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TNS Tipoffs - Energy and Gov't Newsletter for Tuesday January 27, 2026 ( 6 items )  

BloombergNEF Finds Global Energy Transition Investment Reached Record $2.3 Trillion in 2025, Up 8% From 2024
LONDON, England, Jan. 27 (TNSxrep) -- BloombergNEF, a part of Bloomberg, issued the following news release: * * * BloombergNEF Finds Global Energy Transition Investment Reached Record $2.3 Trillion in 2025, Up 8% from 2024 KEY TAKEAWAYS * BloombergNEF's Energy Transition Investment Trends reviews annual investment figures in the global energy transition, including spending to deploy clean technologies, investment in the clean energy supply chain, equity investment in climate-tech companies,   more

Institute for Energy Research: U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions Are Still Below Pre-Pandemic Levels, But Rose 2.4% in 2025
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 -- The Institute for Energy Research issued the following commentary on Jan. 26, 2026: * * * U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions Are Still Below Pre-Pandemic Levels, But Rose 2.4% in 2025 U.S. greenhouse gas emissions are estimated to have risen 2.4% in 2025, after two years of decline. However, these emissions are still 6% below pre-pandemic levels in 2019 and 18% below 2005 levels. The Rhodium Group estimated that the United States emitted 5.9 billion tons (5.35 billion metric  more

Keck Institute for Space Studies Welcomes Michael Watkins as New Director
PASADENA, California, Jan. 26 -- The California Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * Keck Institute for Space Studies Welcomes Michael Watkins as New Director * Michael M. Watkins, professor of aerospace and geophysics, has been appointed the new director of the Keck Institute for Space Studies (KISS). KISS, a "think and do tank," brings together scientists and engineers from campus, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (which is managed by Caltech for NASA), and around the worl  more

Standard Chartered and World Vision Partner to Strengthen Climate Resilience in Coastal Bangladesh
MONROVIA, California, Jan. 27 -- World Vision International issued the following news release on Jan. 26, 2026: * * * Standard Chartered and World Vision Partner to Strengthen Climate Resilience in Coastal Bangladesh World Vision Bangladesh and Standard Chartered Bangladesh have entered into a strategic partnership to implement two climate-resilient initiatives supporting communities in Bangladesh's highly climate-exposed coastal regions. The partnership was recently formally marked through a  more

University of Hawaii Manoa: $5M NSF Award to Address Outdated Wastewater Infrastructure
MANOA, Hawaii, Jan. 27 -- The University of Hawaii Manoa campus issued the following news release: * * * VNR: $5M NSF award to address outdated wastewater infrastructure University of Hawaii at Manoa researchers are part of a team that was recently awarded a three-year, $5 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to address the environmental and public health impacts of outdated wastewater infrastructure in island communities. The project is led by the University of South Flor  more

Yale University: Cosmochemist Studying the 'Seeds' of the Solar System
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 27 -- Yale University issued the following news: * * * The cosmochemist studying the 'seeds' of the solar system FAS faculty member Damanveer Grewal conducts high-pressure experiments and analyzes meteorites to figure out how planets form--and where they obtain the ingredients that support life. By Michaela Herrmann Every year, Yale's Faculty of Arts and Sciences welcomes exceptional scholars across the sciences, humanities, and social sciences. This series prof  more