LONDON, England, Oct. 27 -- The Climate Group issued the following news on Oct. 26, 2021: On 30 September, Climate Group and the UK Government presented the EP100 initiative and freshly launched 2021 Product Efficiency Call to Action. Both initiatives are seeking business support to help ensure that product efficiency gets due attention at the negotiating table in Glasgow. Participants heard from Mahindra & Mahindra and Trane Technologies - both members of Climate Group's EP100 initiative - on  more

BRUSSELS, Belgium, Oct. 28 -- The Council of the European Union issued the following news release: Economy and finance ministers today welcomed the assessment of national recovery and resilience plans for Estonia, Finland and Romania. Council implementing decisions on the approval of these plans will be adopted by written procedure shortly after today's ministers' video conference. Following the formal adoption of the decisions, those member states will be able to receive the requested 13% pre  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 27 -- The U.S. Court of International Trade issued the following slip opinion (Court No. 17-00167): THE DIAMOND SAWBLADES MANUFACTURERS' COALITION, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES, Defendant, and BOSUN TOOLS CO., LTD., Defendant-Intervenor. Before: Claire R. Kelly, Judge OPINION [Sustaining the U.S. Department of Commerce's second Final Remand Redetermination in its sixth annual review of the antidumping duty order on diamond sawblades and parts thereof from the People's Republ  more

BRUSSELS, Belgium, Oct. 28 -- The European Investment Bank issued the following news release: In the lead up to the COP 26 global climate conference, the European Investment Bank (EIB) is joining forces with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in highlighting the need for urgent fossil fuel subsidy reform. Hundreds of billions are spent annually to subsidize fossil fuels for consumers - oil, gas, and coal -, which are destroying our planet while hundreds of millions of people live   more

LONDON, England, Oct. 28 (TNSRep) -- Friends of the Earth issued the following news release: Fossil fuel companies are planning to seek approval for damaging new coal, oil and gas extraction projects in the UK by 2025, a new study has found. According to research from Friends of the Earth England, Wales and Northern Ireland (EWNI) and the New Economics Foundation, 30 offshore oil and gas projects, as well as seven onshore developments and three coal mines, are currently in the pipeline across   more

PENSACOLA, Florida, Oct. 28 -- Gulf Power, a subsidiary of NextEra Energy, issued the following news on Oct. 26, 2021: The Florida Public Service Commission today unanimously approved Florida Power & Light Company's comprehensive, four-year rate settlement agreement developed jointly with the Florida Office of Public Counsel - the state's consumer advocate - as well as the Florida Retail Federation, the Florida Industrial Power Users Group and the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy. The approv  more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Oct. 28 -- Gov. JB Pritzker, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Governor JB Pritzker will travel to London and Glasgow to tout Illinois' climate leadership and economic development opportunities from November 2 to November 9, 2021. "Illinois is leading the Midwest on climate action and building a green energy economy and I am eager to tout our success abroad," said Governor JB Pritzker. "Our historic clean energy legislation, talented workforce, and role as a  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and Congressman Jamie Raskin (D-MD-08) are leading a bicameral group of members of Congress to push back on subsidies for dirty hydrogen in the Build Back Better plan. As lawmakers work to hammer out a deal before the upcoming Glasgow climate summit, it is critical that the Build Back Better framework includes strong climate action that puts the U.S. on track to meet the   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following floor remarks on Oct. 27, 2021, on energy prices: * * * U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) delivered the following remarks on the Senator floor about the damaging energy provisions in the Democrats' reckless tax and spending spree. "I come to the floor today to talk about energy prices, which we know are spiking all across the country. "As the presid  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on Oct. 27, 2021: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today participated in a nominations hearing of Christopher Frey to be Assistant Administrator for Research and Development at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Jennifer Clyburn Reed to b  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Oct. 27, 2021: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today participated in a nominations hearing of Christopher Frey to be Assistant Administrator for Research and Development at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Jennifer Clyburn Reed to be Federal Co-Chair of the Southeast Crescent Regional Commission. HI  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release on Oct. 27, 2021: U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today said families and businesses in Mississippi and across the nation will continue to pay the price for President Biden's self-inflicted American energy crisis. With President Biden preparing to jet to a climate conference in Scotland, Hyde-Smith on Wednesday participated in an Energy Day news conference to criticize the increasingly dire e  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on Oct. 27, 2021: Senator James Lankford (R-OK) today served as lead Republican in a hearing of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Government Operations and Border Management entitled, "Strategies for Improving Critical Energy Infrastructure," which examined the importance of grid reliability and ensuring we have an adequate energy supply while Oklahomans await rumored hi  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and Congressman Jamie Raskin (D-MD-08) are leading a bicameral group of members of Congress to push back on subsidies for dirty hydrogen in the Build Back Better plan. As lawmakers work to hammer out a deal before the upcoming Glasgow climate summit, it is critical that the Build Back Better framework includes strong climate action that puts the U.S. on track to meet the Bi  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Oct. 28 (TNSPol) -- The Sierra Club issued the following statement on Oct. 27, 2021: * * * The Pennsylvania Senate passed SCRRR1 disapproving of a regulation enabling Pennsylvania to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). Under the Regulatory Review Act, today is the deadline for each chamber to approve a concurrent resolution to block the regulation and stop Pennsylvania from joining RGGI. However, Governor Wolf has pledged to veto it to ensure the state  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Oct. 27, 2021: Today, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, discussed how the Senate-passed Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act includes Senators Portman, Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), and Joe Manchin's (D-WV) bipartisan Federal Permitting Reform and Jobs Act, as w  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 -- The U.S. Court of Federal Claims issued the following unreported opinion and order (Case No. 20-1520): Filed: October 27, 2021 JOHN D. HORTON, Plaintiff, v. THE UNITED STATES, Defendant. John D. Horton, pro se, Lawton, Oklahoma. Margaret J. Jantzen, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for the Defendant. MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER TAPP, Judge. John Horton, proceeding pro se, brings this action seeking a return  more

IRVINE, California, Oct. 28 (TNSRes) -- The University of California Irvine campus issued the following news release: * * * Chinese emissions rose substantially while those in Europe and the U.S. remained lower * * * Days before the opening of the 26th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Glasgow, Scotland, the latest estimates by the Carbon Monitor, an international research initiative begun during the pandemic, show that global carbon di  more

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, Oct. 28 (TNSRes) -- The University of Virginia issued the following research news: As the self-driving car travels down a dark, rural road, a deer lingering among the trees up ahead looks poised to dart into the car's path. Will the vehicle know exactly what to do to keep everyone safe? Some computer scientists and engineers aren't so sure. But researchers at the University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science are hard at work developing methods they  more