BRISBANE, Australia, Dec. 4 (TNSJou) -- The Australian Marine Conservation Society issued the following news release: Federal Labor's new target to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 43 per cent by 2030 is a significant improvement on the Coalition's policy, but we need greater ambition to ensure the survival of our Great Barrier Reef and the tens of thousands of jobs that depend on its health. The Australian Marine Conservation Society (AMCS) said Labor's Powering Australia policy is a step forw  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 (TNSRep)-- The Joint Economic Committee issued the following news brief on Nov. 19, 2021: * * * Economic Issue in Focus: Build Back Better and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal will grow the economy and add jobs, while asking the wealthy and corporations to pay their fair share The House voted to pass the Build Back Better Act. This fully paid-for legislation includes investments in paid family leave, affordable child care and health care, universal pre-k, lower prescripti  more

CHALK RIVER, Ontario, Dec. 4 (TNSOps) -- Canadian Nuclear Laboratories issued the following statement by Vice-President Jeff Griffin on Dec. 3, 2021: * * * CNL is pleased to congratulate OPG on their selection of a vendor for the construction of a new grid-scale small modular reactor (SMR) for the Darlington site: GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy. This announcement is another positive step forward for nuclear energy in Ontario, in Canada and around the globe, and is indicative of the momentum which   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 (TNSPol) -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release on Dec. 2, 2021: Climate and conservation groups filed a Freedom of Information Act request today seeking public records from the Interior Department relating to its recent report reviewing the federal oil and gas leasing programs that presumes expanded leasing. "This flimsy report abandons Biden's campaign promise to end new federal oil and gas leasing and drilling. Instead, it recommends but   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) led his colleagues in writing to Walter J. Scheller, Chief Executive Officer Warrior Met Coal, Inc. (Warrior Met), urging him to oversee good-faith negotiations for a fair contract with the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA). In 2016, when Walter Energy filed for bankruptcy, the UMWA agreed to save the company by sacrificing their wages and benefits packages. The new company  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Dec. 3, 2021: U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) wrote to Walter J. Scheller, Chief Executive Officer Warrior Met Coal, Inc. (Warrior Met), urging him to oversee good-faith negotiations for a fair contract with the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA). In 2016, when Walter Energy filed for bankruptcy, the UMWA agreed to save the company by sacrificing their wages and ben  more

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Nov. 27 -- The Stockholm Environment Institute issued the following news release: "Should I stop lighting the firepit on Saturday mornings? Is it actually bad for the environment?" Those were the questions BBC Scotland "Out of Doors" presenters Mark Stephen and Euan McIlwraith found themselves asking after a listener emailed in asking them to consider climate change. They asked SEI's Jessica Slater to help them understand the impacts of their firepit, and whether they should   more