MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, May 26 (TNSjou) -- The American Academy of Neurology issued the following news release: Living in areas with higher air pollution is associated with an increased risk of in-hospital death from stroke, and the risk varies depending on the size of the air pollution particles, according to a new study published in the May 25, 2022, online issue of Neurology(R), the medical journal of the Neurology(R), the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. The study look  more

BERKELEY, California, May 26 -- As You Sow Foundation issued the following news release on May 25, 2022: Amazon shareholders voted today on an As You Sow resolution asking the company to prepare a report on why the company operates under one set of climate policies for its operations and the opposite in its employee retirement investment plan. Vote totals will be released in four days. While Amazon has made significant efforts to address climate change across its operations and has adopted amb  more

NEW YORK, May 26 (TNSres) -- Global Alliance on Incinerator Alternatives issued the following news release: Concrete Vs. Climate When Uros Macerl took over the family farm, nestled in the small hilltown of Trbovlje, Slovenia, he was in for an unpleasant surprise. The world's biggest cement producer, Lafarge, soon took over the local cement plant and started to burn "green alternative fuels," aka 100 tons of hazardous industrial waste a day. Uros and his community became deeply concerned about   more

NEW YORK, May 25 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news release on May 24, 2022: The new Australian prime minister, Anthony Albanese, should make ambitious action on climate a priority of his new government, Human Rights Watch said today. Albanese's Australian Labor Party won the May 21, 2022 election, though it remains short of a majority of seats in the lower house. While Labor defeated the governing coalition, Australians voted for a record number of representatives outside the two  more

WASHINGTON, May 26 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following opening statement on May 25, 2022: * * * The Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee held a hearing on the nomination of Joe Goffman to be Assistant Administrator for the Office of Air and Radiation at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), as prepared for delivery. "Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you   more

WASHINGTON, May 26 -- Sen. Tom Carper, D-Delaware, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following opening statement at a May 25, 2022, confirmation hearing for Joseph Goffman to be assistant administrator for the Office of Air and Radiation at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: * * * "We are here to consider the nomination of Joe Goffman to serve as Assistant Administrator for the Office of Air and Radiation at the Environmental Protection Agency. "  more

WASHINGTON, May 26 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release: The Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee held a hearing on the nomination of Joe Goffman to be Assistant Administrator for the Office of Air and Radiation at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), as prepared for delivery.   more

NEW YORK, May 26 -- The United Nations issued the following statement on May 24, 2022: * * * Following is UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres' commencement address to Seton Hall University, in Newark, United States, today. Allow me to say first and foremost: Congratulations, class of 2022. I'm deeply grateful for this honorary degree -- which I accept on behalf of the women and men of the United Nations, working tirelessly for peace, sustainable development and human rights around the worl  more