NEW YORK, March 26 (TNSReact) -- Adrian Dominican Sisters issued the following news: Women around the world are on the front lines of global climate change and, in many cases, are especially suffering because of it. Yet, in many ways, their voices still need to be heard. That was one of the messages of a March 14, 2022, webinar, Climate Change and Environmental Injustice: Empowering Women, offered by the Dominican Sisters Conference as a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) parallel event of t  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, April 1 -- PBS issued the following news release on March 31, 2022: AMERICA OUTDOORS WITH BARATUNDE THURSTON, a new six-part travel and adventure series,premieres Tuesdays, July 5 - August 9, 9:00-10:00 p.m. ET (check local listings) on PBS,PBS.org and the PBS Video app. Hosted by New York Times bestselling author (How to Be Black), podcaster (How to Citizen with Baratunde), and outdoor enthusiast Baratunde Thurston, the series follows him on an adventure-filled journey to   more

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection issued the following fact sheet: * * * CBP Fact Sheet: Enforcing the President's Executive Orders Holding the Russian Federation Accountable for Continued Aggression in Ukraine President Biden recently signed two Executive Orders (EO), EO 14066 on March 8, 2022, that included a prohibition on the importation of crude oil, petroleum energy products, liquified natural gas, and coal products from the   more

BRUSSELS, Belgium, April 2 -- The Council of the European Union issued the following news release: The European Union and China held their 23rd bilateral Summit via videoconference on 1 April 2022. President of the European Council, Charles Michel, and President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, held the Summit meeting with China's Prime Minister Li Keqiang, followed by exchanges with China's President Xi Jinping. President of the European Council Charles Michel said: "As major  more

ALBANY, New York, April 1 (TNStalk) -- Earthjustice issued the following statement: * * * The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation further delayed the Greenidge Generation's title V-air permit decision, allowing the plant to continue to operate in violation of the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA). The new deadline for a decision is June 30, 2022. The following statement can be attributed to Liz Moran, New York policy advocate for Earthjustice: "This  more

LANCASTER, Pennsylvania, April 2 (TNSRes) -- Franklin and Marshall College issued the following news: Water has a lot to say, if you know how to listen. "Streams are like the proverbial 'canary in the coal mine' for changes in the landscape," said Andy de Wet, professor of geosciences and program chair of Environmental Science at Franklin & Marshall College. de Wet is joined by sophomore Sydney Levins in an effort to examine the stream-channel dynamics of Fishing Creek North Nature Preserve   more

FREDERIKSHAVN, Denmark, April 1 -- Greenpeace International issued the following news release: Greenpeace activists from Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland and Russia have begun a blockade of a transshipment of Russian oil at sea in northern Denmark. Swimmers and activists in kayaks and rhib boats have placed themselves in between two supertankers in an attempt to block them from transferring 100 000 tonnes of Russian oil, from the tanker Seaoath to the huge 330m crude oil tanker Pertamina Prime,  more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, April 1 (TNSRep) -- The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis issued the following news release: Central banks around the world agree that climate change is a serious financial risk, but there is little clarity or consensus on what they can do about it. According to a new report from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA), the People's Bank of China (PBOC) has been quietly greening China's financial system. The PBOC's actions to steer   more

WINNIPEG, Manitoba, April 2 (TNSRep) -- The International Institute for Sustainable Development issued the following news release: There is no need for South Africa to invest in a gas-to-power sector at this time and pushing ahead with such plans could negatively impact the country's economy and climate, according to a new report by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) released today. The study, titled Gas Pressure: Exploring the case for gas-fired power in South Afri  more

NEW YORK, April 1 (TNSJou) -- Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory issued the following news: A new study finds that annual air pollution levels in the city of Lome are, on average, four to five times greater than recommended by the World Health Organization. For the first time, researchers have monitored air pollution in Lome, the capital city of Togo in West Africa, over multiple years. The initial results, published on March 10, reveal that the city frequently experiences   more

NEW YORK, April 1 (TNSJou) -- NYU Langone Health, an academic medical center affiliated with New York University, issued the following news release: Dogs and cats may be exposed in their homes to a potentially toxic group of chemicals, with their discovery in the pets' stool and urine being a sign of health issues for humans living with them, a new study shows. Called aromatic amines, the chemicals--found in tobacco smoke and in dyes used in cosmetics, textiles, and plastics--are known to caus  more

TRIANGLE, Virginia, April 1 (TNStalk) -- The United Mine Workers of America issued the following statement: * * * Commenting on tomorrow's one-year anniversary of the beginning of the strike at Warrior Met Coal in Alabama, United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) International President Cecil E. Roberts issued the following statement today. "As a result of some poor decisions by upper management to purchase unprofitable foreign coal operations and a weak market for metallurgical coal, Walter Ene  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, April 2 -- Gov. Tom Wolf, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release on March 31, 2022: Governor Tom Wolf today announced a $3.8 million investment, funded by the American Rescue Plan Act, to create and retain more than 100 jobs, grow manufacturing, and support small diverse businesses in Bedford and Huntingdon counties. "I'm grateful that the Biden Administration shares my commitment to supporting the diverse businesses and industries that power our economy in  more

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- Rep. Matt Cartwright, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: U.S. Representatives Matt Cartwright (D-PA-08) and David McKinley (R-WV-01) introduced the Safeguarding Treatment for the Restoration of Ecosystems from Abandoned Mines (STREAM) Act with Senators Bob Casey (D-PA) and Mike Braun (R-IN). Acid mine drainage (AMD)--the release of highly acidic water from abandoned mines-- is one of the largest sources of water pollution throughout the country and threa  more

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- Rep. Michael Doyle, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: U.S. Representatives Mike Doyle (D-PA), Anthony Gonzalez (R-OH), Conor Lamb (D-PA), and Byron Donalds (R-FL) introduced the Fission for the Future Act, bipartisan legislation to promote the commercial deployment of advanced nuclear reactors on the sites of former fossil fuel power plants. Too often communities that have retiring coal or other fossil generating facilities are left with a hole in their   more

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee issued the following testimony by Michelle Michot Foss, fellow in energy, minerals and materials at the Center for Energy Studies in Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy, involving a hearing on March 10, 2022, on the use of energy as a tool and a weapon: * * * The rush is on to promote "energy transition strategies" and green deals as panaceas for geopolitical tensions. Backers hope to ride herd on optimism  more

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration issued the following news release on March 31, 2022: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department's Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.2 million grant to Juniata College, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, to renovate and expand the capacity of the Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership. This grant is funded by the American Rescue Plan. This project will renov  more

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration issued the following news release on March 31, 2022: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department's Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.5 million grant to the city of Bristol, Tennessee, to upgrade the municipal wastewater treatment plant to service a major antibiotic production facility and other current and future business needs. This grant is funded  more

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration issued the following news release on March 31, 2022: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department's Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $2.6 million grant to the Bedford County Development Authority, Bedford, Pennsylvania, to construct a new 24,000-square foot, multi-tenant building at Bedford County Business Park I to support manufacturing businesses. Th  more

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration issued the following news release on March 31, 2022: The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $517,924 grant to the Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, to promote travel and tourism in North Carolina communities located adjacent to the Blue Ridge Parkway. This grant is funded by the American Rescue Plan. This project will help l  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, April 1 (TNStalk) -- West Virginia State Treasurer Riley Moore issued the following statement on March 31, 2022: * * * State Treasurer Riley Moore issued the following statement after his landmark fossil fuel banking protection bill, Senate Bill 262, became law on Wednesday. "We are leading the way to protect our coal, oil and natural gas workers and companies from unfair, un-American boycotts of these critical energy industries," Treasurer Moore said. "At a time w  more

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- The World Bank issued the following news release on March 31, 2022: The World Bank today approved a $250 million financing to help the Government of Bangladesh strengthen policies to sustain growth following the COVID-19 pandemic and enhance resilience to future shocks. The Bangladesh First Recovery and Resilience Development Policy Credit-the first in a series of two credits (https://projects.worldbank.org/en/projects-operations/project-detail/P174892)-supports fiscal a  more