WASHINGTON, April 2 -- The AFL-CIO issued the following news release: * * * AFL-CIO President Condemns Gutting of Core Worker Health and Safety Agency AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler released the following statement in response to the Trump administration's cuts, including terminating nearly 900 workers from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH): Every worker should be able to go home safe and healthy at the end of their shift--but the Trump administration is guttin  more

BOONE, North Carolina, April 1 [Category: Sociological] -- Appalachian Voices posted the following news release: * * * Bankrupt coal company cited for releasing 'sludge' into West Virginia's Gauley River watershed April 1, 2025 CONTACT Dan Radmacher, Media Specialist, (276) 289-1018, dan@appvoices.org Company run by Richmond-area financier Greg Whirley Jr. has received 113 citations in four years CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection issued it  more

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis posted the following news: * * * Between a Hawk and a Buzzard: Kazakhstan's Choices on Russia Often depicted as a prisoner of geography, Kazakhstan has tailored a foreign policy known as the multivector doctrine. By maintaining positive relations with many states (especially, but not limited to, the Great Powers of Russia and China), officials have worked to preserve Kazakhstan's sovereignty. Multivectorism amounts to " hedging   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 1 -- Boston University School of Public Health issued the following news: * * * Top Scientists Issue Urgent Warning on Fossil Fuels In a new review, Mary Willis, Jonathan Buonocore, and other environmental health experts present a bevy of evidence that details how fossil fuels are harmful to humans, wildlife, and the environment, and identifies ways to transition to clean, renewable energy. In a new review published in the peer-reviewed journal Oxford Open Climat  more

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on April 1, 2025: * * * Compounding Devastation: The Myanmar Earthquake By Erin L. Murphy On Friday, March 28, Myanmar suffered a devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake, centered near its second-largest city of Mandalay. An estimated 10,000 buildings collapsed, roads buckled, and the airport sustained damage. Reports of tremors and damage were reported from Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Ind  more

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana, issued the following news release: * * * Daines, Sheehy, Zinke, Downing Encourage Trump Administration to Reverse Biden Anti-Energy Policies and Support Montana Energy Letter Urges Trump EPA to Support Montana's Colstrip Power Plant U.S. SENATE - U.S. Senators Steve Daines (R-Mont.) and Tim Sheehy (R-Mont.) as well as Congressmen Ryan Zinke (MT-01) and Troy Downing (MT-02) today sent a letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (E  more

WASHINGTON, April 1 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Dominion Energy Keeps South Carolina's Coal Plants Operating in 2025 IRP Update COLUMBIA, S.C. (April 1, 2025) - Yesterday, Dominion Energy released its 2025 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) Update for South Carolina, which includes keeping two coal plants operating years past their planned retirement dates. Dominion's repeated pushback of coal retirement dates is leaving ratepayers to foot  more

WASHINGTON, April 2 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Interior Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) have announced the availability of a draft environmental assessment (EA) for public review and comment regarding the proposed expansion of coal mining operations at Freedom Mine in Mercer County, North Dakota.  The proposed lease-by-application (LBA) and mining plan modifications would allow Coteau Properties Company to extract appr  more

WASHINGTON, April 1 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * PacifiCorp, Parent Company of Rocky Mountain Power, Files Lackluster 2025 Energy Plan Yesterday, PacifiCorp, the parent company of Rocky Mountain Power which serves Wyoming, released its 2025 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP), significantly scaling back and slow-walking investments in renewable energy, instead prioritizing expensive and volatile fossil fuels. The IRP, meant to guide the utilit  more

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, issued the following news release on April 1, 2025: * * * Wrap Up: America Can--And Will--Become a Global Leader in the Field of Artificial Intelligence Today, the Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs held a hearing on "America's AI Moonshot: The Economics of AI, Data Centers, and Power Consumption." During the hearing, expert witnesses discus  more