BOONE, North Carolina, Oct. 13 -- Appalachian Voices issued the following news release: The Department of Energy awarded $400,000 to regional nonprofit organization Appalachian Voices on Wednesday for a project that will help address energy-related challenges at community anchor institutions like schools, health care facilities and businesses in the historic coal region of Southwest Virginia. The Phase 1 award from the Buildings Upgrade Prize (Buildings UP) will enable Appalachian Voices to wor  more

CANBERRA, Australia, Oct. 13 -- Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese issued the following transcript of a radio interview with Mim Hook of Australian Broadcasting Corporation Gippsland: * * * MIM HOOK, HOST: Good morning, Anthony. ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Good morning, Mim. How are you? HOOK: Good, thank you. Thank you for crossing into our Loch Sport broadcast this morning. We're talking here because we've had emergency fires here and the town was cut off. What's your Govern  more

LONDON, England, Oct. 13 -- The Climate Group issued the following news release: On 5th and 6th October 2023, Climate Group participated in the Carbon Neutrality International Conference in Chungnam Province, South Korea. The summit brought together political leaders, industry figures and climate campaigners to take stock of the South Korean and international net zero landscape. Across the two days, attendees shared their expertise on decarbonisation, discussed structural barriers and worked to  more

MEEKER, Colorado, Oct. 13 -- The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment issued the following news release: Governor Polis, the Office of Just Transition (OJT) within the Colorado Department of Labor & Employment, and the Office of Economic Development & International Trade (OEDIT) have partnered to fund pivotal economic development projects in Meeker and Yampa, Colorado. These Coal Transition Community grants (https://oedit.colorado.gov/press-release/creating-a-colorado-economy-for-all-new  more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Oct. 13 (TNSres) -- The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis issued the following news release: Rio Tinto and BHP can expect to face growing investor pressure to address their Scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new report from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA). Neither company has a measurable Scope 3 emissions reduction target. While Scope 1 and 2 emissions occur as companies carry out their operations, a company'  more

MELBOURNE, Australia, Oct. 13 -- The Institute of Public Affairs issued the following news release on Oct. 12, 2023: "The state government's plan to legislate a reckless net zero target will do nothing more than increase power prices for households, destroy jobs in the regions and undermine the state's energy security," said Saxon Davidson, Research Fellow at the Institute of Public Affairs. Introduced into state parliament today, the New South Wales government's Climate Change (Net Zero Futur  more

CHIPPENDALE, Australia, Oct. 13 -- The Nature Conservation Council issued the following statement on Oct. 12, 2023: * * * The Nature Conservation Council of New South Wales (NCC), the state's leading environmental advocacy organisation, has today welcomed the NSW Government's establishment of the Net Zero Commission, and the legislating of NSW's 2030 and 2050 emissions reduction targets. "It's great to see that just six months after taking office, one of the Minns Government's key election co  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 -- The Senate Rules and Administration Committee issued the following written testimony by Ari Cohn, free speech counsel at TechFreedom, involving a hearing on Sept. 27, 2023, entitled "AI and the Future of Our Elections": * * * Chair Klobuchar, Ranking Member Fischer, and Honorable Members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today. My name is Ari Cohn, and I am Free Speech Counsel at TechFreedom, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization devoted to techn  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, Oct. 13 (TNSres) -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: In Sierra Club's latest version of its annual Dirty Truth About Utilities' Climate Pledges Report that analyzes the plans of 77 utilities, Arizona utilities Salt River Project (SRP), Tucson Electric Power (TEP), and Arizona Public Service Company (APS) have earned abysmal grades for the third consecutive year for their coal and gas infrastructure that poisons the air, exacerbates the water crisis, and burde  more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, Oct. 13 -- The Sierra Club issued the following statement on Oct. 12, 2023: * * * The largest proposed energy project in Missouri's recent history will become a reality. The Public Service Commission (PSC) voted to approve construction of the Grain Belt Express transmission line today. The project will create 1,500 direct jobs and generate $1.3 billion in economic activity during construction and over $17 billion in electric bill savings for Missourians during the life of   more

MEEKER, Colorado, Oct. 13 -- Gov. Jared Polis, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: Governor Polis, the Office of Just Transition (OJT) within the Colorado Department of Labor & Employment, and the Office of Economic Development & International Trade (OEDIT) have partnered to fund pivotal economic development projects in Meeker and Yampa, Colorado. These Coal Transition Community grants are intended to support economic diversification and workforce development activities in communitie  more