LOS ANGELES, California, Nov. 13 -- CodePink, a grassroots peace and social justice movement working to end U.S.-funded wars and occupations, to challenge militarism globally, issued the following news release: On Wednesday in Glasgow, the United States and China issued an unexpected joint declaration on enhancing bilateral climate action throughout the 2020s and for the remainder of the UN Climate Conference COP 26 under the framework of the Paris climate agreement. CODEPINK recognizes that th  more

PRETORIA, South Africa, Nov. 13 -- The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research issued the following news release: The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) welcomes the announcement of the preferred bidders by the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) in the fifth round of the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (REI4P). The programme has seen sustained cost reductions, with the results confirming that renewable energy is the lowe  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Nov. 13 (TNSOps) -- Earthjustice issued the following news release on Nov. 12, 2021: The Richmond City Council reached a monumental settlement with the Levin-Richmond Terminal Corporation to phase out the storage of coal and petcoke in the city by the end of 2026. The settlement closes the chapter on a legal fight between the City of Richmond and three fossil fuel companies after Richmond passed an ordinance phasing out the handling of coal and petcoke in the city ove  more

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Nov. 13 -- Ecojustice issued the following news release: Environmental groups are jumping into the legal fray to support the federal government as it fends off an industry-led lawsuit challenging its efforts to regulate plastic pollution. Ecojustice, acting on behalf of Oceana Canada and Environmental Defence, will make arguments defending the government's efforts to combat the growing plastics crisis and introduce checks and balances to hold industry accountable.   more

MIAMI, Florida, Nov. 13 -- Holland and Knight, a law firm, issued the following news release on Nov. 12, 2021: Holland & Knight advised BurgerFi International Inc. (Nasdaq: BFI, BFIIW), the owner of one of the nation's fastest-growing premium fast-casual restaurant chains, on its $156.6 million acquisition of Anthony's Coal Fired Pizza & Wings from private equity firm L Catterton. The Palm Beach, Fla.-based BurgerFi International, Inc. operates 116 BurgerFi restaurants domestically and interna  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Nov. 12, 2021: The Department of Justice announced today that it will require S&P Global Inc. (S&P) to divest three of IHS Markit Ltd.'s (IHSM) price reporting agency (PRA) businesses to resolve antitrust concerns arising from their proposed $44 billion merger. PRAs provide critical price discovery for numerous commodity markets, including markets where trades are done off-exchange in private transactions  more

LANSING, Michigan, Nov. 13 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel co-sponsored a letter to Congress signed by 43 attorneys general in support of the Bankruptcy Venue Reform Act of 2021. The bipartisan legislation would end "forum shopping" and prevent corporations from choosing to file for bankruptcy in whichever district is believed to be more favorable. Currently, incorporations may file bankruptcy in any district in   more

GLASGOW, Scotland, Nov. 13 (TNSOps) -- Greenpeace International issued the following statement on Nov. 12, 2021: * * * Commenting on the new COP26 final decision text published by the UK Presidency this morning (Friday), Greenpeace International Executive Director Jennifer Morgan said: "It could be better, it should be better, and we have one day left to make it a lot, lot better. Right now the fingerprints of fossil fuel interests are still on the text and this is not the breakthrough deal t  more

FLAGSTAFF, Arizona, Nov. 13 (TNSRes) -- Northern Arizona University issued the following news: Panicked purchasing, empty store shelves, long lines at the gas station--given supply chain woes, is that America's future for the foreseeable future? Yes and no, said one supply chain expert--and also maybe. The global supply chain is a complicated mechanism that can be upset by a few isolated breakdowns, but it also is predictable and resilient enough that knowing what to look for can help countries  more

GLASGOW, Scotland, Nov. 13 (TNSPol) -- Oil Change International issued the following news release on Nov. 12, 2021: Last Thursday on November 4, a group of countries and institutions committed to end international public finance for unabated oil, gas, and coal by the end of 2022 at the United Nations climate conference in Scotland (COP26). Since then new countries have been added on a daily basis. There are now 34 signatories and counting and the annual average of potential public finance shift  more

GLASGOW, Scotland, Nov. 13 (TNSRep) -- Oil Change International issued the following news release on Nov. 12, 2021: After two weeks of talks, pledges and meetings in Glasgow, a scathing report has cut through the rhetoric of five wealthy nations, including the COP Hosts, by reviewing their plans to expand the production of the primary cause of climate change - fossil fuels. The report, coined The Fossil Fuelled 5, finds that the gap between climate rhetoric and reality is dangerously wide, wit  more

GLASGOW, Scotland, Nov. 11 (TNSOps) -- Oil Change International issued the following news release on Nov. 10, 2021: Last Thursday on November 4, a group of countries and institutions committed to end international public finance for unabated oil, gas, and coal by the end of 2022 at the United Nations climate conference in Scotland (COP26). Yesterday Germany and El Salvador joined the initiative and today Spain confirmed that it is joining too. This increases the number of signatories to 30 and  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Nov. 13 -- The Pennsylvania Treasurer issued the following news release on Nov. 12, 2021: Treasurer Stacy Garrity today joined a coalition of 21 fiscal officers from 18 states calling on President Biden to withdraw his nominee for Comptroller of the Currency, Saule Omarova. "The nominee has repeatedly expressed views that are completely out of line with American economic principles. She has said that she wants to 'end banking as we know it' - and earlier this year cla  more

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, Nov. 13 (TNSPol) -- The Progressive Democrats of America issued the following news release: As world leaders wrap up the COP 26 conference in Glasgow, climate activists are expressing frustration with the unwillingness to directly confront the fossil fuel industry, and are strengthening their calls on the Biden administration to take necessary executive action to address the escalating global crisis. With Biden's climate priorities being substantially watered down durin  more

RICHMOND, California, Nov. 13 (TNSOps) -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release on Nov. 12, 2021: The Richmond City Council reached a monumental settlement with the Levin-Richmond Terminal Corporation to phase out the storage of coal and petcoke in the city by the end of 2026. The settlement closes the chapter on a legal fight between the City of Richmond and three fossil fuel companies after Richmond passed an ordinance phasing out the handling of coal and petcoke in the city over   more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Nov. 13 -- West Virginia State Treasurer Riley Moore issued the following news release on Nov. 12, 2021: State Treasurer Riley Moore today announced he and a coalition of State Treasurers and financial officers are strongly urging the U.S. Senate to reject President Joe Biden's radical Comptroller of the Currency nominee Saule Omarova, who has said she wants to 'bankrupt' the coal and natural gas industries and proposed to 'end banking as we know it.' "The nomination  more

MONROVIA, California, Nov. 13 (TNSOps) -- World Vision International issued the following news release: Children have said they are angry, but not surprised at a decision to water down a call for "an accelerated phase-out of coal power and subsidies for fossil fuels" from the COP26 draft agreement. A second, softer draft published this morning called for parties to "[accelerate] the phase-out of unabated coal power and of inefficient subsidies for fossil fuels." Nomundari, a sixteen -year-old  more