BASEL, Switzerland, Oct. 14 -- Buildings, a peer-reviewed open access journal that focuses on building science, building engineering and architecture design, published research articles on the following topics in its August 2024 edition (Vol. 14, Issue 8): * Article - A Comparative Study of the Fire Properties of Chinese Traditional Timber Structural Components under Different Surface Treatments * Article - A Comparative Study to Assess the Energy Efficiency of Temporary Structures to Guarante  more

BASEL, Switzerland, Oct. 14 -- Buildings, a peer-reviewed open access journal that focuses on building science, building engineering and architecture design, published research articles on the following topics in its September 2024 edition (Vol. 14, Issue 9): * Article - 20th-Century World Built Heritage Facing Water: Conservation of Fallingwater and Boa Nova Tea House * Article - A Case Study on the Odor Preferences and Influencing Factors in Chinese Residential Environments * Article - A Co  more

LONDON, England, Oct. 15 -- Friends of the Earth UK issued the following news release: * * * Planning permission for the Whitehaven mine was deemed unlawful by the High Court last month * * * The company behind plans to build a new coal mine in Cumbria has not lodged an appeal against last month's High Court decision to strike down planning permission for the controversial development. Friends of the Earth has confirmed this morning (14 October) that West Cumbria Mining has not filed any pa  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 -- The House Oversight and Accountability Committee released the following testimony by Mandy Gunasekara, ex-chief of staff at the Environmental Protection Agency, from a Sept. 19, 2024, hearing entitled "A Legacy of Incompetence: Consequences of the Biden-Harris Administration's Policy Failures": * * * Chairman Comer and Ranking Member Raskin, and members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to participate in today's hearing discussing the impact of increased en  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 -- The International Monetary Fund issued the following news release: A Concluding Statement describes the preliminary findings of IMF staff at the end of an official staff visit (or 'mission'), in most cases to a member country. Missions are undertaken as part of regular (usually annual) consultations under Article IV of the IMF's Articles of Agreement, in the context of a request to use IMF resources (borrow from the IMF), as part of discussions of staff monitored program  more

KYOTO, Japan, Oct. 15 (TNSres) -- Ritsumeikan University issued the following news: ESG Investments that Impact Decarbonization Efforts As numerous countries ramp up efforts to achieve 'Net Zero by 2050,' the scope of global ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) investments is expanding. Takeshi Akiba organizes and examines ESG investments from the perspective of insurance companies and mutual aid associations, offering guidance on the path to appropriate ESG investments. Global Expansi  more

BASEL, Switzerland, Oct. 15 -- Sustainability, a peer-reviewed open access journal on environmental, cultural, economic and social sustainability, published research articles on the following topics in its Oct. 1, 2024, edition (Vol. 16, Issue 19): * Article - A Conceptual Framework for the Activation of Sustainable Cooperative Housing Production in Saudi Arabia * Article - A Global Resilience Analysis-Based Benchmark Framework for Comparing Reliability Surrogate Measures of Water Distribution  more