MELBOURNE, Australia, Oct. 26 (TNSRep) -- The Australian Conservation Foundation issued the following news release: The Australian Conservation Foundation has welcomed the Prime Minister's commitment to reach net zero by 2050 but says it's not a win for the climate without a plan to seriously cut emissions this decade. "By setting a net zero by 2050 goal the Prime Minister has finally committed Australia to a target that other nations signed up to years ago," said ACF Chief Executive Kelly O'S  more

CANBERRA, Australia, Oct. 26 -- The Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association issued the following news release: The voice of Australia's oil and gas industry today said the industry was critical to helping the Australian Government deliver on its commitment to zero net emissions by 2050 across the economy. APPEA Chief Executive Andrew McConville said the oil and gas industry was already taking action and making investments to reduce emissions in Australia and our region. "N  more

LONDON, England, Oct. 26 -- British Prime Minister Boris Johnson issued the following news release: The Prime Minister spoke to Indonesian President Widodo this morning ahead of next week's COP26 Summit. The Prime Minister welcomed Indonesia's commitment to reach net zero emissions by 2060 and expressed his hope that they will increase their ambition and bring the target forward to 2050. The leaders also discussed the importance of making progress to end deforestation and the use of coal powe  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 -- The House Science, Space and Technology Subcommittees on Investigations and Oversight and Energy issued the following testimony by Kathryn Huff, acting Assistant Secretary for the Nuclear Energy office at the Energy Department, as part of a joint video conference hearing on Oct. 21, 2021, entitled "Judicious Spending to Enable Success at the Office of Nuclear Energy": * * * Chairman Bowman, Ranking Member Weber, Chairman Foster, Ranking Member Obernolte, and Members of t  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 -- The House Science, Space and Technology Subcommittees on Investigations and Oversight and Energy issued the following testimony by Amy C. Roma, founding member of the Nuclear Energy and National Security Coalition at the Atlantic Council, as part of a joint video conference hearing on Oct. 21, 2021, entitled "Judicious Spending to Enable Success at the Office of Nuclear Energy". Roma is also a regulatory lawyer at the Hogan Lovells law firm. * * * My name is Amy Roma an  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Oct. 26 -- ConocoPhillips, a producer of oil and gas resources, issued the following news release: The MPL LNG Project's strategic location on the West Coast of Mexico will, by itself, result in lower greenhouse gas emissions due to shorter transit to Asian markets as compared to many other Gulf of Mexico and Pacific Basin LNG producers in addition to lower greenhouse gas emissions resulting from the use of leading technologies. The collaboration will seek to further reduce base  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Oct. 25 (TNSsro) -- The North Carolina Utilities Commission issued the following order granting petition to intervene (Docket No. E-100): In the Matter of Rulemaking Proceeding to Implement Securitization of Early Retirement of Subcritical Coal-Fired Generating Facilities ORDER GRANTING PETITION TO INTERVENE BY THE CHAIR: On October 18, 2021, Carolina Utility Customers Association, Inc. (CUCA) filed a petition with the Commission seeking to intervene in the above-cap  more

CANBERRA, Australia, Oct. 26 -- The office of the Prime Minister of Australia issued the following news release: The Morrison Government will act in a practical, responsible way to deliver net zero emissions by 2050 while preserving Australian jobs and generating new opportunities for industries and regional Australia. Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Minister for Industry, Energy and Emissions Reduction Angus Taylor today released Australia's Long Term Emissions Reduction Plan (the Plan), to  more

CHIPPENDALE, Australia, Oct. 26 -- The Nature Conservation Council issued the following news release: The Nature Conservation Council is encouraging everyone concerned about the respiratory health of Central Coast children to make a submission to the review of Vales Point coal-fired power station's exemption to the NSW Clean Air laws. Vales Point's special exemption lets it emit toxic NO2 gas at twice the rate set out in the NSW clean air laws, which is due to expire. Last December, the compa  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 -- Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Arkansas, ranking Republican member of the House Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on Oct. 25, 2021: House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) led a Republican forum titled "Biden's Afghanistan Crisis: Forfeiting U.S. Investment in Critical Minerals to the Taliban." "For 15 years, the U.S. Geological Survey spent more than $81 million to survey Afghanistan's minerals and sent its scie  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 -- Rep. Norma J. Torres, D-California, issued the following news release: Congresswomen Veronica Escobar (TX-16) and Norma J. Torres (CA-35) led a group of lawmakers in sending a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen and Secretary of State Anthony J. Blinken urging them to use existing authorities to impose targeted sanctions against individuals responsible for human rights abuses of indigenous and local environmental activists - often referred to as "environmental de  more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Oct. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories issued the following news release on Oct. 25, 2021: In one of nature's unexpected bounties, a harmless food-grade solvent has been used to extract highly sought rare-earth metals from coal ash, reducing the amount of ash without damaging the environment and at the same time increasing an important national resource. Coal ash is the unwanted but widely present residue of coal-fired power. Rare-earth  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 26 -- The United Nations issued the following remarks on Oct. 25, 2021, by Secretary General Antonio Guterres at the virtual event on the 50th anniversary of General Assembly resolution 2758: * * * I am pleased to join you as we mark 50 years since the General Assembly adopted resolution 2758 deciding to "restore all its rights to the People's Republic of China and to recognize the representatives of its Government as the only legitimate representatives of China in the United Na  more

OTTAWA, Ontario, Oct. 26 -- Environment and Climate Change Canada issued the following news release on Oct. 25, 2021: The UK COP26 Presidency is publishing the Climate Finance Delivery Plan, to provide clarity on when and how developed countries will meet the $100 billion climate finance goal and how the financing will prospectively proceed until 2025. Climate finance plays a critical role in helping developing countries fight climate change and adapt to its impacts. That's why, in 2009, devel  more

STIRLING, Scotland, Oct. 26 -- Zero Waste Scotland issued the following news release on Oct. 25, 2021: The embers of Scotland's proud steel production industry could yet be rekindled in a move that would see Scotland become the producers of some of the greenest steel in the world, according to Zero Waste Scotland. In a new paper published today (Monday 25 October 2021) titled 'How Should Scotland Manage its Scrap Steel?', Zero Waste Scotland's analysts detail the 'clear and obvious' environmen  more