GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, Sept. 23 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies that make Minnesota a freer, more prosperous and better-governed state, issued the following commentary on Sept. 22, 2024: * * * Xcel Plans for New Gas Plant to Meet "Carbon-Free" State Electric Mandate Written by Bill Glahn You read that headline correctly. To meet the state's mandate for 100 percent "carbon-free" electricity by the ye  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 16 -- The Massachusetts Public Interest Research Group issued the following news release: CLEVELAND - -Plastic pellets and microplastics that pollute our oceans, lakes, and rivers pose environmental and potential public health threats. To make Ohioans aware of these dangers close to home, Third Act Ohio and PIRG held a nurdle hunt at Euclid Beach on Sunday. Volunteers sifted through the sand and found a total of 1,029 plastic pellets. "Plastic pellets may be tiny,   more

EXETER, England, Sept. 23 (TNSres) -- The University of Exeter issued the following news on Sept. 23, 2024: Governments can start a global cascade of "positive tipping points" to cut prices and carbon emissions by using mandates to switch investment from polluting fossil fuels to clean technologies, according to a new report launched today at Climate Week NYC. Researchers found that regulatory mandates with specific timeframes will ensure clean technologies become cheaper than fossil fuel alte  more