WOOD DALE, Illinois, Nov. 16 -- Gov. JB Pritzker, D-Illinois, issued the following news release on Nov. 15, 2024: * * * Investments in Groundbreaking Technology to Grow Production for EV and Renewable Energy Markets Bolstered by REV Incentives * * * Governor JB Pritzker, Wiegel Tool Works, Inc. and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) today announced a Reimagining Energy and Vehicles in Illinois (REV Illinois) agreement for Wiegel's $5.5 million investment to i  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 [Category: Environment] -- The League of Conservation Voters issued the following news release: Your weekly resource to learn what the environmental movement is saying about the news of the day and the political fight of our generation. Be sure to follow LCV on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok. QUOTES OF THE WEEK: "Already we have started our organizing for the future. We don't agonize over what happened. We organize about what comes next." Nancy Pelosi on moving  more

BASALT, Colorado, Nov. 16 -- Rocky Mountain Institute issued the following news release: * * * Coalition calls for heightened energy efficiency focus at COP 29 * * * Baku, Azerbaijan, November 14, 2024 - The world is off track in reaching the global goal to double energy efficiency by 2030 that was adopted at COP28 in Dubai. A coalition of countries, businesses and organizations is urging world leaders at COP29 in Baku to commit to actionable measures to unlock the energy efficiency investme  more

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, Nov. 16 -- The University of Tennessee issued the following news: The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has been awarded a $750,000 grant for East Tennessee Works, a regional green jobs initiative led by the university and focused on Knoxville's inner-city and rural Southern Appalachian communities. An interdisciplinary team from UT is one of six groups nationwide receiving funding in the Jobs for the Future Quality Green Jobs Regional Challenge. The university is worki  more

BASALT, Colorado, Nov. 16 -- Rocky Mountain Institute issued the following news release: * * * Building on its successes, CFAN will now be expanding into the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Republic of Congo, and Cameroon. * * * Baku, Azerbaijan, November 14, 2024 - As international climate negotiations unfold at the "Finance COP" -- this year's annual UN climate conference in Baku -- the message is clear that vulnerable countries urgently need to access climate finance at speed and scale   more