BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 28 -- 350.org, an organization that works to end the age of fossil fuels and build a community-led renewable energy, issued the following news release: New York, 28 September 2024 - COP29 host, Azerbaijan's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jeyhun Bayramov, spoke today at the 79th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) and outlined a few critical COP29 outcomes. 350.org recognizes and welcomes the mention of the need for a renewable energy uptake and the delivery of a f  more

FOREST KNOLLS, California, Oct. 4 (TNSres) -- The Turtle Island Restoration Network issued the following news release: A new study out of Harvard and the University of Delaware published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2405898121) document that industrial fishing supplies 70% of poisonous methylmercury consumed by the public. The highest level of methylmercury is found in tuna and other large fish from tropical and subtropical waters  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: The Sierra Club and Public Citizen have submitted a joint comment in support of the SBTi's Financial Institutions (FI) Net-Zero Standard (FINZ) Consultation Draft, including their recommendations for strengthening the Standard and closing loopholes that perpetuate greenwashing by banks, insurance companies, and asset managers. SBTi is the preeminent standard-setter for corporations making net-zero c  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: Today, the Supreme Court of the United States rejected large corporations and big polluters' request to halt the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) updated Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) for power plants. In April, EPA announced stronger standards to address power plants' hazardous air pollutants--including mercury and arsenic--which are linked to negative health outcomes such as hear  more

TUSCALOOSA, Alabama, Oct. 4 (TNSres) -- The University of Alabama issued the following news release: In a recently awarded grant project led by The University of Alabama, researchers will upcycle agricultural and industrial waste into affordable and greener construction materials. The collaborative effort across four universities in three states is designed to also create new revenue sources in each of the participating states. The project, "Transforming Wastes Into Economic Assets for Sustain  more