LONDON, England, Oct. 26 -- Amnesty International issued the following statement on Oct. 25, 2023: * * * Responding to a decision from the Turkish Constitutional Court which ruled today that the continued detention of Can Atalay, who was elected to the Turkish parliament in May, is a violation of his rights, Dinushika Dissanayake, Amnesty International's Research Director in Europe, the Balkans and Turkiye said: "Atalay is a prisoner of conscience (PoC), one of five people similarly held behi  more

BOONE, North Carolina, Oct. 26 -- Appalachian Voices issued the following news release on Oct. 25, 2023: The Environmental Protection Agency announced an award of up to $500,000 to regional nonprofit organization Appalachian Voices on Tuesday for the organization's Building Community Resilience in Virginia's Coalfields with Place-based Climate Change Adaptation project. The funding comes through EPA's Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving (EJCPS) Cooperative Agreement Program. EPA  more

BEIJING, China, Oct. 26 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on Oct. 25, 2023: On Wednesday, Governor Gavin Newsom met with President Xi Jinping in China's capital city of Beijing. The Governor also met Wednesday with Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Vice President Han Zheng and signed a new climate-focused Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the National Development and Reform Commission Chairman Zheng Shanjie. The Governor was joined by U.S. Ambassador to China  more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Oct. 26 (TNSres) -- Duke Energy issued the following news release on Oct. 25, 2023: Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK) today announced it has completed the sale of its unregulated utility-scale Commercial Renewables business to Brookfield, operator of one of the world's largest publicly traded, pure-play renewable power platforms. The sale agreement was previously announced on June 12, 2023. Duke Energy will use the proceeds from the transaction to strengthen its balance sheet   more

PANAMA CITY, Panama, Oct. 27 -- Earthworks issued the following news release on Oct. 26, 2023: Today, coinciding with Latin America and the Caribbean Climate week, Earthworks is releasing the findings of two major investigations of air pollution and oil & gas impacts on communities in Argentina and Brazil and video storytelling projects related to both investigations. The findings conclude that methane and health-hazardous volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions are not well-regulated and are  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 -- Greenberg Traurig, a law firm, issued the following news release: Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP represented Nautilus US Power Holdco (Nautilus Solar) in a $202 million U.S. debt private placement to refinance 58 operating projects aggregating to 186 MW located across seven states. The transaction is the first investment-grade institutional portfolio financing of mainly community solar projects. The Greenberg Traurig team negotiated the transaction documents and   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 (TNSres) -- Rep. S. Brett Guthrie, R-Kentucky, issued the following statement on Oct. 26, 2023: * * * Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02) released the following statement after his discussion draft, the Nuclear for Brownfields Site Preparation Act, passed through the Energy subcommittee of the House Energy & Commerce Committee this week: "I am pleased that my discussion draft, the Nuclear for Brownfields Site Preparation Act, passed through the Energy subcommittee's markup p  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 -- The House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management issued the following testimony by Gayle Manchin, federal co-chair of the Appalachian Regional Commission, involving a hearing on Oct. 19, 2023, entitled "Regional Commissions: A Review of Federal Economic Development Program Effectiveness": * * * Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee: My name is Gayle Manchin, Federal Co-Chair of the Appalachi  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 -- Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, a journal that reports industrial and academic research in the fields of applied chemistry and chemical engineering with special focus on fundamentals, processes and products from the American Chemical Society, published research articles on the following topics in its Oct. 25, 2023, edition (Vol. 62, Issue 42): MTCUE-2022 Editorial: * Multiphase Transportation, Conversion, & Utilization of Energy in Chemical Engineering: A  more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Oct. 27 (TNSres) -- The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis issued the following news release: The announced sale of STEAG to a private equity investor puts the German state-owned power utility at risk of reneging on its new sustainability commitments and extending its hard coal phase-out by up to eight years. Research from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) warns that instead of complying with STEAG's target to phase out coal a  more

GENEVA, Switzerland, Oct. 27 -- The Inter-Parliamentary Union issued the following news release on Oct. 26, 2023: The 2023 Cremer-Passy Prize, the MP of the year award, has been awarded to Mr. Samuelu Penitala Teo, Speaker of the Parliament of Tuvalu, in recognition of his outstanding record on climate action. Mr. Teo was awarded the prize in a special ceremony at the 147th IPU Assembly in Luanda, Angola in front of hundreds of lawmakers from around the world. Mr. Teo has been a tireless advo  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 -- Rep. Harold Rogers, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release: U.S. Rep. Harold "Hal" Rogers (KY-05) voted for the fiscal year 2024 Energy and Water House Appropriations Bill, providing nearly $58 billion to bolster national security, energy security and economic competitiveness. The bill passed the House on Thursday, offsetting $5.58 billion by clawing back the Democrats' wasteful spending over the last two years. Eastern Kentucky gains important funding in the bill,  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, Oct. 26 -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release on Oct. 25, 2023: Yesterday, the Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC) issued an order approving a settlement changing rules for customers of Evergy Kansas Central, Inc., Evergy Kansas South, Inc., and Evergy Metro, Inc. (collectively Evergy), a monopoly electric utility in Kansas and Missouri that provides energy to 1.7 million residential, commercial, and industrial customers. Vote Solar and the Sierra Club opposed the  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Oct. 27 -- The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation issued the following news: The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) has honored Pickett CCC Memorial State Park in Jamestown with the Excellence in Customer Engagement and Excellence in Resource Management awards among the 57 Tennessee State Parks. The awards are part of the annual Tennessee State Parks Awards of Excellence. "Pickett CCC Memorial State Park's recognition in two cate  more