 regulations. Phase 2 would take a more comprehensive look  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Surface Transportation Board issued the following decision (Docket No. AB 1296X) entitled "R. J. Corman Railroad Property, - Abandonment Exemption - In Scott, Campbell, And Anderson Counties, Tenn.": On May 26, 2021, Anderson County, Tenn. (Anderson County), filed a petition to reopen an exemption that became effective, allowing R. J. Corman Railroad Property, LLC (RJC Railroad Property) to abandon a rail line extending from milepost  more