CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, Oct. 7 -- The Center for Biological Diversity Action Fund issued the following news release on Oct. 6, 2023: The Center for Biological Diversity Action Fund, the 501(c)(4) political arm of the Center for Biological Diversity, announced today that it is endorsing Adam Searing for Chapel Hill mayor, along with a slate of progressive candidates for Town Council. The Action Fund is endorsing Renuka Soll, David Adams, Breckany Eckhardt and Elizabeth Sharp to lead the Tow  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on Oct. 6, 2023: * * * Assessing Electric Transmission's Cost Allocation Dilemma By Cy McGeady Transmission is suddenly in the limelight. Without it, the United States will be unable to deploy the vast amount of wind and solar power generation projects that the Inflation Reduction Act makes economically viable, and that is needed to decarbonize the U.S. power system in line with the admin  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee issued the following news release: This week, as Senate Republicans' "increasingly crowded" and "contested" primaries continue to cause "headaches," their "intraparty rifts that defined the 2022 cycle and contributed to the GOP's loss[es]" were once again on full display in races across the map. * In Michigan, James Craig entered the Republican primary, "making for a potentially messy" and "fractious primary in a state where th  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee issued the following news release: U.S. Marshals seizing Justice's helicopter, Justice dodging questions about his personal financial disclosure, and continued attacks over Justice's financial and workplace scandals: here's what you might have missed this week in West Virginia's "messy," "costly," and "bruising" GOP primary. * Recent reporting from WV MetroNews details that U.S. Marshals were sent to seize a helicopter owned by  more

GRANADA, Spain, Oct. 7 -- The European Commission issued the following opening remarks on Oct. 6, 2023, by President Ursula von der Leyen at the joint news conference with European Council President Charles Michel and Spain Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez after the informal meeting of heads of state or government: * * * First of all, I want to thank Prime Minister Sanchez, dear Pedro, for hosting us in this amazing place. What an experience. Yesterday, you hosted the EPC, and today, the informal   more

SEOUL, South Korea, Oct. 7 (TNSres) -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: The Sierra Club has joined a group of 24 civil society organizations from around the world in delivering a letter to South Korea's POSCO Holdings urging it to stop prolonging the lifespan of their coal-fired blast furnaces and develop a plan to phase out the remaining ones. POSCO Holdings is South Korea's largest steel producer and top corporate emitter. POSCO plans to reline two blast furnaces at its Poh  more