BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 30 (TNSOps) -- The 350.org issued the following news release: From October 29th to November 6th, 350.org and allies in every region of the globe will unleash a wave of over 120 coordinated actions in 26 countries targeting financial institutions that continue to prop up the fossil fuel industry. The actions express the public feeling of urgency and see people taking action into their own hands to stop the criminal funding of fossil fuels that is killing populations a  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release on Oct. 29, 2021: The Bureau Land Management today announced that state offices will issue draft environmental assessments over the coming days to solicit feedback from the public, Tribes, and state agencies regarding proposed oil and gas lease sales to be held in early 2022. For the first time, the environmental assessments will analyze greenhouse gas emissions on a nationa  more

BOZEMAN, Montana, Oct. 30 (TNSOps) -- Earthjustice issued the following news release: In an important victory for clean water in Montana, a Montana district court judge ruled on Thursday that the Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) repeatedly ignored the law and failed to protect water quality from an expansion of the Rosebud coal strip mine near Colstrip, one of the largest coal strip mines in the nation. Western Environmental Law Center, Earthjustice, Roger Sullivan, and Walton   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 (TNSPol) -- The Environmental Defense Fund issued the following news release on Oct. 29, 2021: The U.S. Supreme Court today agreed to hear a case about the Environmental Protection Agency's long-standing authority to limit climate pollution from power plants. The Court granted requests from coal companies and their allies to review a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. That lower court decision struck down the Trump administration's ACE rule and its   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- The House Natural Resources Committee Office of Insular Affairs issued the following testimony by Ruth Santiago, community and environmental attorney in Puerto Rico, as part of an Oct. 6, 2021, virtual oversight hearing entitled "PREPA Post Implementation of the LUMA Transmission and Distribution Contract": * * * Dear Chair Grijalva and Members of the House Committee on Natural Resources: On behalf of the groups listed in the attachment to this letter, we appreciate the  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- The House Natural Resources Committee Office of Insular Affairs issued the following testimony by Agustin Irizarry, professor of electrical engineering at the University of Puerto Rico, as part of an Oct. 6, 2021, virtual oversight hearing entitled "PREPA Post Implementation of the LUMA Transmission and Distribution Contract": * * * Dear Chair Grijalva and Members of the House Committee on Natural Resources, I appreciate the opportunity to testify and submit written com  more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Oct. 30 (TNSRep) -- The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis issued the following news release: To reach India's renewable energy goals, companies in the sector will need to fund capacity expansion with massive amounts of capital at competitive rates. A new report from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) looks at how this can be done by augmenting traditional financing structures and sources with other channels such as green bond i  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following transcript of an interview on Oct. 31, 2021, of Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken with Dana Bash on CNN State of the Union: * * * QUESTION: Joining me now from Rome is the Secretary of State, Antony Blinken. Mr. Secretary, thank you so much for joining me. I want to start by what happened here in the U.S. President Biden went to Capitol Hill. He asked for a deal before he left for COP26. And Speaker Pelosi told House Democ  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 (TNSPol) -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release on Oct. 29, 2021: House Democrats have released draft legislative text spelling out the details of President Biden's transformational Build Back Better Act, which would invest over $500 billion in climate action, clean energy jobs, and environmental justice -- the largest such investment in U.S. history. Yesterday, President Biden unveiled the framework for the Build Back Better plan, followed by the House Rules C  more

POTSDAM, New York, Oct. 29 (TNSOps) -- The State University of New York Potsdam campus issued the following news on Oct. 27, 2021: In a fitting celebration of National Sustainability Day, SUNY Potsdam officially dedicated the campus's first wind turbine today in a collegial celebration, along with local leaders and partners from Clarkson University. SUNY Potsdam's new 3.5 kilowatt turbine is locally produced by Ducted Wind Turbines, founded by Clarkson faculty member Dr. Kenneth Visser. Leader  more