SOUTH CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Aug. 27 -- BridgeValley Community and Technical College posted the following news: * * * BridgeValley Community and Technical College and WVU Parkersburg Announce $2 Million ARC POWER Grant to Strengthen Advanced Manufacturing Workforce * CHARLESTON AND PARKERSBURG, W.Va. - BridgeValley Community and Technical College and WVU Parkersburg have been awarded nearly $2 million through the Appalachian Regional Commission's (ARC) Partnerships for Opportunity and Wo  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 (TNSrpt) -- The Capital Research Center issued the following commentary on Aug. 26, 2026, by Managing Editor and Director of Content Ken Braun: * * * Enemies of Energy: Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) The NRDC boasts of helping China fill its landscape with wind and solar. Since 1995, China has cranked up its coal burning by 231 percent, and by 2024 was burning as much coal as the entire world did back in 1995 when the NRDC showed up to help. Editor's note: The f  more

KUOPIO, Finland, Aug. 27 -- The University of Eastern Finland posted the following news: * * * Climate change exposing up to 560 million children globally to at least one additional month of dangerous heat per year * New analysis shows children disproportionately affected by heat stress driven by climate change now and into the future, posing severe risks to their health and development. New research shows that globally up to 560 million children aged 0 to 9 years old (43% of all children i  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 27 [Category: Environment] -- Clean Air Task Force, an organization that says it works to safeguard against the impacts of climate change by catalyzing the development and deployment of low-carbon energy and other climate-protecting technologies, issued the following news: * * * Coal power plant air pollution linked to over 6,600 premature deaths and $100 billion in damages annually, new CATF analysis finds * Clean Air Task Force (CATF) released an updated analysi  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on Aug. 26, 2026, by Caroline Russell, associate fellow in the Energy Security and Climate Change Program: * * * Pakistan's LNG Imports Under Pressure: Impacts of the Strait of Hormuz's Closure and Pakistan's Diplomatic Response Introduction The Strait of Hormuz and Qatar's Ras Laffan liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility have been effectively shut for over five months due to the w  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 28 -- The Environmental Defense Fund posted the following statement on Aug. 27, 2026: * * * Coming soon: Trump administration attacks on protections against climate pollution from power plants As we reach the end of a summer of intense heat waves, fires, and other climate-related disasters, the Trump administration is moving ahead with its latest attack on our protections against climate change. This time, the administration's actions could leave us with no national limits on  more

BRUSSELS, Belgium, Aug. 27 (TNSjou) -- Free University of Brussels-VUB issued the following news release: * * * Climate change exposes up to 560 million children worldwide to extreme heat for at least one month longer each year A new analysis shows that children today - and in the future - are disproportionately affected by heat stress resulting from climate change. This poses serious risks to their health and development. - New research from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) shows that   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- The National Republican Congressional Committee posted the following news: * * * Socialist Felon William Lawrence Called Fatal Bridge Collapse a "Climate Activist's Dream" Socialist felon William Lawrence, who co-founded a radical climate group, "called the fatal collapse of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge a 'climate activist's dream,' citing the catastrophe's impact on coal exports from one of the nation's busiest ports." "Socialist felon William Lawrence is a ra  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 [Category: ThinkTank] (TNSrpt) -- The Progressive Policy Institute posted the following news release: * * * Soaring Costs and Grid Strain Put Maryland's Climate Goals in Doubt * A new report from the Progressive Policy Institute (PPI) finds that Maryland has built one of the country's most energy-efficient, lowest-emitting economies, but warns that the state's sweeping climate agenda is increasingly out of step with soaring electricity prices, shrinking federal support, a  more

BONN, Germany, Aug. 27 (TNSrpt) -- The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change issued the following news: * * * Two new reports highlight innovative finance-related ways to reduce emissions in the fashion industry * Two new reports from UN Climate Change's Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action examine how market-based approaches and sustainable finance tools can unlock capital for emissions reductions across the fashion industry, with a focus on upstream manufacturing in   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 [Category: Medical] -- Optica, formerly the Optical Society, posted the following news release: * * * Vehicle-mounted spectroscopy system detects methane in real time * 27 August 2026 # New system could help locate hidden methane emissions that contribute to climate change and pose safety risks WASHINGTON -Researchers have developed a vehicle-mounted spectroscopy system that can reliably detect methane in real time while driving. Using a moving vehicle to detect methan  more