WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 (TNStalk) -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on Sept. 26, 2022: * * * Opportunities And Challenges For Renewable Energy Generation In Ukraine By Joseph Majkut, Director for Energy Security and Climate Change Program, and Allegra Dawes, Research Associate for Energy Security and Climate Change Program While the war in Ukraine continues with no clear end in sight, policymakers have begun to address the need for a reconstru  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued the following statement by Commissioner James Danly on a decision (Docket No. ER19-1428-005) involving ISO New England Inc.: * * * I concur in today's order[1] on remand from the decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (D.C. Circuit) to eliminate Inventoried Energy Program payments to nuclear, coal, biomass, and hydroelectric generators.[2] The D.C. Circuit's d  more

VIENNA, Austria, Sept. 27 -- The International Atomic Energy Agency issued the following news release on Sept. 26, 2022: For a second successive year, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has revised up its annual projections of the potential growth of nuclear power during the coming decades, reflecting a shift in the global debate over energy and the environment amid growing concerns over energy security and climate change. In its new outlook for global nuclear capacity for electrici  more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Sept. 27 (TNSper) -- The Illinois Manufacturers' Association issued the following news release: The Illinois Manufacturers' Association (IMA) has named two new members to its Board of Directors and added a new government affairs staff member as the association continues to build on its strong record of leadership on behalf of manufacturers across the state. "The addition of these talented leaders will allow us to better serve and contribute to the success of manufacturer  more

PARIS, France, Sept. 26 -- New Journal of Chemistry, a peer-reviewed journal from the National Center for Scientific Research that says it covers crystal design and understanding of solid-state and crystalline materials, published research articles on the following topics in its Sept. 28, 2022 edition: Perspectives: * Application of coal-based carbon dots for photocatalysis and energy storage: a minireview * Recent progress, synthesis, and application of chitosan-decorated magnetic nanocompo  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 (TNSres) -- Oil Change International posted the following news release on Sept. 26, 2022: * * * * New policy implements a commitment made at last year's UN Climate Conference to end almost all French government-backed financing for international fossil fuel projects, responsible for Euros9.3bn in public finance for oil and gas between 2009 and 2019. * Policy release builds on momentum of similar policies from UK, Denmark and Sweden * Time is running out for other countri  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following statement at a hearing on Sept. 13, 2022, entitled "New Consumer Financial Products and the Impacts to Workers": * * * Hard work should pay off for everyone. That's the American dream. That's what the dignity of work is all about - it's a concept that Pope Leo XIII spoke of in the 19th century, and popularized by Dr. King. And when work has dignity, y  more

DURHAM, North Carolina, Sept. 27 (TNSgov) -- The North Carolina Waste Awareness and Reduction Network issued the following news release: The opposition to Duke Energy's draft carbon plan goes deep. Scores of parties are opposing - many of them vigorously - Duke's costly, natural gas-heavy proposal. Included are local governments; faith, social justice and climate justice groups; national, state and local clean energy nonprofits and business alliances; 33 former EPA officials; various business a  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Sept. 27 (TNSgov) -- The Environmental Integrity Project posted the following news release: In response to air pollution violations at a pair of wood pellet manufacturing plants in Louisiana, the U.K. based power company Drax has agreed to pay $3.2 million in penalties to the state and install emissions control equipment. A pair of settlement agreements signed by the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality and Drax for the company's plants in Morehouse and LaSalle  more