LONDON, England, June 6 -- The European Union's European Bank for Reconstruction and Development issued the following news: Rules governing economic markets need dramatic changes so that they can better deliver and accelerate the transition to a zero-carbon future, President Odile Renaud-Basso of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) said tonight. Delivering the annual Mais Lecture at London's Bayes Business School, Ms Renaud-Basso appealed to governments, investors, prod  more

MIAMI, Florida, June 6 (TNSper) -- Holland and Knight, a law firm, issued the following news release: Ken Cestari, the former deputy chief counsel of the Loan Programs Office (LPO) of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), has joined Holland & Knight's Public Policy & Regulation Group as a partner. Mr. Cestari helped lead the legal department of the LPO from 2015 to 2022 and worked as an attorney in the department beginning in 2009. Mr. Cestari has deep knowledge of the credit programs administe  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, June 6 (TNSper) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: John Litynski, the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) former director of carbon transport and storage in the Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management, will join the University of Wyoming's School of Energy Resources (SER) as a senior adviser. Litynski, who has over 25 years of experience working on environmental compliance, carbon sequestration and technology development for the energy sector,  more

LONDON, England, June 6 (TNStalk) -- Friends of the Earth UK issued the following statement on June 5, 2023: * * * Renewables and energy efficiency will boost economy, create thousands of new jobs and increase energy security * * * Responding to the GMB General Secretary's speech on energy to the union's annual conference today, Friends of the Earth's head of climate Jamie Peters said: "Ending new gas, oil and coal developments is a no brainer and should be a key policy for any party that's  more

SINGAPORE, June 6 -- General Electric, a manufacturer of appliances, lighting, power systems and other products, issued the following news release: Following GE's 2019 announcement to invest up to $60 million over 10 years to make its GE Repair Solutions Singapore (GRSS) Center a world leader in power generation technology development, implementation and repairs, GE Vernova's Gas Power business today celebrated the completion of repair and return delivery for the 100th set of Hot Gas Path compo  more

BERGENFIELD, New Jersey, June 6 -- Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on June 5, 2023: Today, June 5, 2023, U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) announced that after months of debt ceiling negotiations, he helped successfully secure a $20 billion dollar investment for the PACT Act Toxic Exposure Fund -- a $15 billion dollar increase to get much needed healthcare to veterans who were exposed to burn pits and toxic substances during their service. Gottheimer  more

WASHINGTON, June 6 (TNSres) -- Greenpeace issued the following news release: * * * Carbon Offsets, Cap-and-trade, CCS and Other "Carbon Centric" Policies Fail to Mitigate Air and Water Pollution * * * A new peer-reviewed study details the risks of President Biden's support for expanded fossil fuel production and exports. Despite campaign promises to take on fossil fuels, Biden has approved massive extraction projects and allowed a surge of crude and LNG exports. Against the backdrop of attac  more

ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, New York, June 6 (TNSres) -- Bard College issued the following news release: The Center for the Environment Sciences and Humanities at Bard College is pleased to announce the findings of the Kingston Air Quality Initiative (KAQI) after three consecutive years of research and data collection. KAQI began in January 2020 as a partnership between Bard's Community Sciences Lab and the City of Kingston Conservation Advisory Council's Air Quality Subcommittee. Since then, Kingsto  more

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, June 6 (TNSjou) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: * * * There's no shortage of evidence that environmental factors influence species evolution, but a new study demonstrates a two-way street in which evolutionary changes feed back into the environment. * * * The story of the peppered moths is a textbook evolutionary tale. As coal smoke darkened tree bark near England's cities during the Industrial Revolution, white-bodied peppered moths becam  more