UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Oct. 29 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Amid renewable-energy boom, study explores options for electricity market * UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. Renewable energy sources like wind and solar generation now account for over 20% of electricity in the U.S. and keep growing after large-scale production more than doubled since 2000. Still, high-profile power failures illustrate persistent challenges from the lack of available capacity to pro  more

NORTH SYDNEY, Australia, Oct. 30 -- The Australian Industry Group issued the following news release: * * * Environment reform is a decent balance and a strong improvement "The package of reforms to national environment laws unveiled today would dramatically improve the speed of the system and respond to many of the concerns expressed about the previous failed attempt. Improving the pace and predictability of approvals for major and critical projects is essential to Australia's future economic  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 30 -- Bloomberg issued the following news: * * * Bloomberg Expands Analytics to Help Investors Evaluate Transition Risk and Opportunity Amid the Rise of Low Carbon Technologies New analytics provide deeper insights into company exposure and investments, including the impact of changing market forces * Bloomberg today announced the expansion of its climate solutions suite, with new analytics designed to help financial firms evaluate how companies and portfolios are set to perf  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on Oct. 29, 2025: * * * AI Needs Its Complements: Investing in the Next Wave of Innovation By Matt Pearl and Kuhu Badgi During the British Industrial Revolution of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, the United Kingdom experienced an unprecedented time of innovation, technological advancement, and economic growth. The most noteworthy invention during this time was the ste  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news release on Oct. 29, 2025: * * * Energy Department Announces Loan for Indiana Coal-Powered Fertilizer Facility U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright today announced the Department of Energy's (DOE) Loan Programs Office (LPO) closed a loan to support independent, American-made, and coal-powered fertilizer production. The $1.5 billion loan to Wabash Valley Resources, LLC, will help finance a coal and ammonia fertiliz  more

SYDNEY, Australia, Oct. 30 -- Greenpeace Australia Pacific issued the following news: * * * EPBC reforms must be significantly improved to deliver for nature Greenpeace has warned that the revamped laws will fall far short if critical gaps in addressing deforestation, climate impacts and excessive Ministerial discretion are not fixed. Environment Minister Murray Watt will today table Bills for a reformed national nature law, the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act (EPBC  more

LONDON, England, Oct. 29 -- British Prime Minister Keir Starmer issued the following news release: * * * Joint declaration on the elevation of UK - Viet Nam relations to Comprehensive Strategic Partnership * 1.Over more than five decades since the establishment of diplomatic relations in 1973 and fifteen years since the adoption of the Strategic Partnership framework in 2010, Viet Nam and the United Kingdom have built a strong and enduring partnership, underpinned by mutual respect and a sha  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Kentucky PSC Approves LG&E and KU's $3 Billion Plan to Build New Gas Units at Major Customer Expense * LOUISVILLE, KY. - The Kentucky Public Service Commission has approved a previous agreement between Louisville Gas & Electric (LG&E), Kentucky Utilities (KU), and other parties - including the Kentucky Coal Association - to construct two new gas units and saddle customers with higher bills  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 [Category: Energy] -- Oil Change International posted the following news release: * * * New Data Shows Just Four Global North Countries Responsible for Derailing Oil and Gas Phase-out Progress since Paris Agreement * * Since the Paris Agreement was adopted in 2015, just four Global North countries - the U.S., Canada, Australia, and Norway - derailed potential for global progress in phasing out oil and gas by collectively increasing their oil and gas production by nearly   more

OXFORD, England, Oct. 29 (TNSrpt) -- Oxfam International issued the following news release on Oct. 28, 2025: * * * A person from the richest 0.1% produces more carbon pollution in a day than someone in the bottom 50% produces all year * Since 1990, the richest 0.1% have increased their share of total emissions by 32%, whilst the poorest half of humanity have actually seen their share fall by 3%. * If everyone emitted carbon like the richest 0.1%, the carbon budget - the amount of CO2 that ca  more

POTSDAM, Germany, Oct. 29 -- The Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research issued the following news release: * * * Annual heat-related deaths surge to 546 000 in the last decade due to climate change New global findings in the 9th annual indicator report of the Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change reveal that the continued dependence on fossil fuels and limited progress in climate adaptation are affecting people's health, livelihoods, and contributing to a rise in heat-related d  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 [Category: Biology] -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release: * * * Report: AI Data Center Boom Threatens U.S. Climate Goals * A fossil-fueled surge in U.S. data center growth to serve the artificial intelligence boom threatens to sabotage the country's already faltering climate goals, according to Data Crunch, a report released today by the Center for Biological Diversity.  A massive expansion of data centers, set to be powered primarily  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 (TNSLrpt) -- A working paper issued by Resources for the Future (RFF), titled 'Clean Steelmaking: Transitioning to a Low-Carbon Future' and authored by Jhih-Shyang Shih, Ethan Ziegler, Alan Krupnick, Marc Hafstead, and Aaron Bergman, addresses the critical challenge of decarbonizing the steel industry. The report, Working Paper 25-23, was issued in October 2025. This research develops an optimization model to help both industry practitioners and policymakers strategically pla  more

PARIS, France, Oct. 28 [Category: Business] -- The International Chamber of Commerce posted the following commentary: * * * The last straw: India's burning fields turn into an energy opportunity Each year, northern India's skies are cloaked in smoke after the rice harvest, releasing greenhouse gases and aggravating air pollution. Talwandi Sabo Power Limited (TSPL), a subsidiary of Vedanta Limited, saw an opportunity to collaborate with farmers and entrepreneurs to build a supply chain that tr  more