NEW YORK, March 6 -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release on March 4, 2021: Conservation groups filed a formal notice of intent today to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service over its decision in April 2019 to deny Endangered Species Act protection to eastern hellbenders. These river-dwelling salamanders can grow longer than 2 feet and live in clear, fast-flowing mountain streams in 15 southeastern, midwestern and northeastern states. They have now been elimina  more

BERLIN, Germany, March 6 -- Climate Action Tracker issued the following news release: There is no significant change in China's narrative of dirty (coal) vs clean energy: the plan includes a high promotion of both. China has re-committed to peaking CO2 emissions before 2030 and states there will be a plan to implement it. But the question is whether its continued focus on boosting coal (and oil and gas) is consistent with this goal. The CAT has analysed China's draft Paris Agreement 2030 targ  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 6 (TNSJou) -- Ohio State University issued the following news: Putting a price on producing carbon is the cheapest, most efficient policy change legislators can make to reduce emissions that cause climate change, new research suggests. The case study, published recently in the journal Current Sustainable/Renewable Energy Reports, analyzed the costs and effects that a variety of policy changes would have on reducing carbon dioxide emissions from electricity generation in T  more

MIAMI, Florida, March 6 (TNSJou) -- The University of Miami's Miller School of Medicine issued the following news: After decades of policy failures, sweeping reforms are needed to address the nation's serious health inequities, including racism, poverty and access to care, according to a comprehensive study by The Lancet Commission on Public Policy and Health in the Trump Era. Formed in April 2017 by one of the world's most prestigious medical journals, the commission brought together 33 leadin  more