MANILA, Philippines, Nov. 25 -- The Asian Development Bank issued the following news release: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $500 million loan to support Indonesia's energy sector reforms to boost fiscal sustainability and governance, expand private sector investments in clean and renewable energy, and promote green recovery from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. ADB will also administer a $15 million loan for the third subprogram of the Sustainable and Inclusive En  more

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt, Nov. 19 -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: The 27th UN Conference of Parties (COP27) climate negotiations ended, with countries agreeing to develop new funding arrangements, including a dedicated fund to help the most vulnerable countries cope with the adverse impacts of climate change and reaffirming the need to stay below 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming. At the same time, negotiators could not agree on language to phase down oil and gas use globally,  more

LONDON, England, Nov. 19 (TNStalk) -- The International Institute for Environment and Development issued the following statement by Executive Director Tom Mitchell: * * * "The possibility of limiting global warming to 1.5 degree C is just about still alive, there has been just about enough progress on the contentious issue of loss and damage, and the credibility of the COP process has just about remained intact. But this COP won't feel like justice for the billions of people whose futures look  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Nov. 26 -- 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 November/December 2022 edition: REVIEW & ANALYSIS: * A review of the mineralogical and chemical composition of nanoparticles associated with coal fires TECHNICAL REPORTS: * Changes in swine ammonia emissions a  more

BASEL, Switzerland, Nov. 26 -- Land, an open access journal of land use and land change, land management, land system science and landscape, published research articles on the following topics in its December 2022 edition: Articles: * Check-Dams and Silt Fences: Cost-Effective Methods to Monitor Soil Erosion under Various Disturbances in Forest Ecosystems * Ecological Management and Land Rehabilitation in Mining Areas from the Perspective of Actor-Network Theory--A Case Study of Lizuizi Coal  more

BASEL, Switzerland, Nov. 26 -- Minerals, an open access journal that says it covers mineralogy, economic mineral resources, mineral exploration, innovative mining techniques and advances in mineral processing, published research articles, including the following topics, in its December 2022 edition: Articles: * Study on Characteristics of Coal Spontaneous Combustion in Kerjian Mining Area, Xinjiang, China * Extraction of Copper from Chalcopyrite Using Alkaline Glycine-Ammonia Solutions * App  more