OAKLAND, California, Dec. 7 (TNSrpt) -- As You Sow Foundation issued the following news release: Campbell's shareholders Wednesday voted on an As You Sow's shareholder resolution asking the company to prepare a report assessing how the company's retirement funds manage the growing systemic risk created by investing in companies contributing significantly to climate change. The proposal earned a 8.8% vote at Campbell's annual general meeting, achieving the threshold needed to continue dialog wit  more

BRUGES, Belgium, Dec. 6 -- The European Commission issued the following remarks on Dec. 4, 2022, by President Ursula von der Leyen at an event at the College of Europe in Bruges: * * * Thank you so much for inviting me. And let me thank you also for what you are doing here in Bruges. When we first met - you were the High Representative, I was the German Defence Minister - there was something that struck me about you. Besides the day-to-day crisis management, you always tried to focus on long-t  more

LONDON, England, Dec. 7 (TNStalk) -- Friends of the Earth UK issued the following statement on Dec. 6, 2022: * * * Reacting to government moves to ease the de facto ban on onshore wind, Friends of the Earth's head of policy, Mike Childs, said: "The ban on onshore wind should have been lifted years ago. "We need all the tools we have to tackle the climate and cost-of-living crises, and cheap, clean and popular wind power has a crucial role to play. "Rishi Sunak must put renewables and energy  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, ranking Republican member of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Representative Dan Bishop (R-NC) and Ranking Member Jim Jordan (R-OH), alongside House Judiciary Committee Members Congressmen Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI), and Cliff Bentz (R-OR), sent a letter to leaders of Climate Action 100+ requesting key documents surrounding the use of Environmental, Social, and   more

BASEL, Switzerland, Dec. 7 -- Resources, a peer-reviewed journal of scientific studies on natural resources, published research articles on the following topics in its December 2022 edition: Articles: * Proposal of a Quantitative Assessment Method for Viewpoint Geosites * Development of a SEM-EDS-XRD Protocol for the Physicochemical and Automated Mineralogical Characterisation of Coal Dust Particles * Resource Conservation as the Main Factor in Increasing the Resource Efficiency of Russian   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 (TNSrpt) -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury issued the following news release on Dec. 6, 2022: The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced the approval of seven additional state plans for up to $1.5 billion in funding under the State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI). Treasury has now announced the approval of state plans totaling up to $6.3 billion in SSBCI funding. "This is an historic investment in entrepreneurship, small business growth, and innovation thro  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 (TNSrpt) -- The U.S. Tire Manufacturers Association issued the following news release: A new report from the U.S. Tire Manufacturers Association (USTMA) shows new opportunities to expand end-use tire markets and improve tire recycling rates to keep pace with annual scrap tire generation. The 15th 2021 Scrap Tire Management Report found that markets consumed 71 percent of annually generated scrap tires in 2021, down from about 76 percent reported in 2019. This decrease is du  more