WASHINGTON, May 10 (TNSPol) -- The Environmental Working Group issued the following joint news release, with Greenpeace and Earthjustice: Environmental organizations led by Greenpeace, Environmental Working Group and Earthjustice filed comments Monday with the White House, urging the Biden administration to act to reduce the greenhouse emissions associated with electricity-intensive digital currencies using "proof of work," such as bitcoin. Experts at the University of Cambridge estimate bitco  more

JACKSON, Michigan, May 10 -- Consumers Energy issued the following news release: Consumers Energy today announced it wants to work with landowners and communities to identify locations for utility-scale solar power plants that will provide clean, renewable electricity to Michigan for decades to come. Solar is the centerpiece of the company's Clean Energy Plan to meet Michigan's energy needs over the next 20 years while protecting the environment by eliminating coal and achieving net zero carbo  more

WASHINGTON, May 9 (TNSRep) -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following report on May 6, 2022, entitled "Opportunities for Increased Multilateral Engagement with Build Back Better World". The report was written by Conor M. Savoy, senior fellow with the project on prosperity and development, and Shannon McKeown, research assistant with the project on prosperity and development. Here are excerpts: * * * The Issue * The nascent Build Back Better World (B3W) initia  more

BASEL, Switzerland, May 10 -- Inorganics, an open access journal that covers all aspects of inorganic chemistry research, published research articles on the following topics in its May 2022 edition: Articles: * Influence of Polymorphism on the Electrochemical Behavior of Dilithium (2,3-Dilithium-Oxy)-Terephthalate vs. Li * Interfaces between Ceramic and Polymer Electrolytes: A Comparison of Oxide and Sulfide Solid Electrolytes for Hybrid Solid-State Batteries * Sacrificial Zinc Oxide Strate  more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, May 10 (TNSRes) -- The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis issued the following news release: Steel-making companies are exploring replacing Australia and Russia's increasingly expensive and supply-challenged PCI coal with green hydrogen as an early pathway to reducing emissions in the steel industry, finds a new report from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA). Key takeaways * Use of green hydrogen considered a promising way to   more

MELBOURNE, Australia, May 10 -- The Institute for Public Affairs issued the following news release: "The Hunter Valley is the canary in the coal-mine for what happens to communities when there is nothing left to replace the resources industry being shut down by net zero," said Daniel Wild, Director of Research at the Institute of Public Affairs. Tomorrow, the Institute of Public Affairs will tour the Hunter Valley net zero impact zone to communicate its research on the significant economic and  more

MELBOURNE, Australia, May 10 (TNSRes) -- The Institute for Public Affairs issued the following news release on May 9, 2022: "Jim Chalmers' proposed 'accord' on climate policy is an elitist stitch-up between the big end of town which is getting wealthy off green subsidies at the expense of the jobs of mainstream Australians," said Daniel Wild, Director of Research at the Institute of Public Affairs. Today the Australian Financial Review reported that should Labor win government, Shadow Treasure  more

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, May 10 -- The Minerals Council South Africa issued the following news release on May 9, 2022: South Africa's mineral production achieved record values in 2021, exceeding R1 trillion for the first time, buoyed by strong commodity prices and giving the domestic economy a vital injection of higher taxes, wages, and increased employment. The Minerals Council South Africa today launched Facts and Figures 2021, an annual publication that provides in-depth data and insight  more

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- The National Labor Relations Board issued the following weekly case summary for April 25-29, 2022: Summarized Board Decisions CenTrio Energy South LLC (15-RC-280545; 371 NLRB No. 94) (https://apps.nlrb.gov/link/document.aspx/09031d458374d45e) New Orleans, LA, April 28, 2022. The Board (Chairman McFerran and Member Prouty; Member Ring, dissenting in part) denied the Employer's Request for Review of the Assistant Regional Director's Decision and Direction of Election and t  more

NAIROBI, Kenya, May 10 -- The United Nations Environment Programme issued the following news release: The World Council of Churches (WCC), United Nations Environment Programme, Muslim Council of Elders, and NY Board of Rabbis have signed a landmark joint appeal, "Climate-Responsible Finance - A moral imperative and responsibility to all children and the living world". "Let us come together and influence how money is invested in response to the existential threat of climate change," said WCC ac  more

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, wrote an op-ed for the Washington Examiner detailing how the Biden administration's rollback of National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) permitting reforms not only delays infrastructure buildout following the  more

WASHINGTON, May 9 -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on May 8, 2022: * * * United States and G7 Partners Impose Severe Costs for Putin's War Against Ukraine President Biden and G7 Leaders met with President Zelenskyy of Ukraine to reinforce our shared commitment to strengthen Ukraine's position on the battlefield and at the negotiating table. Our unprecedented sanctions are already exacting an immense toll on Russia's economy and our export controls have strangled Russia's ac  more