BREMERHAVEN, Germany, Nov. 6 (TNSJou) -- The Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research issued the following news release: After dropping considerably worldwide in 2020, this year fossil carbon dioxide emissions will likely reach the level before the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. That's the conclusion arrived at by the Global Carbon Project. Every year, experts assess how much CO2 was released into the atmosphere around the globe, and how much was absorbed b  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 5 (TNSPol) -- Waterkeeper Alliance issued the following news release on Nov. 3, 2021: U.S. climate groups slammed the Biden administration today for ignoring climate impacts and refusing to stop oil and gas leasing on public lands despite President Biden's Glasgow pledge to halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. The revised plans for February lease sales in seven western states, announced this week by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), defer some acres to protect imperiled spe  more

LONDON, England, Nov. 6 (TNSRep) -- The National Institute of Economic and Social Research issued the following news release: A sudden and uniform rise of $100 per tonne in the carbon tax applied across all economies could drive inflation higher short term and lower GDP by about 1-2% in most OECD countries, and considerably more in more carbon intensive economies, according to a new study by The National Institute of Economic and Social Research. Climate change policies such as carbon taxes an  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 (TNSJou) -- The Defenders of Wildlife issued the following news on No. 4, 2021: A new study published today by journal PloS One, has revealed that mountaintop removal mining poses a more serious and widespread threat to endangered species and people than was previously understood. The researchers from Defenders of Wildlife's Center for Conservation Innovation (CCI), and conservation technology nonprofit SkyTruth, combined water-quality data with satellite imagery of mountaint  more

LONDON, England, Nov. 6 -- Friends of the Earth issued the following statement on Nov. 6, 2021: * * * Countries committed today at the global climate summit in Glasgow to take billions of dollars out of fossil fuel projects by the end of 2022. Miriam Turner, co-executive director at Friends of the Earth, said: "This is a welcome commitment which will shift $8 billion of public finance away from damaging and dirty fossil fuels. This money should be used to invest in renewable energy, and cruc  more

GLASGOW, Scotland, Nov. 5 (TNSRes) -- Friends of the Earth issued the following news release on Nov. 4, 2021: At the UN Climate Summit today, Urgewald, Friends of the Earth US and 20 NGO partners launched the "Global Oil & Gas Exit List" (GOGEL). This list is an extensive public database covering 887 oil and gas companies that account for almost 95% of global oil and gas production. GOGEL was designed to make companies' fossil expansion activities visible, both to the finance world and the pub  more

LONDON, England, Nov. 6 (TNSJou) -- Imperial College London issued the following news on Nov. 5, 2021: By Hayley Dunning If fulfilled, climate pledges made in the last six years have a much better chance of reaching globally agreed temperature goals. Over 100 nations have issued new commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions ahead of the United Nations Conference of the Parties, or COP26, currently underway in Glasgow. A new analysis published today in the journal Science assessed those   more

GLASGOW, Scotland, Nov. 6 (TNSPol) -- The Natural Resources Defense Council issued the following statement on Nov. 4, 2021, by Jake Schmidt, senior strategic director of International Climate in the International Program: * * * The United States, Canada, United Kingdom and Italy are among 20 countries that committed at the COP26 climate summit today to end overseas public financing for fossil fuel projects by the end of next year, steering spending instead into clean energy. Earlier this year,  more

GLASGOW, Scotland, Nov. 6 (TNSOps) -- The Nature Conservancy issued the following statement: * * * Commenting on some of the key storylines to come out of COP26 so far, The Nature Conservancy's CEO Jennifer Morris said: * Glasgow Leaders' Declaration on Forest and Land Use: 'Given the enormous pressures facing our planet's remaining forests, it's no surprise that early headlines have been dominated by this major agreement - brokered by the UK government and signed by over 100 world leaders in  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 -- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, issued the following floor statement: * * * U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks on the Senate floor regarding Democrats' reckless tax and spending spree: "President Biden spent much of the past week participating in a U.N. summit on the so-called Paris Climate Accords. "The event was billed as a serious meeting of world leaders committed to taking action on climate polic  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Nov. 6 (TNSOps) -- The Sierra Club issued the following statement: * * * Southern Company, the nation's third largest utility, has announced plans to close most of its coal burning units at Plant Scherer, Plant Bowen, and Plant Wansley in Georgia, in addition to its coal units at Plant Gaston and Plant Barry in Alabama. The utility announced during its quarterly earnings report on Thursday that the closures will occur by 2028. David Rogers, Southeast Deputy Regional Director  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 (TNSPol) -- The Sunrise Movement issued the following news release on Nov. 5, 2021: Over 100 Sunrise activists and climate hunger strikers blockaded Senator Joe Manchin outside his yacht confronting him on his obstruction of the life affirming climate and jobs package in Congress. They demanded that President Biden and Democratic leadership denounce Manchin's fossil fuel corruption by removing him as chair of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee and immediately pass a c  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Nov. 6 (TNSOps) -- The Union of Concerned Scientists issued the following news release: * * * The first week of the annual U.N. climate talks taking place in Glasgow, Scotland are slated to conclude today. Below is a statement by Dr. Rachel Cleetus, policy director and lead economist in the Climate and Energy Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), offering an update on the progress made at COP26 so far and a look forward to the work that will need to take  more