FLAGSTAFF, Arizona, Jan. 5 (TNSgov) -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release: To Nizhoni Ani, Dine Citizens Against Ruining our Environment and the Center for Biological Diversity have filed motions urging the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to deny preliminary permit applications for three pump storage projects southeast of Kayenta on the Navajo Nation. "These wildly unrealistic projects would only add to decades of harm from coal mining to Black Mesa's pe  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Jan. 5 (TNStalk) -- Rainforest Action Network issued the following statement on Jan. 4, 2023: * * * Chubb announced that it has launched a Global Climate Business Unit to support the low-carbon transition. According to Chubb, the new structure will bring together existing units focused on traditional, alternative and renewable energy, climate tech, agribusiness and risk engineering services to work with customers on reducing emissions and managing climate risk. * *   more

LONDON, England, Jan. 5 -- Friends of the Earth UK issued the following news release on Jan. 4, 2023: Friends of the Earth is taking legal action against the UK government following its recent decision to grant planning permission for a new coal mine in Cumbria, the environmental group has revealed today. Friends of the Earth, one of the two main opponents of the mine at the planning inquiry in September 2021, will file its claim later this month. It will focus on the mine's climate impacts.   more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Jan. 5 (TNSjou) -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: * * * The project, which aims to increase the safety and economy of nuclear reactors, brings together Virginia Tech faculty members from the College of Engineering and the College of Science. * * * Three Virginia Tech professors from nuclear engineering, physics, and industrial engineering are bringing together their expertise and inventions to create a highly innovative technology for high-fidelity, real-time   more