BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 5 (TNSPol) -- The 350.org issued the following news release: On April 1, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) announced its Revision of the MUFG Environmental and Social Policy Framework and MUFG Progress Report (in Japanese only). Although 350.org Japan acknowledged some progress made by MUFG in its revised climate-related policies and its sectoral 2030 targets for decarbonization, we believe they have some critical issues remaining, such as the following: Corpo  more

WASHINGTON, April 5 (TNSRep) -- The Center for International Environmental Law issued the following news release on April 4, 2022: The release today of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) Working Group III report on mitigating climate change again affirms that the immediate and dramatic reduction of emissions this decade, through the accelerated phaseout of all fossil fuels, is essential to avert catastrophic and irreversible impacts of global warming. Both in its previous re  more

WASHINGTON, April 5 (TNSPol)(TNSCapV) -- Public Citizen issued the following joint news release on April 4, 2022, with 36 organizations: More than three dozen climate advocacy groups today sent a letter to JPMorgan Chase & Co. CEO Jamie Dimon questioning his call for a domestic energy "Marshall Plan" to thwart European dependence on Russian oil and gas at a recent meeting with Biden administration officials. The letter comes as the JP Morgan Chase CEO releases his annual letter to shareholders  more

WASHINGTON, April 5 (TNSRes) -- Greenpeace International issued the following news release on April 4, 2022: The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group III delivered the third part of the Sixth Assessment Report to world governments today. Focusing on the ways to mitigate climate change, the latest report declares that solutions for meeting the Paris Agreement warming limit exist. However the solutions won't materialise with governments' current policies, which are sett  more

WASHINGTON, April 5 (TNSRep) -- The Interior Inspector General issued the following memorandum (No. 2021-CR-031) on March 23, 2022 regarding the agency's need for a strategy to coordinate the implementation of the Great American Outdoors Act: * * * To: Deb Haaland, Secretary, U.S. Department of the Interior From: Mark Lee Greenblatt, Inspector General Subject: Final Inspection Report - The U.S. Department of the Interior Needs a Strategy To Coordinate Implementation of the Great American Out  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 5 (TNSRes) -- The U.S. Public Interest Research Group issued the following news release: The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released on Monday a new report on climate solutions and mitigation. This is the third and final installment of the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report, coming on the heels of February's climate impact's report and last summer's report on the physical science of climate change. According to the new report, all sectors of the economy  more

POTSDAM, Germany, April 5 (TNSRes)(TNStalk) -- The Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research issued the following news release: * * * The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group 3 published its 6th Assessment Report on climate mitigation. On this issue, Elmar Kriegler, a lead author of the IPCC report's chapter "Mitigation pathways compatible with long-term goals" as well as a contributing author of the report's summary for policy makers (SPM). He is co-chair of the  more

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pennsylvania, issued the following joint statement: * * * The Co-Chairs of the bipartisan Congressional Ukraine Caucus - Representatives Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Mike Quigley (D-IL), and Andy Harris (R-MD) - released the following statement on Vladimir Putin's massacre of Ukrainian civilians in Bucha, Ukraine. "With the bodies of hundreds of Ukrainian civilians lining the streets and dumped into shallow graves throughout c  more

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, issued the following joint statement: * * * The Co-Chairs of the bipartisan Congressional Ukraine Caucus - Representatives Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Mike Quigley (D-IL), and Andy Harris (R-MD) - released the following statement on Vladimir Putin's massacre of Ukrainian civilians in Bucha, Ukraine. "With the bodies of hundreds of Ukrainian civilians lining the streets and dumped into shallow graves throughout cities liberat  more

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following statement: * * * U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) issued the following statement on the 12th anniversary of the tragedy that killed 29 miners at the Upper Big Branch (UBB) mine disaster in Whitesville, West Virginia. "Twelve years ago, West Virginia suffered an immeasurable loss when 29 brave coal miners were killed in the Upper Big Branch mine disaster. "My heart goes out to every West Virginian who lost loved one  more

NEW YORK, April 4 -- The United Nations issued the following remarks via video message by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on the launch of the 3rd Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report: * * * The jury has reached a verdict. And it is damning. This report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is a litany of broken climate promises. It is a file of shame, cataloguing the empty pledges that put us firmly on track towards an unliveable world. We are on a fast track to cli  more