WHYALLA, Australia, Sept. 26 -- Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese issued the following transcript of a doorstop interview on Sept. 25, 2023: * * * ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Well, it's great to be back in South Australia, with the Premier of South Australia, Peter Malinauskas. And always good to be in regional Australia. We have $100 million between us, that we have set aside for Port Bonython to become a hydrogen export hub. This is a part of our commitment to develop a hydrog  more

CANBERRA, Australia, Sept. 25 -- Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese issued the following opening remarks with Premier of South Australia Peter Malinauskas at the Federal Cabinet meeting: * * * ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Welcome, everyone. And I want to particularly welcome the Premier of South Australia, Peter Malinauskas, who is with us today. We've just had a very successful visit to Whyalla, reinforcing our joint announcement of $100 million for Port Bonython, to develop it   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 (TNSres) -- The Carnegie Institution for Science issued the following news: A team of scientists led by Carnegie's Robert Hazen and visiting scholar Jim Cleaves of the Tokyo Institute of Technology and the Blue Marble Space Institute for Science have discovered what they're calling the "holy grail of astrobiology," a simple and reliable test for signs of past or present life on other planets. Their findings are published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- Earthjustice issued the following news release on Sept. 25, 2023: Environmental and health groups celebrated an important step toward clean air after a federal appeals court today denied the requests of states and industry groups to block the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) "Good Neighbor Rule." The rule, designed to address cross-state air pollution and the adverse health effects of ozone pollution, also called smog, will improve public health and air quality.   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- The Environmental Defense Fund issued the following news release on Sept. 25, 2023: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit today rejected an attempt to halt the Good Neighbor Plan - a vital pollution-reduction effort by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that protects people in downwind states from smog that blows over their borders from power plants, including coal-plant smokestacks, and other industrial sources in neighboring states. "Today's decision is  more

BASEL, Switzerland, Sept. 26 -- Minerals, an open access journal that says it covers mineralogy, economic mineral resources, mineral exploration, innovative mining techniques and advances in mineral processing, published research articles on the following topics in its September 2023 edition (Vol. 13, Issue 9): * A Green Cyclic Leaching Process for Low-Grade Pyrolusite via a Recyclable Fe(II) Reductant * A Review of the Mineralogy, Petrography, and Geochemistry of Serpentinite from Calabria Re  more

BASEL, Switzerland, Sept. 26 -- Processes, a peer-reviewed open access journal on processes in chemistry, biochemistry, biology, materials and systems engineering research fields, published research articles on the following topics in its September 2023 edition (Vol. 11, Issue 9): * A Compact Microwave-Driven UV Lamp for Dental Light Curing * A Comparative Study on the Bioavailability and Soil-to-Plant Transfer Factors of Potentially Toxic Element Contamination in Agricultural Soils and Their   more

ROME, Italy, Sept. 26 (TNSres) -- The United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization issued the following news: Methane emissions are increasingly identified as a turbocharged driver of the climate crisis, catalyzing interest in how they can be mitigated in key agricultural sectors. To bolster awareness of possible actions that can be taken, and support Members with a menu of solutions, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today published "Methane emissions in l  more