QUEENSLAND, Australia, Jan. 11 -- Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese issued the following transcript of a news conference on Jan. 9, 2024: * * * ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Thanks for joining us. It's good to be here with the Premier, Steven Miles, with my Treasurer, Jim Chalmers, my Minister, Murray Watt, the Queensland Treasurer, Cameron Dick, and Nikki Boyd, the state Minister for Fire and Disaster Recovery, and also the Mayor of the Gold Coast, Tom Tate, who will speak after   more

LONDON, England, Jan. 11 -- British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak issued the following joint statement on Jan. 10, 2024: * * * Today, the International Partners Group, comprised of the United Kingdom (UK), the European Union (EU), Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Norway and the United States of America, and co-led by the EU and the UK, welcomes and endorses Viet Nam's Just Energy Transition Partnership Resource Mobilisation Plan (RMP). The RMP is part of the Just Energy Transition   more

LONDON, Jan. 12 (TNSres) -- City University London issued the following news release: * * * Dr Dominic Davies publishes new book The Broken Promise of Infrastructure, which investigates the cultural politics of infrastructure in Britain. * * * "In recent years, I noticed policy catchphrases like levelling up being used to invoke the greatness of infrastructure in Britain, even as very little new infrastructure is actually getting built," said Dr Dominic Davies, Senior Lecturer in English Lit  more

STATE, Germany, Jan. 11 -- The European Commission issued the following speech on Jan. 10, 2024, by President Ursula von der Leyen at the New Year reception of the Stade Chamber of Industry and Commerce for the Elbe-Weser region: * * * You will have noticed that it is rather loud outside. But I have no problem with that. In our society, everyone has the right to express their views and represent their interests. I understand many of our farmers' concerns, and they have good arguments on their   more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Jan. 12 -- Energy Inc., a company that says it focuses on producing, transmitting and delivering energy for the benefit of stakeholders, issued the following news release: With bitter cold temperatures moving into the region this weekend, Evergy has taken steps to meet high energy demand and has crews prepared in case of power outages. "Evergy begins preparing for winter weather immediately as the summer season ends to ensure we can serve our customers," said Kevin Bryan  more

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, Jan. 12 (TNSres) -- The Global Reporting Initiative issued the following news: * * * Two of the GRI Sector Standards come into effect from 1 January * * * As part of the continued development of the GRI Standards - the most widely used sustainability reporting standards in the world - two additional Sector Standards become effective for reporting from 1 January 2024: for coal and agriculture, aquaculture, and fishing. Adding to a growing suite of GRI Sector Stan  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 (TNSres) -- The Institute for Energy Research issued the following agency statement: The Biden administration recently unveiled regulations targeting multiple home and commercial appliances, which will impact the pocketbooks and comfort of millions of Americans. Biden's Department of Energy (DOE) finalized new energy efficiency standards for residential refrigerators and freezers and proposed standards for commercial fans and blowers. DOE's standards for refrigerators and fr  more

PARIS, France, Jan. 12 (TNSres) -- The International Energy Agency issued the following news release: The world's capacity to generate renewable electricity is expanding faster than at any time in the last three decades, giving it a real chance of achieving the goal of tripling global capacity by 2030 that governments set at the COP28 climate change conference last month, the IEA says in a new report. The amount of renewable energy capacity added to energy systems around the world grew by 50%   more

BOONE, North Carolina, Jan. 11 -- Appalachian Voices issued the following news release on Jan. 10, 2024: Conservation groups sued the U.S. Forest Service today for failing to protect streams in the Cherry River watershed from the harmful effects of coal hauling in the Monongahela National Forest. Coal hauling imperils the critically endangered candy darter as well as nearby habitat for other endangered species. Filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, today's lawsuit faul  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Jan. 12 -- The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development issued the following news release on Jan. 11, 2024: The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) today announced nearly $1.4 million in grant funding to support economic development in two Minnesota towns where fossil fuel power plants recently closed. Granite Falls ($750,000) and Fergus Falls ($640,250) received the grants from DEED's Community Energy Transition Grant prog  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy issued the following news release on Jan. 11, 2024: The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) today announced $800,000 in federal funding for eight local government and non-profit organizations representing communities across the country, from Alaska to Pennsylvania, that will each create a roadmap toward repurposing their existing energy assets. The Capacity Building   more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Jan. 12 -- Rising Tide North America issued the following news release: A NSW magistrate has told protesters involved in a demonstration that ground coal exports to a halt in Newcastle that it was clear they acted out of "genuine desire" to bring about change. The protest, organised by the group Rising Tide in November, saw hundreds of people block Newcastle Harbour for 30 hours over two days in the name of climate change. The authorised action was to finish at 4pm   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on Jan. 11, 2024: Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), delivered remarks at a full committee hearing to examine federal electric vehicle incentives. The hearing featured testimony from the Honorable David M. Turk, Deputy Secretary of Energy, and the Honorabl  more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Jan. 12 (TNSres) -- EcoWatch posted the following news: By Cristen Hemingway Jaynes Greenhouse gas emissions in the United States fell by 1.9 percent in 2023 -- the lowest level since 1969 -- mostly due to less coal power generation, according to preliminary estimates released by independent research firm the Rhodium Group. Following two years of increasing emissions, and with the country's economy expanding by 2.4 percent, emissions fell to 17.2 percent lower than those in 2  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Jan. 12 -- Gov. Jim Justice, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Jan. 10, 2024: Gov. Jim Justice presented his 2024 State of the State Address to the West Virginia Legislature on Wednesday evening. * * * Here is the transcript of his speech in its entirety: GOVERNOR JUSTICE: Okay, sit down y'all look like you're getting tired. And you gotta clap a lot tonight. Oh, me. I'll get to the meat and potatoes in just a second, but I want to thank you. I  more