HOBOKEN, New Jersey, July 18 -- The American Journal of Industrial Medicine, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features occupational and environmental health and safety, published research articles on the following topics in its August 2024 edition (Vol. 67, Issue 8): COMMENTARY: * Work-related suicide: Evolving understandings of etiology & intervention REVIEW ARTICLES: * Workplace-related determinants of mental health in food and bar workers in Western, high-income countries: A systemati  more

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- Oil Change International issued the following news release on July 17, 2024: Today COP29 president, Mukhtar Babayev published the first letter to Parties to set out the principles of focus and outline the vision for this year's UN climate talks. In response, Laurie van der Burg, Public Finance lead at Oil Change International, said: "The COP Presidency is centering the new climate finance target, the New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG), in this year's UN climate talks  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, July 17 -- The Iowa Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release: The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is seeking informal comments on administrative rules for nonpermanent structures, permanently moored vessels, boating registration, boating equipment, and zoning. Executive Order 10 (EO10), signed by the Governor on January 10, 2023, requires all state agencies to identify which administrative rule chapters will be retained or rescinded. The EO  more

ISPRA, Italy, July 18 (TNSres) -- The European Commission's Joint Research Center issued the following news on July 16, 2024: * * * Air quality in European cities would benefit from reducing the combustion of traditional biomass for residential heating. * * * Air pollution, especially fine particulate matter (PM2.5), poses a significant threat to human health and the environment. Despite improvements in air quality through policies and technological advancements, concentration levels in Eur  more

STRASBOURG, France, July 18 -- The European Commission issued the following statement by President Ursula von der Leyen at a European Parliament plenary: * * * Dear President Metsola, dear Roberta, Let, me first congratulate you from the bottom of my heart for your re-nomination. Your success is a mirror of the outstanding work you have been doing in this House of European Democracy. Honourable Members, It is now five years since I first came to ask for your confidence. Five years like no o  more

WASHINGTON, July 17 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: Frankfort, KY In response to legal action by environmental and conservation groups, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia signed a final consent decree Friday that requires the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to speed up action on haze pollution plans from 32 states that have submitted proposals. Kentucky is one of only three states that has not submitted a regional haze  more

FORT WAYNE, Indiana, July 17 -- Indiana Michigan Power, an American Electric Power company, issued the following news release: Indiana Michigan Power (I&M), an American Electric Power (Nasdaq: AEP) company, is committed to developing diverse, reliable energy to power customers' homes and businesses. I&M recently filed plans with Michigan regulators for additional generation resources, including solar, wind and natural gas, which will play a key role ensuring I&M can meet its customers' future e  more

LANSING, Michigan, July 18 -- The Michigan Public Service Commission issued the following news release: The Michigan Public Service Commission will hold a public hearing in Marquette on July 30 to hear from the public about a study on Upper Peninsula energy issues the MPSC is conducting as part of the 2023 revamp of the state's energy laws. Commissioners and MPSC Staff will be on hand 6-8 p.m. on Tuesday, July 30, at Northern Michigan University's Northern Center Ballroom II, 1401 Presque Isle  more

WASHINGTON, July 17 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: DULUTH, MN About one million gallons of coal ash wastewater spilled from Minnesota Power's Boswell Energy Center, the largest coal plant in Minnesota, with some reaching Blackwater Lake, a reservoir of the Mississippi River. The spill, discovered on Tuesday morning, prompted the company to contain the leak and notify environmental authorities, who are still investigating the extent of the contamina  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, July 18 -- The Wisconsin Historical Society issued the following news release: ALGOMA, Wis. - The Wisconsin Historical Society announces the listing of the Trinidad Shipwreck in the National Register of Historic Places on July 3, 2024. The schooner is located in Lake Michigan, near Kewaunee County. Trinidad is a schooner constructed in 1867 by Master shipwright William Keefe in Grand Island, New York; this commission provided the opportunity for Keefe to open his own yard.   more