WASHINGTON, July 5 [Category: Chemicals] -- The American Chemistry Council issued the following news release: WASHINGTON (July 5, 2024) - The American Chemistry Council (ACC) and the American Petroleum Institute (API) have formed a new industry coalition, the Naphthalene Workgroup. The two associations are working together to respond to the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) announcement of the release of the draft IRIS Assessment for Naphthalene in 2025, as well as to monitor EPA's 2023   more

SYDNEY, Australia, July 5 (TNSres) -- Greenpeace Australia Pacific issued the following news: By Vai Shah As a Senate Committee hands down a report recommending that the Duty of Care bill not be passed, Greenpeace Australia Pacific has called the recommendation a dereliction of the duty that elected leaders have to citizens and urged leaders to commit to protecting future generations from climate change. "The Albanese government's rejection of the Duty of Care bill is an abject failure by the  more

BASEL, Switzerland, July 5 -- Environment, Development and Sustainability, a peer-reviewed journal that says it covers all aspects of the environmental impacts of socio-economic development, published research articles on the following topics in its July 2024 edition (Vol. 26, Issue 7): * * * Here are excerpts: * Revisiting the modern approach to manage agricultural solid waste: an innovative solution * 7E+Q analysis: a new multi-dimensional assessment tool of solar dryer for food and agricu  more

BASEL, Switzerland, July 5 -- Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, a peer-reviewed journal that says it focuses on the development of monitoring systems related to the management of renewable natural resources in agriculture, fisheries and forests, published research articles on the following topics in its August 2024 edition (Vol. 196, Issue 8): * Assessment of CMIP6 models performance in simulation precipitation and temperature over Iran and surrounding regions * Environmental relevance   more

RESTON, Virginia, July 6 -- The Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, a peer-reviewed journal from the American Society of Civil Engineers that says it covers the development, processing, evaluation, applications and performance of construction materials in civil engineering, published research articles on the following topics in its August 2024 edition (Vol. 36, Issue 8): * * * Here are excerpts: Technical Papers: * Time-Dependent Properties and Model Analysis of Rheology for Fresh Sul  more

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- The American Gas Association issued the following news release: Natural gas demand for both direct use and power generation continues to reach new record highs according to AGA VP, Energy Markets, Analysis and Standards Richard Meyer at AGA's annual Summer Outlook on natural gas markets. Despite record-breaking demand, natural gas prices remain under $3 in much of the country, in line with recent historical lows. Natural gas used for power generation in 2024 is on track t  more

GLASGOW, Scotland, July 6 -- The Scottish Journal of Geology, a peer-reviewed journal from the Geological Society of Glasgow and Edinburgh Geological Society, published research articles on the following topics in its May 2024 edition (Vol. 60, Issue 1): Research article: Magma mixing between rhyolite and pseudotachylite as the origin for the Glencoe 'flinty crush rock' Functional morphology of the stem in the Lower Paleozoic crinoid Macrostylocrinus Hall from Scotland Arthropleura trackway  more