LONDON, England, Oct. 30 -- The Climate Group issued the following news release: * * * * Province hosts international conference on carbon neutrality, fostering a platform for intergovernmental cooperation * Governor Kim Tae-heum emphasizes strong leadership through the sharing of carbon neutrality experience * * * Buyeo, 29 October - Chungcheongnam-do, at the forefront of South Korea's national carbon neutrality policy, today expressed its commitment to leading carbon neutrality efforts ac  more

LONDON, England, Oct. 29 -- Friends of the Earth UK issued the following news release on Oct. 28, 2024: * * * Lawyers have given Surrey County Council a one week deadline to respond to their letter * A copy of the letter can be accessed here [View letter in the link at bottom.] * * * The environmental organisation Friends of the Earth has written to a local authority over oil wells in Surrey that continue to operate, despite the fact its planning permission was quashed in a landmark Supreme  more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Oct. 29 (TNSres) -- The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis issued the following news release: * * * Key Takeaways: Louisiana, once among the nation's most economically strong states, now ranks 49th in GDP and population growth. The petrochemical industry, once 33% of the state economy, is now 14% and facing an uncertain future. The two most important drivers of the state's petrochemical industry--ethylene and methanol--are areas that are being proposed fo  more

LIVERMORE, California, Oct. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news: In 2023, Americans reduced their consumption of electricity and fossil fuels, while increasing consumption of carbon-free energies, according to the most recent energy and carbon flowcharts released by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). Each year, LLNL releases these flowcharts to illustrate the nation's consumption and uses of energy, as well as assoc  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Charleston, WV Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (I-WV) released the following statement praising the unnamed West Virginia coal miners who helped restore access to a 2.7-mile stretch of highway near Chimney Rock, North Carolina that was destroyed by Hurricane Helene. "West Virginia's coal miners are the most heroic and patriotic men and women I have ever met in my life, and the fact that several of them  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: PROVIDENCE, RI. Today, a group of Rhode Island's climate justice organizations rallied at the State House in opposition to Enbridge's proposed Project Maple fracked-gas pipeline expansion. The groups hand-delivered a letter addressed to Governor Daniel McKee and the Department of Environmental Management. In total, eleven State Representatives and three State Senators signed on opposing the project  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- The Senate Finance Committee released the following testimony by Jeff Brabant, vice president of federal government relations for the National Federation of Independent Business, from a Sept. 12, 2024, hearing entitled "The 2025 Tax Policy Debate and Tax Avoidance Strategies": * * * Good morning, Chairman Wyden, Ranking Member Crapo, and Members of the Senate Committee on Finance. My name is Jeff Brabant, and I am the Vice President of Federal Government Relations for th  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Oct. 30 (TNSres) -- The University of California issued the following news release: * * * Simulations reveal PAHs' affinity for binding to DNA -- and evading repair -- in study co-led by county firefighter Key takeaways * During a fire, chemicals called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, or PAHs, are released into the environment, exposing everyone from firefighters to backyard grillers. A handful of PAHs have been officially identified as potentially cancer-causing,   more