WASHINGTON, Oct. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: By Jim Garamone Climate change is happening. The DOD has to understand what's happening and how to mitigate or adapt to the effects -- and then be part of the solution, Richard Kidd, the deputy assistant secretary of defense for environment and energy resilience, told the Defense Writers' Group today. Kidd's appearance comes the day after the White House released climate adaptation plans from each agency. The De  more

BRUSSELS, Belgium, Oct. 7 -- The European Commission issued the following remarks via video-conference by President Ursula von der Leyen for the European Union Sustainable Investment Summit: * * * It is an honour to open this first European Sustainable Investment Summit. In the coming hours, this virtual stage will host an incredible panel of speakers. From central bankers to business leaders, from royals to climate activists. So, what is it that brought us all together? I could start with the  more

ULTRECHT, Netherlands, Oct. 12 (TNSRep) -- The European Forum for Primary Care issued the following news: The European Forum for Primary Care (EFPC) together with its' allies calls on the governments of European Countries to ensure that pandemic recovery investments support climate action and reduce social and health inequities, we call on all nations to update their national climate commitments under the Paris Agreement to commit to their fair share of limiting warming to 1.5 C; we call on the  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 12 (TNSOps) -- UNITE HERE, a labor union for workers in the hotel, gaming, food service, manufacturing, textile, distribution, laundry, transportation and airport industries in the U.S. and Canada, issued the following news release: On behalf of the 300,000 hospitality workers and families that UNITE HERE represents, we want to extend our fullest solidarity with IATSE workers who authorized what would be the biggest strike in decades, as well as the thousands of workers at Kellog  more

LONDON, England, Oct. 12 (TNSOps) -- Greenpeace UK issued the following news release on Oct. 11, 2021: CAMPAIGNERS have installed a 12-ft oil-splattered statue of a dithering Boris Johnson at Downing Street today, urging him to end the UK's reliance on oil, to protect consumers, workers and the climate. Activists locked themselves to a stone-effect statue of the Prime Minister, calling him out for preparing to approve a huge new oil field at Cambo, west of Shetland, amid a gas price crisis, ju  more

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, Oct. 12 (TNSBook) -- The University of Virginia's School of Law issued the following news: * * * Professor Jason Johnston Advocates for Cost-Benefit Approach in His New Book, 'Climate Rationality' * * * The young climate change activist Greta Thunberg famously stated, "I want you to act as you would in a crisis. I want you to act as if our house is on fire. Because it is." But is there a way to escape the fire and save the building, while not making costly mistake  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Oct. 12 -- The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality issued the following news release: The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality's Division of Waste Management (DWM) will host a virtual public hearing on Tuesday, October 26, on a draft solid waste permit for the second of three new, lined landfills at the Allen Steam Station in Gaston County. The draft permit will include Duke Energy's construction and operation of the second landfill (called the South   more

CHIPPENDALE, Australia, Oct. 12 -- The Nature Conservation Council issued the following news release on Oct. 11, 2021: The Nature Conservation Council urges state and federal government to fast-track transition planning for Lithgow after one the nation's leading energy experts warned coal-fired power generation could end in Australia by 2035 or sooner. The Australian Financial review reported today: Energy Security Board chairman Kerry Schott has predicted coal-fired power will disappear fr  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Oct. 12 -- The West Virginia Legislature issued the following news release: SECOND READING * SB 3001: Making supplemental appropriation of federal funds to Bureau of Senior Services [By Request of the Executive] (Blair, Baldwin) * SB 3002: Making supplemental appropriation of federal funds to DHS, Energy Assistance [By Request of the Executive] (Blair, Baldwin) * SB 3003: Expiring funds to unappropriated surplus balance from Consumer Protection Recovery Fund [By Re  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 12 -- WarnerMedia, a media and entertainment company, issued the following news release: FALL 2021 SUCCESSION (Drama Series) Press Assets * Synopsis: Ambushed by his rebellious son Kendall at the end of Season 2, Logan Roy begins Season 3 in a perilous position. Scrambling to secure familial, political, and financial alliances, tensions rise as a bitter corporate battle threatens to turn into a family civil war. * S3 Cast: Brian Cox, Jeremy Strong, Sarah Snook, Kieran Culkin,  more