WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- ACS Omega, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features findings in chemistry and interfacing areas of science from the American Chemical Society, published research articles on the following topics in its Oct. 31, 2023, edition (Vol. 8, Issue 43): Reviews: * Quality Standards and Pharmacological Interventions of Natural Oils: Current Scenario and Future Perspectives * Synthetic and Natural Bioactive Molecules in Balancing the Crosstalk among Common Signaling Pathways  more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Nov. 1 (TNSres) -- EcoWatch posted the following news: By Paige Bennett A coal plant in Jefferson County, Alabama has topped the list of worst greenhouse gas polluters in the U.S., according to data recently released by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). This latest annual recognition is the eighth consecutive time for the notorious Alabama Power facility in Jefferson County, called the James H. Miller Jr. Electric Generating Plant. In an analysis (https://inside  more

CLEMSON, South Carolina, Nov. 1 -- Clemson University issued the following news: In 2007, Clemson University became one of the charter signatories of the American College and University President's Climate Commitment, a coalition of institutions of higher learning that believed "firmly in the power, potential, and imperative of higher education's key role in shaping a sustainable society." By signing the commitment, Clemson agreed to "act on bold climate commitments, to scale campus climate in  more

TAIPEI, Taiwan, Oct. 31 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release on Oct. 29, 2023: Governor Greg Gianforte on Sunday arrived in Taipei for a trade mission to strengthen Montana's longstanding relationship with Taiwan, a hub for democracy and technological innovation in East Asia. Representatives of Montana's agricultural, semiconductor, photonics, and bioscience industries joined the governor on the trade mission. "Taiwan is one of Montana's most important trading   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 -- The Institute for Energy Research issued the following agency statement on Oct. 31, 2023: * * * * The International Energy Agency (IEA) has become an outlier, projecting a peaking of global fossil fuel demand by 2030, when all evidence and other modelers show the world's fossil fuel demand growing. * The IEA puts its faith in the ability of wind, solar and electric vehicles to replace fossil fuels, when in reality there are struggles in each sector. * Wind and solar pow  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 -- The International Monetary Fund issued the following statement on Oct. 31, 2023: * * * A Concluding Statement describes the preliminary findings of IMF staff at the end of an official staff visit (or 'mission'), in most cases to a member country. Missions are undertaken as part of regular (usually annual) consultations under Article IV of the IMF's Articles of Agreement, in the context of a request to use IMF resources (borrow from the IMF), as part of discussions of staf  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release: MORRISON, Colo. -- On her second stop on the Biden-Harris administration's Investing in Rural America event series, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland was in Colorado today to announce nearly $10 million in fiscal year 2023 funding from President Biden's Investing in America agenda to create good-paying jobs and catalyze economic opportunity by reclaiming abandoned mine lands in the state. Millions  more

MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, Nov. 1 -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: * * * Today, in its quarterly earnings report, WEC Energy Group announced that it plans to eliminate coal as an energy source by the end of 2032, three years earlier than their previous estimate. Their coal retirements planned are as follows: * Oak Creek units 5-6: May 2024 * Oak Creek units 7-8: late 2025 * Columbia units 1-2: June 2026 * Weston unit 3: end of 2031 In 2020, We Energies, a subsidiary of WEC  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Nov. 1 -- The University of Missouri Kansas City campus issued the following news: While starting work at Forest Hill Calvary Cemetery one morning a few years ago, Tina Lasater (B.L.A. '03) made a discovery. Behind a desk, she spied a thick sheaf of parchment papers stuffed into a leather binder. Her find turned out to be a collection of designs and plans created by the cemetery's architect more than 125 years earlier. "I was so intrigued," said Lasater, a client counse  more