LOGAN, Utah, Sept. 6 -- Utah State University issued the following news: By Shelby Ruud Jarman Utah State University Eastern is part of a $1.4 million grant program awarded to Carbon County by the Economic Development Administration in the U.S. Department of Commerce. The funding will support the development of an aircraft maintenance technician training facility and hangar at the Carbon County Airport. The new facilities will make it possible for a new aviation maintenance program to be offe  more

PRICE, Utah, Sept. 6 -- Utah State University Eastern campus issued the following news: By Shelby Ruud Jarman Utah State University Eastern is part of a $1.4 million grant program awarded to Carbon County by the Economic Development Administration in the U.S. Department of Commerce. The funding will support the development of an aircraft maintenance technician training facility and hangar at the Carbon County Airport. The new facilities will make it possible for a new aviation maintenance pro  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 -- The Federal Maritime Commission issued the following order on motions (Docket No. 23-07) on Sept. 6, 2023: * * * TIR AUTO TRANSPORT LLC, Complainant v. V&S BROTHERS INC. AND V&S CARGO INC., Respondents. ORDER OF: Linda S. Harris CROVELLA, Administrative Law Judge. ORDER ON MOTIONS On August 23, 2023, Respondents V&S Brothers Inc., and V&S Cargo Inc. (collectively, "Respondents" or "V&S"), filed a motion for enlargement of time ("Motion for Enlargement") citing 46 C.F.  more

MELBOURNE, Australia, Sept. 6 -- The Institute of Public Affairs issued the following news release on Sept. 5, 2023: "The decision today by the Minns Government to keep Eraring operating for longer is a welcome, albeit small, first step towards keeping the lights on across the National Energy Market and restoring Australia's energy security," said Scott Hargreaves, Executive Director of the Institute of Public Affairs. Today's announcement by the New South Wales Government that it will seek a   more

NEW YORK, Sept. 7 -- Waterkeeper Alliance issued the following news release on Sept. 6, 2023: In response to a lawsuit filed by five conservation groups, a federal judge found today that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's 2019 denial of Endangered Species Act protection for the eastern hellbender salamander was arbitrary and unlawful. District Judge Lewis J. Liman set aside the Service's decision and instructed the agency to make a new decision consistent with law. "This ruling is a lifesav  more

NEW YORK, Sept. 7 -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release on Sept. 6, 2023: In response to a lawsuit filed by five conservation groups, a federal judge found today that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's 2019 denial of Endangered Species Act protection for the eastern hellbender salamander was arbitrary and unlawful. District Judge Lewis J. Liman set aside the Service's decision and instructed the agency to make a new decision consistent with law. "This ruli  more

LANSING, Michigan, Sept. 7 (TNSres) -- The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy issued the following news release on Sept. 6, 2023: Today's MI Environment story by Cory Connolly, Climate and Energy Advisor in EGLE's Office of Climate and Energy, is from the State of the Great Lakes report. Michigan and the Great Lakes already feel the effects of changing climate. Warmer waters feed bacteria and toxic algal blooms. Disrupted ecosystems displace native species and make inva  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Sept. 7 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: An innovative technology that transforms carbon-rich materials including coal and coal-wastes into high quality graphene for use in a wide range of products is closer to reality as a result of support from NETL - progress that could have positive implications for a wide array of materials that are a part of everyday life. Universal Matter, an internati  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 (TNSres) -- Oil Change International issued the following news release: * * * Despite promises to end fossil fuel finance, countries contribute USD 4.4 billion this year alone * Rich countries have continued to approve USD 4.4 billion in international public finance despite committing to end this support by the end of 2022; * Six countries including the United States, Germany, Italy and Japan have at least 26 fossil fuel projects awaiting approvals, with Germany having th  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Sept. 7 (TNSres) -- Princeton University's School of Public and International Affairs issued the following Q&A on Sept. 6, 2023, with Seema Jayachandran, professor of economics and public affairs and co-director of the Research Program in Development Economics: * * * As CO2 emissions continue to climb globally, Seema Jayachandran, a professor of economics and public affairs and co-director of the Research Program in Development Economics, published research in the Journa  more

NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept. 6 -- The United Nations issued the following remarks on Sept. 5, 2023, by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at the Africa Climate Summit: * * * An injustice burns at the heart of the climate crisis, and its flame is scorching hopes and possibilities here in Africa. This continent accounts for less than 4 per cent of global emissions. Yet it suffers some of the worst effects of rising global temperatures: extreme heat, ferocious floods and tens of thousands dead from deva  more