WASHINGTON, July 20 -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued the following opening statement on July 19, 2023, by Chairman Rostin Behnam at Second Voluntary Carbon Markets convening: * * * Last year, I hosted the CFTC's first Voluntary Carbon Markets Convening [1], and followed it with a Commission issued Request for Information on Climate-Related Financial Risk.[2] Both comprised a very intentional first step to making greater progress through public-private partnerships towards ens  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, July 19 (TNSawa) -- The city of Alexandria issued the following news release: The City of Alexandria has received the 2023 Red Clay Development of the Year Award from the Virginia Chapter of the American Planning Association (APA Virginia) for its work on the redevelopment of the Potomac River Generating Station (PRGS) Power Plant. The planning award recognizes the City's proposal to transform the site from an underutilized brownfield into a sustainable, active community.   more

MILTON, England, July 20 -- Contemporary British History, a peer-reviewed journal that says it British society, culture, politics, foreign policy and the economy in the past, published research articles on the following topics in its Vol. 37, No. 3 edition: Research Articles: * 'The Wild Women of the West (Midlands)': how LesBeWell imagined queer women's health and its obstacles in the 1990s through the pages of Dykenosis * Me Too? Re-encountering youth experiences of sexual violence in post-  more

NEW YORK, July 19 (TNSrpt) -- Greenpeace issued the following news release: Using stunning projections on prominent buildings in the heart of NYC, Greenpeace USA cast a spotlight on the detrimental climate impact of Bitcoin investments by financial giants JPMorgan Chase & Co. (Chase) and BlackRock. The display painted the NYC skyline with images of BlackRock CEO Larry Fink and Chase CEO Jamie Dimon donning red laser eyes, similar to the profiles of Bitcoin maximalists. Accompanying this visual   more

WASHINGTON, July 20 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, issued the following news release on July 19, 2023: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chair Morgan Griffith (R-VA) delivered the following opening remarks during today's Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing titled "Examining Emerging Threats to Electric Energy Infrastructure." Excerpts and highlights below: THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR   more

WESTERVILLE, Ohio, July 20 -- The International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology, a peer-reviewed journal from the American Ceramic Society that says it focuses on commercialization of engineered ceramics, products and processes, published research articles, including the following topic, in its July/August 2023 edition: REVIEW ARTICLES: * Evaluation of environmental barrier coatings: A review * Fabrication and application of porous materials made from coal gangue: A review RESEARCH ART  more

CHIPPENDALE, Australia, July 19 (TNSfgov) -- The Nature Conservation Council issued the following news release on July 18, 2023: The NSW Government is allowing ageing coal-fired power plants to continue to pump out high levels of toxic pollution, leading environment groups say. Vales Point Power Station, operated by Delta Electricity, has a two-year exemption from NOx emissions limits in NSW's clean air laws until October 2024. Now Vales Point Power station may be extended until 2033, Environ  more

WASHINGTON, July 19 (TNStalk) -- Oil Change International issued the following statement on July 18, 2023: * * * Last Friday, the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) -- the official export credit agency of the U.S.-- insured USD 400 million in revolving credit facilities for global commodities trader Trafigura. The newly approved transaction will allow Trafigura Pte. to purchase liquefied natural gas (LNG) from U.S. exporters to sell primarily to European buyers. * * * Allie Ro  more

WASHINGTON, July 20 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Surface Transportation Board issued the following decision (Docket No. AB 1327X) entitled "Flats Industrial Inc. dba Flats Industrial Railroad Co. - Abandonment Exemption - In Cleveland, Ohio": * * * Digest:/1 The Board denies an appeal, filed by Flats Industrial Railroad Company, of a decision finding Werner G. Smith, Inc., to be financially responsible and postponing the effective date of an exemption authorizing the abandonment   more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, July 19 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: An award-winning technology, developed by an American company with support from NETL, uses coal waste as an anode material in lithium-ion batteries -- an innovation that researchers believe is an eco-friendly way to help the U.S. reduce reliance on foreign countries for critical materials that are needed to support the growing demand for batteries used in battery  more