MILTON, England, April 12 -- Australian Geographer, a peer-reviewed journal that says it aims to shift academic and public debate on matters of societal and environmental consequence, published research articles on the following topics in its Vol. 55, Issue 1 edition: Articles: * The emotional geographies of a coal mining transition: a case study of Singleton, New South Wales, Australia * Nuclear power in a de-carbonised future? A critical discourse analysis of nuclear energy debates and med  more

CLEMSON, South Carolina, April 12 (TNSres) -- The Clemson University's Cooperative Extension issued the following news: Precision agriculture uses cutting-edge technology to make farms more efficient. With experts predicting technology will brighten farming's future, Clemson University academics, Cooperative Extension Service and research station faculty and staff are joining forces to prepare a skilled workforce for this primary sector of the economy. The Clemson Precision Agriculture Student  more

DENVER, Colorado, April 11 -- The Colorado Senate Democrats issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: Bipartisan legislation sponsored by Senator Dylan Roberts, D-Frisco, that would improve Colorado's water supply by implementing several recommendations made by the Colorado River Drought Task Force cleared the Senate Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee today. "Water is Colorado's most precious natural resource and as we face an uncertain future with ongoing drought and more de  more

DENVER, Colorado, April 12 -- The Colorado Senate Democrats issued the following news release on April 11, 2024: Bipartisan legislation sponsored by Senator Dylan Roberts, D-Frisco, that would improve Colorado's water supply by implementing several recommendations made by the Colorado River Drought Task Force cleared the Senate Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee today. "Water is Colorado's most precious natural resource and as we face an uncertain future with ongoing drought and more de  more

DENVER, Colorado, April 11 -- The Colorado Senate Democrats issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: Senator Dylan Roberts', D-Frisco, legislation to support both the realization of mountain passenger rail and economic diversification efforts in transitioning coal communities in Northwest Colorado passed the Senate Finance Committee today. SB24-190 would make the design and use of mountain passenger rail more sustainable by incentivizing the transportation of freight from companies  more

BOONE, North Carolina, April 12 -- Appalachian Voices posted the following news release: Community advocates from across Pennsylvania and Appalachia celebrated the introduction of two bills by Rep. Matt Cartwright, D-Penn., that would take crucial action to address some of the root causes of the "zombie mine" crisis -- the increasing number of non-producing modern-era mines that have not been cleaned up by the coal companies responsible for operating them. Cartwright's two bills take aim at cur  more

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF12464) on April 10, 2024, by African affairs specialist Alexis Arieff. Here are excerpts: * * * Niger A military junta led by General Abdourahamane Tchiani, a former Presidential Guard commander, seized power in July 2023, part of a wave of coups in Africa. In March 2024, the junta rescinded Niger's status of forces agreement (SOFA) with the United States, which underpins one of the la  more

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- Earthworks issued the following news release: The Biden administration gave formal approval Monday for a huge oil export project in Texas known as Sea Port Oil Terminal (SPOT), despite widespread opposition because of its impacts to public health and safety, the climate, and the environment. For the past four years, advocates led by Better Brazoria have protested the facility as contrary to national interests and have raised concerns to decision-makers about SPOT's thre  more

LONDON, England, April 11 -- The Environmental Investigation Agency issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: Members of the European Parliament today adopted the EU Methane Regulation, the first ever EU legislation to target this super-pollutant in the energy sector. Methane ranks as the second most important greenhouse gas, 82 times more potent than carbon dioxide (CO2) over a 20-year period, and responsible for about a third of the warming experienced today. According to the Int  more

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- Rep. Harriet Hageman, R-Wyoming, chairman of the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs, issued the following statement on April 11, 2024: * * * Today, the Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs held an oversight hearing on promoting affordable and reliable energy sources for United States territories. Subcommittee Chair Harriet Hageman (R-Wyo.) issued the following statement in response: "Congress must ensure that territories are able t  more

AMES, Iowa, April 11 (TNSres) -- Iowa State University issued the following news release: If you're the Midcontinent Independent System Operator - the organization that manages the flow of high-voltage electricity across a central stripe of the U.S. and Canada, from Manitoba, Michigan and Minnesota through Iowa and all the way to Louisiana - you want energy supplies to meet the energy demands of 45 million people. "We make sure the right amount of electricity is generated and transmitted to ou  more

OTTAWA, Ontario, April 12 -- Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau issued the following statement on April 11, 2024: * * * We, Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau and Prime Minister of the French Republic Gabriel Attal, met yesterday and today to deepen the already strong bilateral relations between our two countries, rooted in a shared history, a common language, and universal values, such as democracy and respect for human rights. Canada and France enjoy strong ties through bilateral co  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Rep. Darin LaHood, R-Illinois, issued the following news release: On Tuesday, the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed Congressman Darin LaHood's (IL-16) bill, H.R. 6233, the Community Reclamation Partnerships Act. H.R. 6233 would expand protections under existing law to third-party groups who participate in the cleaning and re-purposing of inactive coal mines, abandoned before modern regulations. Throughout the United States, there is over $12 billion worth   more

WOBURN, Massachusetts, April 12 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on April 11, 2024: Today, Governor Maura T. Healey continued her Mass Leads Road Show with a stop at Boston Metal to promote the key climatetech investments included in the bill. Boston Metal is a clean tech innovation company focused on "green steel production" or decarbonizing steel production by using electricity rather than coal. This visit is part of the Governor's Mass Leads Act Road   more

LANSING, Michigan, April 12 -- The Michigan Public Service Commission issued the following news release on April 11, 2024: The Michigan Public Service Commission today approved Indiana Michigan Power Co.'s (I&M) application for approval of its power supply cost recovery (PSCR) reconciliation for the 12 months ending Dec. 31, 2021 (Case No. U-20805), disallowing the recovery of more than $11.6 million in customer costs. The Commission set the company's PSCR reconciliation beginning balance at $  more

WASHINGTON, April 12 (TNSres) -- The National Mining Association issued the following news release on April 11, 2024: Surging demand for electricity is colliding with rapidly eroding grid reliability and projected power supply shortfalls driven by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) regulatory agenda, the National Mining Association (NMA) highlighted in a new white paper issued today. The paper also found that as coal plant retirements accelerate due to the cumulative impact of EPA  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 (TNSres) -- Oil Change International issued the following news release on April 9, 2024: * * * New research shows Japan, Korea, and US among worst fossil fuel financiers * New report shows that between 2020 and 2022, G20 governments and the multilateral development banks (MDBs) provided $142 billion in international public finance for fossil fuels, almost 1.4 times their support for clean energy in the same period ($104 billion). * The top fossil fuel financiers were Can  more

FORT COLLINS, Colorado, April 12 (TNSres) -- Colorado State University issued the following news release: The impacts of climate change aren't in the future. They're happening right now. Issues such as rising sea levels and changing weather patterns are significantly altering life as we know it. Colorado State University is a national leader in climate change solutions in areas such as soil carbon research, tropical weather and climate research, and microbiome science, among others. In this s  more

STOKE-ON-TRENT, England, April 12 (TNSres) -- Staffordshire University issued the following news: * * * Visitors to the Potteries Museum are being invited to squeeze inside the belly of a giant inflatable whale to learn about the plastic pollution * * * The fun learning activity is part of a day long Make Plastic History event, co-organised by world renowned microplastic expert Claire Gwinnett, a Professor in Forensic and Environmental Science at Staffordshire University. 'The Whale' is an   more