WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 -- Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Steve Daines today announced his committee assignments for the 119th Congress. Daines will serve on the U.S. Senate Committees on Finance, Foreign Relations, Energy and Natural Resources, and Indian Affairs. "It's an honor to serve Montanans in the U.S. Senate and I'm looking forward to working with my colleagues on these crucial committees to fight for our Montana way of life. President Trump r  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 -- Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Steve Daines today announced his committee assignments for the 119 th Congress. Daines will serve on the U.S. Senate Committees on Finance, Foreign Relations, Energy and Natural Resources, and Indian Affairs. "It's an honor to serve Montanans in the U.S. Senate and I'm looking forward to working with my colleagues on these crucial committees to fight for our Montana way of life. President Trump  more

HUNTINGDON, Pennsylvania, Jan. 7 -- Juniata College issued the following news: The Mellon Foundation has awarded Juniata College a $500,000, three-year grant focused on building connections between faculty, students, and residents of Central Pennsylvania to understand and enrich learning about regional environmental challenges. Residents will be encouraged to share their stories, experiences, and relationships with natural resources to identify future outcomes that will positively benefit their  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Jan. 7 -- K&L Gates, a law firm, issued the following news release: The partners of global law firm K&L Gates LLP have voted to elect the following individuals from across the firm's global platform as new partners, of counsel, government affairs counselors, and government affairs advisors with the firm, effective January 1. The group comprises 33 individuals from all nine of the firm's practice areas and representing 18 offices, including Berlin, Charleston, Charlotte  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, Jan. 7 -- North Dakota Attorney Drew Wrigley issued the following news on Jan. 6, 2025: For nearly 50 years, the North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality (NDDEQ) has been promulgating and enforcing its own rules regarding the storage, treatment, and disposal of coal combustion residuals (CCR). When the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it would allow states to apply for program primacy for regulating CCR activities, NDDEQ promptly prepared and  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, Jan. 7 -- Gov. Kelly Armstrong, R-North Dakota, issued the following news: Gov. Kelly Armstrong today appointed Jill Kringstad, manager of business operations for the North Dakota Public Service Commission (PSC), to fill the PSC seat vacated by former commissioner Julie Fedorchak, effective immediately. Fedorchak was elected to Congress in November and sworn in Friday to represent North Dakota in the U.S. House of Representatives. Kringstad has served as the PSC's manag  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: Washington, D.C. \- Today, the Associated Press reported on President-elect Trump celebrating plans by an Emirati billionaire, and an ally of the Trump family, to invest in data centers that will prolong America's reliance on fossil fuels and increase pollution. By the end of the decade, data centers are expected to increase global emissions by "2.5 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide-equivalent  more

OLYMPIA, Washington, Jan. 7 (TNSres) -- The Washington State Department of Ecology issued the following news release: * * * 2021 emissions rose but remained lower than in 2019, as promising clean energy trends took hold * * * A new report from the Washington Department of Ecology shows total state greenhouse gas emissions dipped 13.8% in 2020, falling below the legal limit for that year. Emissions rose 8.8% in 2021 but stayed below 2019 levels. The partial emissions rebound in 2021 was driv  more