WASHINGTON, March 11 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Doug Burgum Wants to Bring Back Expensive, Deadly Coal Plants Houston, TX \- At CERAWeek, U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said in an interview that the U.S. should restart retired coal-fired power plants. Coal plants are expensive and dangerous. With support from Sierra Club's Beyond Coal Campaign, since 2010, 389 coal plants have retired or are scheduled to retire,  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Energy Information Administration issued the following news release: * * * EIA updates forecast for 2025 U.S. natural gas prices, expects oil prices to decrease later in the year The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) revised its forecast for 2025 average U.S. benchmark Henry Hub natural gas spot prices upward following a cold end to February. In its March Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), EIA also revised its forecast for Bren  more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Hickenlooper, Curtis Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Boost Clean Energy, Streamline Permitting The bipartisan legislation allows wind and solar projects to be co-located on existing oil and gas leases on public lands WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper and John Curtis introduced the bipartisan Co-Location Energy Act to streamline permitting for wind and solar projects by allowing them   more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Griffith Chairs Hearing on Brownfield Sites with Scott County Native, LENOWISCO Executive Director as Witness The House Committee on Energy and Commerce's Subcommittee on Environment, chaired by U.S. Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA), held a hearing entitled "Maximizing Opportunities for Redeveloping Brownfield Sites: Assessing the Potential for New American Innovation." As a witness i  more

LAKE FOREST, Illinois, March 12 -- Lake Forest College issued the following news: * * * Linh Pham awarded climate grant to study economic impacts of Vietnam carbon transition Assistant Professor of Economics Linh Pham recently won a grant to study the macroeconomic implications of the carbon transition in Vietnam. The project is funded by the Climate Compatible Growth (CCG) program's Flexible Research Fund (FRF). It is scheduled to run through 2025. Pham's project aims to provide evidence-b  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, March 11 -- Virginia Tech posted the following news: * * * Researcher publishes chapter on Lyme disease spread in Appalachia Geographers study why things are where they are. Health or medical geographers specifically study why diseases appear in certain places, how they spread, and how they relate to environmental and social conditions. Korine Kolivras, professor in the Department of Geography in the College of Natural Resources and Environment, observes spatial patt  more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- NASA issued the following news release: * * * Summary of Special Engage Session on "Remote Sensing and the Future of Earth Observations" Introduction On October 16, 2024, a special session of the NASA Goddard Engage series took place in the Goett Auditorium (Building 3) at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC). The Engage series is intended to explain work at GSFC in an immersive and nontechnical setting. GSFC's Office of Communications, Earth Sciences Division,   more

WASHINGTON, March 11 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Trump's Steel, Aluminum Tariffs Threaten Manufacturing Hubs in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Indiana, and Ohio WASHINGTON, DC -- Donald Trump's additional 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports to the U.S. and 50% tariffs for Canadian steel and aluminum imports are slated to go into effect on Wednesday, March 12. Trump's last-minute increase to the Canadian tariffs, announced today, March  more