WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 (TNSres) -- The Association of American Railroads issued the following news release on Nov. 8, 2022: The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending November 5, 2022. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 502,106 carloads and intermodal units, down 0.4 percent compared with the same week last year. Total carloads for the week ending November 5 were 243,276 carloads, up 3.2 percent compared with the same week in 2  more

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt, Nov. 10 -- The Rockefeller Foundation posted the following news release: U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry, the Bezos Earth Fund, and The Rockefeller Foundation announced a process to design an Energy Transition Accelerator (ETA) with the potential to catalyze private capital for the clean energy transition in emerging and developing economies. The three partners were joined at the announcement in the U.S. pavilion at COP27 by SEforALL, EDF, PepsiCo  more

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt, Nov. 10 (TNSrpt) -- BloombergNEF, a part of Bloomberg, issued the following news release on Nov. 9, 2022: * * * New capital deployed for wind, solar, geothermal and other renewable power projects in Africa slips to an 11-year low, finds BloombergNEF * * * As leaders gather in Egypt for the latest round of UN climate talks with the energy transition and economic development very much on the agenda, new research from BloombergNEF (BNEF) finds that renewable energy inves  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 (TNSrep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper on the U.S.-Turkey trade relations (No. IF10961) on Nov. 9, 2022, by Shayerah I. Akhtar, international trade and finance specialist. Here are excerpts: * * * Turkey is a NATO ally straddling Europe and the Middle East. With a large consumer class, skilled and youthful labor force, and geostrategic location, Turkey has been attractive to U.S. companies for business and investment. Yet,   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 (TNSrep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Insight white paper on the rail labor dispute and work stoppages (No. IN11966) on Nov. 9, 2022, by transportation policy analyst Ben Goldman: * * * On August 16, 2022, a three-person Emergency Board appointed in July by President Biden issued its recommendations to resolve a labor dispute affecting over 100,000 employees of six major railroads and many smaller ones. The two sides reached a tentative agreeme  more

ITHACA, New York, Nov. 10 (TNSjou) -- Cornell University issued the following news: Marriage is highly revered in India, so it's notable that men are marrying later, said sociologist and demographer Alaka Malwade Basu, and not because they're choosing to live it up as bachelors before settling down. "I have been haunted by the sight of groups of young(ish) men hanging around in street corners across the world, but especially in the towns and cities of India, during my frequent trips there," sa  more

ROME, Italy, Nov. 10 -- Enel, a natural gas distribution company, issued the following news release: Institutional investors abrdn, National Trust and Robeco, leading the engagement with Enel as part of the Climate Action 100+ initiative, have acknowledged Enel as the first and only company to fully align its corporate disclosures with the Climate Action 100+ Net Zero Company Benchmark. Climate Action 100+ is an investor-led initiative composed of around 700 investors globally and responsible f  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Nov. 9, 2022: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a settlement under the Agency's Coal Combustion Residuals (CCR) program with Evergy Kansas Central Inc. at the company's retired Tecumseh Energy Center coal-fired power plant in Tecumseh, Kansas. In the settlement, Evergy will take certain actions to address potential groundwater contamination from a CCR impoundment at the Tecumse  more

BRUSSELS, Belgium, Nov. 10 -- The European Union's European Court of Auditors issued the following news release on Nov. 9, 2022: EU financial assistance for coal regions has had a limited impact on both jobs and the energy transition, says a report published today by the European Court of Auditors. Despite overall progress, coal remains a significant source of greenhouse gas emissions in several EU countries. The auditors therefore call for the new Just Transition Fund to be used effectively an  more

SYDNEY, Australia, Nov. 10 (TNSrpt) -- The Investor Group on Climate Change issued the following news release: The Paris Aligned Asset Owners initiative (PAAO), an international group of asset owners committed to supporting the goal of net zero greenhouse gas emission by 2050 or sooner, has published its first Progress Report showcasing the steps asset owners are taking to reach their net zero goals. Alongside the Progress Report, initial target disclosures have also been published for a furth  more

FRANKFORT, Kentucky, Nov. 10 (TNSsro) -- The Kentucky Public Service Commission issued the following order (Case No. 2022-00267) on Nov. 9, 2022: * * * In the Matter of: An Electronic Examination Of The Application Of The Fuel Adjustment Clause Of Duke Energy Kentucky, Inc. From November 1, 2021 Through April 30, 2022 COMMISSION STAFF'S THIRD REQUEST FOR INFORMATION TO DUKE ENERGY KENTUCKY, INC. Duke Energy Kentucky, Inc. (Duke Kentucky), pursuant to 807 KAR 5:001, is to file with the Commis  more

OAKLAND, California, Nov. 10 (TNSrpt) -- Rainforest Action Network issued the following news release: * * * Billions by US Banks Since the Paris Agreement "Wall Street's Dirtiest Secret" Exposes How Much Banks Finance Fossil Fuel Expansion and Exploitation * * * As part of finance day of COP27 the Rainforest Action Network exposed startling facts on banks in Net Zero Banking Alliance. Wall Street's biggest banks are financing client companies who are actively expanding fossil fuels at ever-  more

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt, Nov. 10 (TNStalk) -- The Union of Concerned Scientists issued the following statement on Nov. 9, 2022: * * * At this year's COP27 climate conference, U.S. Special Envoy John Kerry, along with foundation partners, announced a new voluntary carbon-market offset initiative intended to fund renewable energy projects, and the transition away from coal, in low- and middle-income countries. This proposal raises significant concerns and is no substitute for the real public fina  more

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt, Nov. 9 -- The United Nations issued the following remarks on Nov. 8, 2022, by Secretary General Antonio Guterres at the release of the report of the High-Level Expert Group on Net-Zero Commitments of Non-State Actors: * * * Let me begin by thanking Catherine McKenna and the High-Level Expert Group. Ms. McKenna, you've just given us a lesson, a lesson based on the hard work and very effective work of the panel. A very comprehensive description of the content and the reco  more

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt, Nov. 10 (TNStalk) -- The World Resources Institute issued the following statement on Nov. 9, 2022: * * * Today at the COP27 climate negotiations in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, the U.S. State Department along with The Rockefeller Foundation and the Bezos Earth Fund announced the creation of the Energy Transition Accelerator, a program designed to generate funding through voluntary market carbon credits to help developing countries transition to cleaner sources of energy. *   more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Nov. 10 (TNSres) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: * * * In both centuries, a historian says society considered certain people expendable * * * The COVID-19 pandemic has taken the lives of more than 6.5 million people around the world. Despite containing only 4.25% of the global population, the United States has accounted for 16% of those deaths--more than 1 million. There was significantly higher mortality among younger Americans than in comparabl  more