WASHINGTON, June 22 -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release on June 21, 2024: Yesterday, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission announced that CP2 LNG is on the agenda (https://ferc.gov/news-events/news/sunshine-notice-june-2024-commission-meeting) for its June meeting, in the midst of robust and ongoing frontline and national opposition to the gas export project. Evidence shows that expanded gas exports would be harmful to local communities, significantly contribute to dangerous  more

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- The Joint Economic Committee released the following testimony by Scott Lincicome, vice president of general economics for the Stiefel Trade Policy Center at the Cato Institute, from a June 12, 2024, hearing entitled "Made in America: The Boom in U.S. Manufacturing Investment": * * * Dear Chairman Heinrich, Vice Chairman Schweikert, and Members of the Committee: Thank you for inviting me to testify today.1 Industrial policy is back in Washington, and supporters claim not  more

UTRECHT, The Netherlands, June 22 -- Utrecht University issued the following news: The "greenhouse gas accountant of the world," as Dutch newspaper de Volkskrant once described him. Not an undeserved qualification for Detlef van Vuuren: his research has contributed to, among other things, the Paris Climate Agreement and plays an important role in multiple reports of the IPCC. This year he has been awarded the Spinoza Prize for his scientific work, the highest honour in Dutch science. The prize   more

LONDON, England, June 22 -- The National Union of Journalists issued the following news: An open letter signed by almost 500 academics, representing a Who's Who of leading scientists including six Nobel prize winners, has been sent to Springer Nature in support of staff who are striking for an increased pay offer. Professor Ben List, director of the Max Planck Institute for Coal Research and professor of organic chemistry at the University of Cologne, 2021 Nobel Prize winner for chemistry, sai  more