MELBOURNE, Australia, Nov. 23 -- The Australian Conservation Foundation issued the following statement on Nov. 22, 2023: * * * In response to Climate Change & Energy Minister Chris Bowen's announcement of an expansion of the Capacity Investment Scheme, the Australian Conservation Foundation's CEO Kelly O'Shanassy said: "The plan announced by Minister Bowen today locks in Australia's renewable future. "Breaking Australia's fixation with climate-wrecking gas and coal and powering everything we  more

ROME, Italy, Nov. 23 -- Enel, a natural gas distribution company, issued the following news release on Nov. 22, 2023: The Enel Group (the "Group") is presenting its 2024-2026 Strategic Plan today to the financial markets and the media. THE GROUP IN THE ENERGY CONTEXT Short-term global uncertainties have required power companies to become more flexible and improve visibility on their returns. In the medium- to long-term, grids should be ready to accommodate an increase in electricity demand dr  more

PARIS, France, Nov. 24 -- Greenpeace International, a coordinating organization of Greenpeace, issued the following news release: In response to the release of the International Energy Agency report on Oil and Gas Industry in Net Zero Transitions, Kaisa Kosonen, Policy Coordinator, Greenpeace International said: "This IEA report shows that if governments continue to sit back and let every oil company try to be the last one standing, then we all lose. Industry self-regulation leads to collectiv  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 24 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following commentary on Nov. 23, 2023: * * * Ugandan Authorities Should Drop Charges Against Environmental Protesters By Myrto Tilianaki, Senior Advocate, Environment and Human Rights Next week, four more students will appear before a Kampala court for participating in protests against the planned East Africa crude oil pipeline (EACOP) and for demanding a full and equitable phaseout of fossil fuels. The students were arrested in September a  more

LONDON, England, Nov. 24 (TNSres) -- The International Institute for Environment and Development issued the following news release: * * * Calls for reform of 'investor-state dispute settlement' ahead of COP28. * * * Collection UN climate change conference (COP28) (https://www.iied.org/collection/un-climate-change-conference-cop28) A series of pages related to IIED's activities at the 2023 UNFCCC climate change summit in Dubai * * * Fossil fuel businesses have been awarded more than US$80  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 -- Science, a peer-reviewed journal from the American Association for the Advancement of Science that says it features human genome, martian surface and studies tying AIDS to human immunodeficiency virus, published research articles on the following topics in its Nov. 24, 2023 edition (Vol. 382, Issue 6673): Editorial: * Extremely large telescopes at risk In Depth: * Exascale computers show off emerging science * Nocturnal habits may help animals survive crises * Can AI  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 -- Science, a peer-reviewed journal from the American Association for the Advancement of Science, published research articles on the following topics in its Nov. 24, 2023, edition (Vol. 382, Issue 6673): Editorial: * Extremely large telescopes at risk News: - In Depth * Exascale computers show off emerging science * Nocturnal habits may help animals survive crises * Can AI help scientists surf a paper flood? * Fern proteins show promise against crop pests * Novel co  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 -- Sen. John Thune, R-South Dakota, issued the following commentary on Nov. 22, 2023: * * * A Strong America is a Secure America Recent events have laid bare the fact that we live in a dangerous world, and they reinforce the importance of a strong national defense and military readiness. There will, unfortunately, always be people bent on aggression who threaten our security and the freedoms we hold dear. The surest way to protect our people and national interests is from   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following opening remarks at a hearing on Nov. 2, 2023, entitled "Opportunities and Challenges in Deploying CCUS and DAC Technologies on Federal and Non-Federal Lands." CCUS are carbon capture utilization and sequestration while DAC stands for direct air capture. * * * The committee will come to order. Before we begin today's hearing, I want to just say that we a  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 -- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee issued the following testimony by Brad Crabtree, assistant secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management, involving a hearing on Nov. 2, 2023, entitled "Opportunities and Challenges in Deploying CCUS and DAC Technologies on Federal and Non-Federal Lands." CCUS are carbon capture utilization and sequestration while DAC stands for direct air capture. * * * Thank you, Chairman Manch  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Coast Guard issued the following news: By Nora L. Chidlow, archivist, U.S. Coast Guard The Long Blue Line blog series has been publishing Coast Guard history essays for over 15 years. To access hundreds of these service stories, visit the Coast Guard Historian's Office's Long Blue Line online archives, located here: THE LONG BLUE LINE (uscg.mil) In 1918, World War I was coming to an end. Coast Guard Cutter Tampa was one of six cu  more

REHOVOT, Israel, Nov. 23 (TNSres) -- The Weizmann Institute of Science issued the following news release on Nov. 21, 2023: * * * A new Weizmann Institute study shows that building solar farms in arid regions is a far more effective way to tackle the climate crisis than planting forests * * * A verdant forest is one of the most iconic symbols of the power of nature, from the abundance of plant and animal life that shelters among its thick vegetation to the positive impact it has on Earth's cl  more

MIDDLETON, Wisconsin, Nov. 24 -- Wetlands, a journal that says it features wetlands biology, ecology, hydrology, water chemistry, soil and sediment characteristics, management, education, legislation, cultural, sociology and regulations from the Society for Wetland Scientists, published research articles on the following topics in its December 2023 edition (Vol. 43, Issue 8): * Assessing the Impacts of Wetlands on Discharge and Nutrient Loading: Insights from Restoring Past Wetlands with GIS-Ba  more