PISCATAWAY, New Jersey, Nov. 2 -- The African Studies Association has announced the following event: (Continued from Part 1 of 13) * * * Title: ASA Annual Meeting Date of sessions: Nov. 17, 2022 I-AN-1 AfricaNow!: New Developments in Contemporary African Affairs: the Russia-Ukraine Conflict, Migrant Protests, and Reproductive Rights Thursday, 11/17/2022, 8:00 AM - 9:45 AM Room: Conference 408 Group Presentation Chair: Balkissa Daouda Diallo, University of Massachusetts, Boston Rebecca Yemo,  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 (TNSgov)(TNScapv) -- Public Citizen issued the following news release on Nov. 2, 2022: The U.S. Department of the Treasury must push banks harder on their commitments to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions, activists argue in a letter sent today to Treasury officials. The letter, signed by nearly 80 organizations, calls on the Treasury to push financial institutions to transition toward supporting and advancing a green economy. "The majority of US financial firms are a  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Nov. 2 (TNSsro) -- The California Public Utilities Commission issued the following agenda item (A.21-08-004) for Nov. 3, 2022: * * * In the Matter of the Application of PacifiCorp for Approval of its 2022 Energy Cost Adjustment Clause and Greenhouse Gas-Related Forecast and Reconciliation of Costs and Revenue. PROPOSED OUTCOME: * Approves PacifiCorp's 2022 Energy Cost Adjustment Clause (ECAC) Rates to allow recovery of its net power costs. * Directs PacifiCorp to   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 (TNStalk) -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on Nov. 2, 2022: * * * Southeast Asia's Challenge of Decarbonizing While Growing Rapidly By Murray Hiebert With the world's focus shifting to the UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP27) slated for Egypt from November 6-18, the emerging economies of Southeast Asia face daunting decarbonization hurdles. Their economies over the past decade have grown an average of 5 pe  more

GATINEAU, Quebec, Nov. 3 (TNSconf) -- Environment and Climate Change Canada issued the following news release: The Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, is leading the Canadian delegation to the United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP27, in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, from November 6-18, 2022, where 190 other countries will gather to engage in important negotiations and dialogues around fighting climate change and adapting to its impacts. Ongoing global g  more

LONDON, England, Nov. 3 (TNStalk) -- Friends of the Earth UK issued the following statement on Nov. 2, 2022: * * * Reacting to the news that the Prime Minister will now attend the UN climate talks in Egypt, which begin later this week, Rachel Kennerley, international climate campaigner at Friends of the Earth, said: "It would have been a remarkable own goal for the Prime Minister to miss this year's UN climate talks as the UK's own presidency draws to a close, so it's good that he's seen sens  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 (TNStalk) -- The International Monetary Fund issued the following commentary on Nov. 2, 2022: * * * Methane Emissions Must Fall for World to Hit Temperature Targets By Simon Black, Ian Parry and Nate Vernon Countries must reduce emissions of greenhouse gases substantially to keep global temperature targets in reach and limit risks of destabilizing the world's climate. Most attention has focused on carbon dioxide produced by burning fossil fuels, but it is also critical to   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release on Nov. 2, 2022: The Department of the Interior today announced that the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) is making $122.5 million in fiscal year 2022 funding for Abandoned Mine Land Economic Revitalization (AMLER) grants available to eligible states and Tribes. These funds will support local investment opportunities that create good-paying union jobs and provide for the susta  more

SYDNEY, Australia, Nov. 3 -- The Investor Group on Climate Change issued the following news release: The 2022 Global Investor Statement to Governments on the Climate Crisis has been submitted to governments before COP27 with 602 investor signatures representing US$42 trillion (AU$65 trillion) in assets under management. The statement represents a unified investor call on governments to implement the policy actions needed to address the climate crisis and accelerate the transition to a net zero  more

MELBOURNE, Australia, Nov. 3 (TNSper) -- Monash University issued the following news: Internationally respected human rights leader and former United Nations Representative, and Solomon Islands Ambassador, Mr Rex Horoi has been appointed as Monash University's inaugural Climate Change Envoy. The newly created role of Special Envoy on Climate Change in the Pacific is believed to be a first by an Australian university. It aims to aid Monash University in respectfully deepening its research enga  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Nov. 3 (TNSgov) (TNSrpt) -- Earthjustice posted the following news release: Seven years after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency imposed the first federal rules requiring the cleanup of coal ash waste dumps, only about half of the power plants that are contaminating groundwater agree that cleanup is necessary, and 96 percent of these power plants are not proposing any groundwater treatment. Only one plant out of 292 is planning a comprehensive cleanup. The fail  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 (TNSjou) -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology issued the following news on Nov. 2, 2022: How can we remove carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, from fossil-fuel power plant exhaust before it ever reaches the atmosphere? New findings suggest a promising answer lies in a simple, economical and potentially reusable material analyzed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), where scientists from several institutions  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 -- President Biden issued the following remarks on Nov. 2, 2022, at an Infrastructure Talent Pipeline Challenge event: * * * THE PRESIDENT: I think you can do anything. (Laughter.) That was impressive. And, before I begin, I want to remind some folks here that, you know, when I started to run for the presidency this time, the suggestion was "Biden was too green. He'd never get unions to stick with him." One of the first guys I called was Lonnie. And before I announced the   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 -- Sen. Rick Scott, R-Florida, issued the following news release on Nov. 2, 2022: Senator Rick Scott wrote an op-ed for Fox News on how President Joe Biden and far-left Democrats have staged an all-out war on U.S. energy, while fearmongering the American people over a false narrative that the U.S. is doomed without an immediate transition to "clean and renewable" energy. In his op-ed, Senator Scott makes clear: They are wrong and, if left unchallenged, their war on U.S. energ  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 -- The World Bank issued the following news release on Nov. 1, 2022: South Africa can build a more inclusive, resilient, and sustainable economy while simultaneously responding to climate change, says the World Bank's Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR) launched today with South Africa's Presidential Climate Commission. The report highlights key policies and investments needed to achieve South Africa's climate goals through a "triple transition" that is low-carbon,   more