NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Nov. 11 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), along with Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Mike Lee (R-Utah), and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), sent letters to 51 law firms detailing the possible antitrust violations that their clients may commit if they pursue collusive Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives. The letter advises the law firms to preser  more

OTTAWA, Ontario, Nov. 11 -- The Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment issued the following news release on Nov. 10, 2022: The Canadian Gas Association (CGA) is under investigation for alleged false and misleading claims in its advertising that "natural" gas is clean and affordable, Canada's Competition Bureau has confirmed. The announcement comes as world leaders converge in Egypt for COP27. On Tuesday, the United Nations High-Level Expert Group on the Net-Zero Emissions Commi  more

BERLIN, Germany, Nov. 11 -- Climate Action Tracker issued the following news release on Nov. 10, 2022: The world has overreached in its bid to respond to the energy crisis, to the extent that emissions from new gas capacity now threaten the 1.5 degrees C warming limit, says new analysis from the Climate Action Tracker. In its COP27 update, the Climate Action Tracker has calculated the CO2 emissions from all the under-construction, approved and proposed Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) production pr  more

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt, Nov. 11 (TNSrpt) -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release on Nov. 10, 2022: This morning at COP27, Climate Action Tracker released a new analysis that found that the carbon emissions from all under-construction, approved, and proposed Liquefied Methane ("natural") Gas (LNG) projects between 2021-2050 will use up 10 percent of the remaining carbon budget, dramatically overshooting the emissions reductions needed to stay below 1.5 degrees Celsius. New or expand  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 (TNSrpt) -- Environment America Research and Policy Center issued the following news release on Nov. 10, 2022: While future control of both houses of Congress is in limbo, a new report finds President Joe Biden still has multiple opportunities to protect the environment before the end of the year. The Next Things to Fix: Actions the Biden administration can take to protect our environment, by Environment America Research & Policy Center and U.S. PIRG Education Fund, identifi  more

BRUSSELS, Belgium, Nov. 11 (TNSres) -- The European Investment Bank issued the following news release on Nov. 10, 2022: These are some of the results from the latest yearly Climate Survey conducted in August 2022 and published today by the European Investment Bank (EIB). The EIB is the lending arm of the European Union and the world's largest multilateral lender for climate action projects. After a challenging year where Russia's invasion of Ukraine sparked an ongoing energy crisis and acceler  more

SANTE FE, New Mexico, Nov. 11 (TNSgov) -- Friends of the Earth posted the following news release on Nov. 10, 2022: Adding to growing calls for President Biden to follow through on his promise to stop fossil fuel leasing on public lands, groups today protested in response to the Bureau of Land Management's latest proposal to lease over 260,000 acres of public and ancestral tribal lands across Wyoming, New Mexico, and Kansas at its proposed May 2023 oil and gas lease sale. In response to the sho  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 (TNStalk) -- The International Monetary Fund issued the following commentary on Nov. 10, 2022: * * * Ugandan Climate Activists Fight Deforestation by Planting By Izabela Karpowicz How to finance renewable energy may be the dominant question in global public policy discussions of climate change. But at a very local level, two Ugandan activists are making the case that when communities get involved, climate adaptation doesn't have to cost much. It all begins with local mic  more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Nov. 10 (TNSres) -- The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis issued the following news release: A report published today by Ember, the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) and the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) finds that solar generation allowed seven Asian countries to avoid billions of dollars in fossil fuel costs in the first half of 2022 alone. The analysis shows that in the wake of soaring fossil fuel prices,   more

TOKYO, Japan, Nov. 10 (TNSres) -- Oil Change International posted the following news release: * * * Briefing highlights that Japan's support for oil, gas and coal is fueling the climate crisis, undermining energy security and harming communities. To view the briefing in English: priceofoil.org/japans-dirty-secret * * * A new briefing released today reveals that Japan is the world's largest public financier for oil, gas, and coal projects. Japan contributed 10.6 billion USD per year on averag  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, Nov. 11 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, delivered remarks at Basin Electric's Annual Meeting, highlighting Basin's leadership in North Dakota's all-the-above energy portfolio. He also discussed his vision for an America first energy and climate agenda in the 118th Congress. During his remarks, Senator Cramer emphasized how America's nat  more

STONY BROOK, New York, Nov. 11 (TNSjou) -- The State University of New York's Stony Brook University issued the following news release: * * * Marine scientists' letter in the journal Science urges preservation of one of the last coral refuges from climate change * * * An international group of marine scientists led by Karine Kleinhaus, of Stony Brook University's School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (SoMAS), has published a letter in Science that is a call to action for policy makers, g  more