WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: * * * ADVISORY: Clean Energy & Consumer Advocates to Release St. Louis Energy Burden Report St. Louis, Mo \- A group of clean energy and consumer advocates will hold a press conference to unveil a new report that details the financial, health, geographic, and educational disparities and recommendations related to energy burden in St. Louis. Energy burden is defined as the percentage of household   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: * * * Big Polluters to EPA: Can We Pollute More? Washington, D.C. \- In a letter made public today, ten energy companies are asking Donald Trump's Environmental Protection Agency to roll back lifesaving climate protections and lower standards for toxic pollution from power plants. The companies have asked the EPA to rescind updated safeguards for greenhouse gas emissions, a rule that the same f  more

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, Jan. 29 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary on Jan. 28, 2025: * * * Opponents Pack Cong. Tiffany's Town Hall on St. Croix County Solar Project Written by Tom Steward Residents of St. Croix County across the river from the Alan S. King power plant in Oak Park Heights turned out in force at a town hall Monday to oppose a huge solar farm Xcel Energy w  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: * * * Indiana Regulators Approve Duke's Expensive Spending on Coal Indianapolis, Ind. - The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission, which oversees monopoly electric utilities, approved Duke's excessive and wasteful spending on coal gasification at Edwardsport and agreed to prolong the use of coal at the Gibson coal-fired power plant, dealing a blow to customers struggling to pay their bills. Duke   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 [Category: Environment] -- The League of Conservation Voters posted the following news release: * * * LCV Urges Senators to Oppose All Cabinet Nominees Hi, Ahead of anticipated Senate floor votes on Trump's cabinet nominees and following the White House announcement to cut essential programming that help working families and protect our environment, this morning the League of Conservation Voters urged senators to oppose the confirmations of all cabinet nominees, includin  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 [Category: Environment] -- The League of Conservation Voters posted the following news release: * * * LETTER: Re: Nomination of Governor Doug Burgum for Secretary of the Interior January 27, 2025 United States Senate Washington, DC Re: Nomination of Governor Doug Burgum for Secretary of the Interior Dear Senators, On behalf of our millions of members and supporters, we write to express our opposition to Governor Doug Burgum's nomination for Secretary of the Inte  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- The International Monetary Fund issued the following news release: * * * Slovak Republic: Staff Concluding Statement of the 2025 Article IV Mission January 29, 2025 A Concluding Statement describes the preliminary findings of IMF staff at the end of an official staff visit (or 'mission'), in most cases to a member country. Missions are undertaken as part of regular (usually annual) consultations under Article IV of the IMF's Articles of Agreement, in the context of a   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 (TNSFRinfo) -- The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement is seeking public comment on a proposed information collection renewal. This information collection is required by the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977. The information collected will be used to establish procedures and requirements for terminating jurisdiction of surface coal mining and reclamation operations, petitions for rulemaking, and citizen suits. OSMRE is interested in public   more