BOONE, North Carolina, March 20 [Category: Sociological] -- Appalachian Voices posted the following news release: * * * Advocates call on Congress to make sure coal companies don't skip out on black lung responsibilities COAL COUNTRY -- Yesterday, the Chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Education, Tim Walberg, sent a letter to Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer urging the Trump administration to throw out a recently finalized safeguard that addresses a long-abused loophole that allow  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Geological Survey issued the following abstract of an article on January 1, 2025, entitled "Habitat management for stopover and breeding songbird communities along rights-of-way in forest-dominated landscapes." Here are excerpts: * * * The proliferation of energy rights-of-way (pipelines and powerlines; ROWs) in the central Appalachian region has prompted wildlife management agencies to consider ways to use these features to  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- Rep. Jared Huffman, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Huffman, Dexter Condemn Trump's Plan to Shutter Facilities that Support Local Economies, Demand Answers Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) and Oversight & Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Maxine Dexter (D-Oreg.) led 76 of their colleagues in a letter to General Service Administration (GSA) Acting Administrator Stephe  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Rep. Jared Huffman, D-California, ranking member of the House Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on March 20, 2025: * * * Huffman, Dexter Condemn Trump's Plan to Shutter Facilities that Support Local Economies, Demand Answers Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) and Oversight & Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Maxine Dexter (D-Oreg.) led 76 of their colleagues in a  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 (Sen.) -- Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND, MORELLE ANNOUNCE UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER RECEIVES PRESTIGIOUS FEDERAL CANCER CENTER DESIGNATION FOR WILMOT CANCER INSTITUTE Designation Will Boost Clinical Opportunities, Reputation, And Research $$ For U Of R's Wilmot Cancer Institute, Upstate NY's Largest Cancer Provider, Which Has Made Significant Cancer Discoveries And Treats Thousands Each Ye  more

WASHINGTON, March 17 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Sierra Club Secures End to West Virginia PSC's Costly 69% Coal Plant Capacity Directives CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Today, Sierra Club and West Virginia residents Bruce Perrone and Rosanna Long have successfully negotiated a legal settlement ending a series of costly coal directives issued by the Public Service Commission of West Virginia (PSC). Under the proposed settlement, which awaits Court a  more