OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, March 22 (TNSrpt) -- Animal Wellness Action issued the following news release: * * * Animal Wellness Action and SHARK provide detailed evidence of ongoing gamecock operations built for raising and selling fighting animals in violation of Oklahoma and United States law * * * Animal Wellness Action and SHARK have released a report on the leaders of the so-called Oklahoma Gamefowl Commission (OGC) detailing their unmistakable involvement in the cockfighting industry, pr  more

WASHINGTON, March 24 (TNSres) -- Greenpeace issued the following news release: Art and activism merge in the striking art installation called the Skull of Satoshi, created by art activist Benjamin Von Wong and Greenpeace USA to highlight Bitcoin's record of climate destruction. This thought-provoking art installation is 11 feet tall and features smoking stacks representing the fossil fuel and coal pollution generated by Bitcoin mining, eyes adorned with bitcoin logos and red lasers, and cables  more

WASHINGTON, March 23 (TNSres) -- The Department of Energy's Office of Science Atmospheric Radiation Measurement facility issued the following news: In her career of nearly three decades, University of California San Diego (UCSD) professor of climate sciences Lynn Russell has studied all manner of aerosols. These are the tiny particles in the atmosphere, both natural and human-made, that make cloud formation and precipitation possible. Russell, who teaches at Scripps Institution of Oceanograph  more

BRISBANE, Australia, March 21 (TNSres) -- The Australian Marine Conservation Society issued the following news release: Australian governments must do more to protect the Great Barrier Reef, our oceans and climate, the Australian Marine Conservation Society said today after the release of the hugely significant Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) of the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The latest IPCC report is a recap of the main findings of previous reports, led by  more

CANBERRA, Australia, March 21 (TNSres) -- The Australian National University issued the following news release: Climate change impacts are larger, more rapid and worse than previous estimates, but humanity has the means to tackle the problem, say leading authors from The Australian National University (ANU) of the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The new report provides the most comprehensive overview of climate change across the globe, and is the defini  more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 21 (TNSres) -- The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis issued the following news release: * * * Key Takeaways: BCI has begun to address the risks associated with continued fossil fuel investments, but much more needs to be done--divestment will make the British Columbia Teachers' Pension Plan fund stronger and more resilient Implementing IEEFA's divestment recommendations would allow fund managers and pension fund beneficiaries to move capital in the   more

WASHINGTON, March 24 (TNSres) -- Public Citizen issued the following news release on March 23, 2023: Public Citizen today launched a campaign calling on Toyota Motor Corp. to undertake efforts to prevent environmental and human rights harms throughout the company's supply chain. "Avoiding the worst impacts of the climate crisis requires major changes not only to the types of cars we drive, but also to how those cars are manufactured," said Erika Thi Patterson, auto supply chain campaign direc  more

LEHIGH VALLEY, Pennsylvania, March 24 -- Air Products and Chemicals issued the following news release on March 23, 2023: In response to media reports, Air Products (NYSE:APD) today confirmed that it is no longer involved in the coal-to-methanol Bengalon, East Kalimantan, Indonesia project, nor in other coal gasification projects in Indonesia. The financial landscape for blue and green hydrogen projects has significantly changed in the last year, driving increasing opportunities for Air Product  more

ROCHESTER, New York, March 25 (TNSres) -- Rochester Institute of Technology issued the following news release on March 24, 2023: * * * Outcomes will inform Nuclear Regulatory Commission on advanced safety strategies in the event of seismic events and temperature changes * * * Researchers at Rochester Institute of Technology are investigating the combined physical effects of heat, chemical reactions, and seismic activity on concrete lining structures used to dispose of nuclear waste. Results   more

ROLLA, Missouri, March 22 (TNSres) -- Missouri University of Science and Technology issued the following news: A Missouri S&T professor is working with leaders across the country to discuss and develop climate change solutions. His recent efforts include participating in the White House Campus and Community-Scale Climate Change Solutions forum, and he will return to Washington, D.C., this week. "The importance of protecting the environment and finding solutions to climate change cannot be over  more