WASHINGTON, March 27 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * Anti-Renewable Bill Targets Energy Sources That Keep Saving the Texas Grid AUSTIN, Texas - A bill scheduled for its first hearing at the Texas Legislature today unfairly targets the energy sources that have kept the state electric grid afloat and energy prices from going higher, Public Citizen said ahead of the Senate Committee on Business & Commerce meeting. Senate Bill 819 by State Sen. L  more

LAKEWOOD, Ohio, March 28 -- The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis issued the following news release: * * * Australian investors urged to tackle fossil fuel companies' methane time bomb 28 March 2025 (IEEFA Australia): Investors in Australia have the opportunity to encourage faster reductions in greenhouse gas emissions by pushing for improved methane reporting and abatement efforts from fossil fuel companies. Methane is a potent greenhouse gas that increases the climate-  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF12705) on March 26, 2025, by environmental policy specialist Laura Gatz. Here are excerpts: * * * Effluent Limitation Guidelines (ELGs) for Steam Electric Power Plants Overview The Clean Water Act (CWA) prohibits the discharge of pollutants from any point source into "waters of the United States" without a permit. Thus, industrial and other facilities that discharge to waters of the U  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * EPA Invites Polluters to Email for Exemption from Air Pollution Laws Washington, D.C. \- Today, the Environmental Protection Agency created a new pathway for oil- and coal-burning power plants to evade air pollution standards: Just send an email. The EPA notified big polluters with a completed email template, and let the fossil fuel companies know that once the administration receives th  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley, Pingree: EPA's Reckless Gutting of Environmental Justice Programs Harms Communities Washington, D.C. - Senate Interior-Environment Appropriations Subcommittee Ranking Member Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and House Interior-Environment Appropriations Subcommittee Ranking Member Chellie Pingree (ME-01) denounced plans by Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin to eliminate all of   more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley, Pingree: EPA's Reckless Gutting of Environmental Justice Programs Harms Communities Senate Interior-Environment Appropriations Subcommittee Ranking Member Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and House Interior-Environment Appropriations Subcommittee Ranking Member Chellie Pingree (ME-01) denounced plans by Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin to eliminate all of the agency's offi  more

HERNDON, Virginia, March 27 [Category: Transportation] -- The RV Industry Association issued the following news: * * * New Tariff Developments: What RV Industry Association Members Need To Know 3/27/2025 Update: Yesterday, on March 26, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order announcing a 25% tariff on automobiles and certain automobile parts. To learn more, please view our article here. * * * 3/11/2025 6 PM ET Update: President Trump has reversed his plans to impose an additional 2  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 [Category: Science] -- The Food and Water Watch posted the following news release: * * * Senate Committee Advances MD Bill Promoting Dirty Gas Buildout 50+ Marylanders rallied last month against dangerous buildout of gas infrastructure, including in environmental justice communities Annapolis, MD -- Today, the Maryland Senate Committee voted unanimously to advance HB1035/SB0937, the Next Generation Energy bill. The vote comes nearly a month after over 50 Marylanders joi  more

SYDNEY, Australia, March 27 -- The University of New South Wales issued the following news: * * * Coal mine methane emissions much higher than previously reported: study UNSW researchers say a Queensland coal mine - previously identified by satellites as one of the state's highest methane emitters - could be releasing greenhouse gases at higher rates than officially reported. A study published today in Environmental Science and Technology Letters, opens in a new window found that methane emi  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, March 26 -- Virginia Tech posted the following news: * * * Virginia Tech's mining and minerals engineering department attends the 2025 Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration Conference and Expo Each year, the Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (SME) brings together dedicated professionals from the mining and minerals industry at the annual MINEXCHANGE Conference and Expo. With a global membership of over 14,000, SME fosters connections among mining expert  more