EINDHOVEN, The Netherlands, April 15 (TNSRes) -- Eindhoven University of Technology issued the following news: RIFT will work with Ennatuurlijk to set up a test system to power 500 households with iron fuel. The spin-off RIFT (Renewable Iron Fuel Technology) from the TU Eindhoven wants to use iron fuel on a global scale as a sustainable alternative to fossil fuels as a way to lower CO2 emissions. The pilot project that it is running together with Ennatuurlijk is an important step towards achie  more

AKRON, Ohio, April 15 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland issued the following speech on April 14, 2022, by President and CEO Loretta J. Mester at the Ohio Economic Forum on education and workforce development: * * * It is wonderful to be at the University of Akron as a participant in this year's Ohio Economic Forum, which focuses on education and workforce development. Workforce development is a crucial ingredient for achieving a healthy and dynamic economy that can work for all. When it  more

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies issued the following testimony by Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, at a member day hearing on April 7, 2022, on the Abandoned Mine Land Economic Revitalization Program: * * * Thank you for allowing me the opportunity to highlight a matter of great importance to my district as you move forward in the appropriations process. A top priority of mine is to address the need for adequate fund  more

HOUSTON, Texas, April 15 (TNSRes) -- Rice University issued the following news release: * * * Tool aims to improve analysis of country's capabilities * * * Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy has released its latest China Energy Map, an open-source, interactive chart of the country's energy infrastructure. The China Energy Map provides a comprehensive visualization of the nation's full energy system, featuring not only oil and gas infrastructure but also coal and nuclear pow  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 15 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on April 14, 2022: In front of the offices of Independent System Operator of New England (ISO-NE), Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today called on federal regulators to reject and require reform of the recent proposal sent by New England's grid operator to unjustifiably disadvantage clean energy in favor of dirty fossil fuels and unnecessarily drive up energy bills for New England hou  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, April 15 (TNSPol) -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release on April 14, 2022: Late yesterday, a coalition of environmental organizations filed a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) because it has failed to enforce the Regional Haze Rule as required by the Clean Air Act. Thirty-four states have yet to submit plans to reduce air pollution in our country's most iconic national parks and wilderness areas, and return natural visibility to thes  more

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- The U.S. Court of Federal Claims issued the following reported opinion (Case No. 13-499): LODGE CONSTRUCTION, INC., Plaintiff, v. THE UNITED STATES, Defendant. Michael H. Payne, Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman, Philadelphia, PA, and Edward Parrott, Watt, Tieder, Hoffar & Fitzgerald, L.L.P., McLean, VA, for Plaintiff. John H. Roberson, Senior Trial Counsel, with whom were Steven Hough, Trial Attorney, Ioana Cristei, Trial Attorney, Deborah A. Bynum, Assistant Di  more

WASHINGTON, April 15 (TNSPol) (TNSCapV) -- Oil Change International issued the following news release: Hundreds of groups in the United States and across Europe sent a letter to United States President Joe Biden and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen urging them avoid building new fossil fuel infrastructure projects in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The groups expressed their concerns that the March 25th U.S./EU Joint Energy Security announcement could encourage t  more

MELBOURNE, Australia, April 15 (TNSJou) -- The University of Melbourne issued the following news: The world will just about avoid 2 C of warming by the end of the century if all nations honour their current Paris Agreement pledges, University of Melbourne-led research has shown. The research, published today as the cover story in Nature, is the first peer-reviewed study to quantify the climate impact of the updated pledges to reduce emissions. Those updated pledges were made in the run up to a  more

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, April 15 (TNStalk) -- The University of Minnesota's Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs issued the following news on April 14, 2022: Noted environmental scientist Katharine Hayhoe says the best way to address the climate crisis is pretty simple: we all should talk about it with people we know. That talk will lead to action, on an individual and then a community level, which will in turn influence governments, businesses, and other organizations to make the large  more

BRUSSELS, Belgium, April 15 (TNSRep) -- The World Bank issued the following news release: Green fiscal reforms can help protect vulnerable households and support pandemic recovery efforts in European countries on the road to climate neutrality by 2050, says a new World Bank report. The latest European Union Regular Economic Report - Green Fiscal Reforms - reviews experience on carbon taxes from Europe and elsewhere with a focus on the challenges facing four EU member states, namely Bulgaria, C  more