BOONE, North Carolina, Oct. 6 (TNSgov) -- Appalachian Voices issued the following news release: On Monday, Gov. Glenn Youngkin released the latest version of the Virginia Energy Plan. The plan is updated every four years, and this version is organized by five guiding principles: reliability, affordability, competition, innovation and environmental stewardship. Included in the plan is the governor's "moonshot" goal to develop a plan for Southwest Virginia to host a small modular nuclear reactor  more

BINGHAMTON, New York, Oct. 6 (TNSjou) -- Binghamton University issued the following news: * * * Engineers develop a model to analyze pathways to full independence from Russian natural gas * * * Using a new power sector model, a team of researchers, including faculty at Binghamton University, State University of New York, have proposed a method for Europe to eliminate natural gas imports from Russia. The Russian invasion of Ukraine has highlighted the depth of Europe's dependence on Russian   more

BRUSSELS, Belgium, Oct. 6 -- The European Parliament issued the following news release on Oct. 5, 2022: Parliament advocates more emergency measures to ease the pressure of rapidly rising energy prices on European households and businesses. The Russian war of aggression on Ukraine and the weaponisation of the EU's fossil energy supply has dramatically exacerbated already-existing instability in the energy market and led to increasing energy prices and a cost of living crisis, state MEPs in a r  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 (TNSres) -- The Environmental Working Group issued the following news release on Oct. 5, 2022: Duke Energy's "clean energy transition" plan released this week for North Carolina doubles down on the utility's billion-dollar addiction to costly, flawed nuclear and fossil fuel power and ignores calls by the Environmental Working Group and the public to prioritize renewables to fight the climate crisis. The plan, announced on Tuesday, outlines $145 billion of energy investments   more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Oct. 6 -- The Journal of Environmental Quality, a peer-reviewed journal that says it covers anthropogenic impacts on the environment, including agricultural, terrestrial, atmospheric and aquatic systems, published research articles on the following topics in its September/October 2022 edition: TECHNICAL REPORTS: * Deficit irrigation impacts on greenhouse gas emissions under drip-fertigated maize in the Great Plains of Colorado * A comparison of soil Staphylococcus aureus  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Mine Safety and Health Administration issued the following news release on Oct. 5, 2022: * * * Supports delivery of federally mandated miner training * * * The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of $10.5 million in grants to organizations in 43 states, Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands to provide safety and health training designed to reduce and prevent mining workers' injuries and illnesses. The department's Mine Safet  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Mine Safety and Health Administration issued the following news release on Oct. 5, 2022: * * * Brookwood-Sago grants seek to make mining safe for workers, operators * * * The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of $985,284 in grants to support the development and delivery of education and training by 10 organizations that will help identify, avoid and prevent unsafe working conditions in, and around the nation's mines. Suppo  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Oct. 6 (TNSres) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: According to research reports, concrete is the second-most used substance in the world (after water) and is the most widely used building material. Its usage worldwide is twice that of steel, wood, plastics, and aluminum combined. However, the susceptibility of concrete to cracking proves to be a major challenge since it results in the early deterioration of concrete structures. LSU Constru  more

BASEL, Switzerland, Oct. 6 -- Processes, a peer-reviewed open access journal on processes in chemistry, biochemistry, biology, materials and systems engineering research fields, published research articles on the following topics in its October 2022 edition: Articles: * Analytical Research on the Bearing Characteristics of Oil Film Supplied with Constant Oil Flow Hydrostatic Turntables under Fixed Eccentric Load Condition * Removal of Hydrogen Sulfide and Ammonia Using a Biotrickling Filter   more

GENEVA, Switzerland, Oct. 6 (TNSCapV)(TNStalk) -- The International Commission of Jurists issued the following statement on Oct. 5, 2022: * * * In the run up to the UN Climate Change Conference 2022 (COP27) taking place in Egypt's resort town of Sharm El Sheikh from 7 to18 November 2022, the undersigned organizations, groups and individuals note with great concern the human rights situation in Egypt and in particular the government's restrictions on the rights to freedom of expression, associa  more

KABUL, Afghanistan, Oct. 6 (TNSrpt) -- The United Nations Development Programme issued the following news release on Oct. 5, 2022: A year after the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan, the country faces "cascading crises" and a crippled economy that humanitarian aid alone cannot address, according to a new report by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The report calculates that the already-declining licit Afghan economy lost nearly US$5 billion after August 2021 and is reversing "in 1  more

ABERDEEN, Scotland, Oct. 6 (TNSjou) -- The University of Aberdeen issued the following news: Unborn babies have air pollution particles in their developing lungs and other vital organs as early as the first trimester, new research has revealed. Scientists at the University of Aberdeen, UK, and Hasselt University, Belgium, studied air pollution nanoparticles, called black carbon - or soot particles - to see whether these can reach the foetus. The ground-breaking findings published in Lancet Pl  more

WARSAW, Poland, Oct. 5 (TNSrpt) -- The World Bank issued the following news release on Oct. 4, 2022: Poland's economic growth is expected to slow down in 2023 more markedly than initially expected because the ongoing war in Ukraine has dimmed prospects of a post-pandemic economic recovery across Europe, says the World Bank's Economic Update for the region, released today. The Polish economy may grow at 1.6 percent next year when compared to 4.0 percent anticipated for 2022 and 3.6 percent fore  more