WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 (TNSgov) -- Environment America posted the following news release on Dec. 7, 2022: The Biden Administration unveiled a new policy on Wednesday designed to improve energy efficiency in -- and pollution from -- government buildings as part of the president's larger climate agenda and federal sustainability plan. The building performance standard is designed to reduce carbon emissions in federal buildings by using less energy and switching from fossil fuels to electric alternati  more

NEW YORK, Dec. 7 (TNSres) -- The Committee for Economic Development, the public policy center of The Conference Board, issued the following news release: The Committee for Economic Development, the public policy center of The Conference Board (CED), issued a new Solutions Brief, A Road Map for a Sustainable Clean Energy Transition During Economic and Geopolitical Uncertainty. The Solutions Brief--the latest in CED's Sustaining Capitalism series--provides a practical US energy transition plan t  more

ST. JOSEPH, Minnesota, Dec. 7 (TNSres) -- The College of St. Benedict issued the following news: Students interested in studying global climate change - and finding solutions to it - have an advantage at the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University that is unavailable to many of their peers across the country and the world. In 2009, Bennies and Johnnies first traveled to Copenhagen to participate in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) annual Conferen  more

PRETORIA, South Africa, Dec. 7 -- The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research issued the following news release: CSIR furthers studies to ensure people are at the center of the transition to a low emission, climate resilient economy. On 23 November 2022, the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) signed a Euros275 000 (approximately R5 million) grant agreement with the French public development bank, Agence Francaise de Developpement (AFD), to facilitate further developmen  more

LONDON, England, Dec. 8 -- Friends of the Earth UK issued the following news release on Dec. 7, 2022: The government's decision to grant planning permission for a new coal mine in Cumbria has been slammed by Friends of the Earth. Today's decision by Michael Gove, Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, follows a Planning Inquiry in September 2021. Friends of the Earth was one of the two main parties opposing the application for planning permission at the Planning Inquiry  more

NAIROBI, Kenya, Dec. 8 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news release on Dec. 7, 2022: Guinea's massive Simandou iron ore mine project poses severe risks for communities' land, water, and environment, Human Rights Watch said today. The mining companies developing Simandou have promised to respect strong human rights and environmental standards, but their track record in Guinea means that the project deserves the closest possible scrutiny. Simandou, reportedly the world's biggest untap  more

PARIS, France, Dec. 7 (TNSres) -- The International Energy Agency issued the following news release: * * * The global energy crisis has triggered unprecedented momentum behind renewables, with the world set to add as much renewable power in the next 5 years as it did in the past 20 * * * The global energy crisis is driving a sharp acceleration in installations of renewable power, with total capacity growth worldwide set to almost double in the next five years, overtaking coal as the largest   more

NEW YORK, Dec. 8 -- The National Audubon Society issued the following news: A delegation from the National Audubon Society, the leading bird conservation organization in the Americas, will join world leaders as they reconvene for the second part of the UN Convention on Biodiversity COP15 in Montreal this month. Audubon CEO Elizabeth Gray, will head the delegation, which also includes Chief Conservation Officer Marshall Johnson, Board Director and acclaimed wildlife advocate Jane Alexander, Seni  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- The Progressive Policy Institute issued the following news release: The Progressive Policy Institute (PPI) released a new policy brief examining Europe's energy supplies before and after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and the role the U.S. has played in expanding exports to the EU in the wake of the war. The policy brief is titled "Russian Shutoffs and American Exports: Explaining the European Natural Gas Shortage," and is authored by Elan Sykes, Energy Policy Analyst at th  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee issued the following joint testimony by Kathryn Huff, assistant secretary for nuclear energy, and Douglas MacIntyre, deputy director for the Office of Petroleum Reserve at the Energy Department, involving a hearing on Dec. 1, 2022, on energy legislation: * * * Thank you, Chairman Manchin, Ranking Member Barrasso, and distinguished Members of the Committee. It is an honor for us to appear before you today and represent the   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee issued the following statement by Bureau of Land Management Principal Deputy Director Nada Wolff Culver involving a hearing on Dec. 1, 2022, on energy legislation: * * * Thank you for the opportunity to testify on S. 4424, the Recreation and Public Purposes Tribal Parity Act. S. 4424 would amend the Recreation and Public Purposes (R&PP) Act, to make Indian Tribes eligible to obtain Federal lands for certain recreation and   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee issued the following statement by David Crane, President Biden's nominee to be undersecretary of Energy for infrastructure, at a Nov. 17, 2022, confirmation hearing: * * * Having had the benefit of a long career, I can tell you that my path was set by the twin oil crises of the 1970s. I believed then, as I believe now, that the United States is the greatest, most judiciously powerful nation on earth, and it troubled me dee  more

SINGAPORE, Dec. 8 -- Forbes Media issued the following news release: A total of 22 tycoons saw their net worth increase on the 2022 Forbes' list of Indonesia's 50 Richest. Their collective wealth rose 11% to a record US$180 billion, up from $162 billion last year. Buoyed by high global prices for Indonesia's commodity exports, the country's economy is expected to grow 5.3% in 2022, following a 3.7% uptick in 2021. The momentum, however, could be curbed by accelerated inflation. Indonesia's be  more