NEW YORK, Oct. 23 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news release on Oct. 22, 2021: One year ago Fikile Ntshangase, an environmental activist from South Africa, was gunned down in her home in Somkhele in KwaZulu-Natal province, after raising concerns about a coal mine in the area. No arrests have been made. Today, members of her community and of local environmental justice organizations took to the streets and sent a letter to South Africa's government, calling for justice. They have   more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Oct. 23 (TNSRep) -- The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis issued the following news release: Battery storage and green hydrogen - markets that are critical for India's renewable future and energy security - could scale up rapidly in the country, bolstered by government policy and private company ventures, according to a new briefing note from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA). "Grid-scale energy storage technologies will play  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 (TNSBook) -- The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners issued the following news release on Oct. 22, 2021: The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners Center for Partnerships & Innovation today announced the release of a new guidebook through the NARUC-U.S. Department of Energy Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage Partnership. The publication provides a comprehensive review of the opportunities for low-carbon hydrogen production from co  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 (TNSOps) -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release on Oct. 22, 2021: Today the Second Global Grassroots Leaders Climate Summit concluded after four days of virtual conversations among grassroots leaders from 44 organizations and across 20 countries in the Global South. Leaders and activists offered first-hand accounts and insight into how the climate crisis is threatening the health and safety of their communities and delivered specific demands directly to US offi  more

STEPHENVILLE, Texas, Oct. 23 (TNSMon) -- Tarleton State University issued the following news release: President James and First Lady Kindall Hurley celebrated Homecoming weekend 2021 this afternoon with a $25,000 gift to support scholarships for Tarleton State University students. Inspired by their generosity, several benefactors stepped up to boost the donation. A first-generation university graduate from the coal mining region of Central Appalachia, Dr. Hurley says he and his wife are commit  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury issued the following news release on Oct. 22, 2021: The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced that the United States joined other OECD Participants to the Arrangement on Officially Supported Export Credits in agreeing on new disciplines that prohibit export credits for all new unabated coal power generation technology. Only carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration technology, or "CCUS," qualifies as abatement. This arrangement  more