MELBOURNE, Australia, Feb. 20 -- The Australian Conservation Foundation issued the following report entitled "Extinction wrapped: Changes to Australia's national threatened species list in the last year". The report was written by Darcie Carruthers. Here is the introduction: This report takes stock of the shameful state of animals, plants and habitats nationally threatened with extinction in Australia in 2024. Last year, the Federal Minister for the Environment Tanya Plibersek said that "Aus  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 -- The Jamestown Foundation issued the following news: * * * Goodbye, Lenin: The Baltics Disconnect from Soviet-era Power Grid Executive Summary: * The Baltic states recently marked a major milestone by disconnecting from the Soviet-era electricity system and synchronizing with the continental European grid. * The disconnect from the Moscow-controlled system was marked by Russian influence operations and incidents related to critical infrastructure in the Baltic Sea. *   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Federal Lands released the following testimony by Dan Gibbs, executive director of the Colorado Department of Natural Resources, from a Feb. 11, 2025, hearing entitled "Restoring Multiple Use to Revitalize America's Public Lands and Rural Communities" * * * Thank you, Chairman Tiffany, Ranking Member Neguse, and esteemed members of the Subcommittee. I'm excited to be here today. * * * Overview As the Executive Director of th  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Legal Intervention Defends Powder River Basin Coal Leasing Decision Casper, WY - The Northern Cheyenne Tribe, alongside Tribal and conservation groups, filed a motion today to join a lawsuit to defend the Biden administration's 2024 decision ending new coal leasing on public lands in Wyoming and Eastern Montana's Powder River Basin. In a last-ditch effort to revive the struggling coal indus  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 [Category: Biology] -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release: * * * Legal Intervention Defends Powder River Basin Coal Leasing Decision CASPER, Wyo.-- The Northern Cheyenne Tribe, alongside Tribal and conservation groups, filed a motion today to join a lawsuit to defend the Biden administration's 2024 decision ending new coal leasing on public lands in Wyoming and eastern Montana's Powder River Basin. In a last-ditch effort to revive the str  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Feb. 20 [Category: Environment] -- Earthjustice posted the following news release: * * * Legal Intervention Defends Powder River Basin Coal Leasing Decision Casper, WY -- The Northern Cheyenne Tribe, alongside Tribal and conservation groups, filed a motion today to join a lawsuit to defend the Biden administration's 2024 decision ending new coal leasing on public lands in Wyoming and Eastern Montana's Powder River Basin. In a last-ditch effort to revive the strugg  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Sens. Moran, Coons Introduce Legislation to Provide Financing Options for New Energy Projects WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and Chris Coons (D-Del.) reintroduced the Financing Our Energy Future Act, which expands certain financing tools to all types of energy resources and infrastructure projects. The legislation would allow renewable energy resources and infrastructure projects to fo  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * U.S. Renewable Energy Production Overtakes Coal in 2024 Washington, D.C. \- According to the Business Council for Sustainable Energy's Sustainable Energy in America 2025 Factbook, electricity produced by domestic renewable energy surpassed electricity produced by coal in 2024. In 2024, renewable energy sources contributed nearly a quarter of all U.S. energy generation, while coal contribu  more