PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, April 23 -- The American Friends Service Committee issued the following news release: * * * AFSC joins Vanguard S.O.S. campaign for fossil fuel divestment PHILADELPHIA (April 22, 2025) - On Earth Day 2025, the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) announced the organization has endorsed the Vanguard S.O.S. campaign. Vanguard S.O.S. is an effort to pressure the investment firm Vanguard to shift their investment strategy away from fossil fuels and to incorporate   more

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Blumenthal & Raskin Demand Transparency & Accountability from Big Law Firms as Trump Continues Assault on the Rule of Law [WASHINGTON, D.C.] - U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Ranking Member of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, and U.S. Representative Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, are pressing five top law firms for answers   more

SMITHFIELD, Rhode Island, April 23 -- Bryant University issued the following news: * * * The U.S. pulled out of the Paris Agreement; expert explains pitfalls, promise of the global climate treaty By Emma Bartlett Every five years, countries who've committed themselves to the United Nations' Paris Agreement submit new emissions-cutting plans seeking to tackle climate change. With February 10 marking the latest five-year deadline, a Carbon Brief analysis reported that just 10 of the treaty's   more

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Capito Urges HHS Secretary to Bring Back NIOSH Employees to Support Coal Industry CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, penned a letter to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. regarding the re  more

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, April 23 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary on April 22, 2025: * * * Earth Day: Putting the 'conservative' in conservation Written by Sarah Montalbano Happy Earth Day! Today is a day to celebrate human flourishing and the ability of capitalism, innovation, and property rights to better conserve the environment than top-down mandates. Between 1970  more

DENVER, Colorado, April 22 -- Gov. Jared Polis, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Polis, Office of Just Transition and OEDIT Announce $2 Million for New Multi-Use Events and Resiliency Center in Moffat County DENVER -- Today, the Office of Just Transition (OJT) within the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment (CDLE) and the Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT) announced their intent to award Moffat County a $2 million Just Transition  more

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis posted the following news: * * * How Russia's Economic Retreat Could Become a Rout Russia's economy is no longer overheating; its growth, which Vladimir Putin forever trumpets, is losing momentum. This will be unpleasant for some Russians, especially the 20 million or more living in poverty, but the military effort will probably be unaffected. That doesn't mean the regime can be complacent; there's plenty that can still go wrong.  more

WASHINGTON, April 22 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Indiana Earth Day Polluted by Passage of House Bill 1007 Indianapolis, Ind - After opposition from many organizations all session, on this Earth Day, the Indiana House of Representatives passed the Senate's final version of the Energy Inflation Act with 63 yeas and 23 nays. House Bill 1007 now heads to Governor Braun's desk. This comes shortly after Gov. Braun signed coal-related executive  more

WASHINGTON, April 21 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Cohen: Trump Admin Proves Our Point--Polluters Are Getting Secret Clean Air Act Exemptions MEMPHIS, TN - Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today condemned the Trump administration's move to quietly exempt nearly 70 coal-fired power plants from Clean Air Act standards-- including four operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) : the Cumberland Fossil Plant, Gallatin Fossil Plant, Shawnee Fos  more

WASHINGTON, April 22 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Sierra Club Unveils Billboard Calling for Clean IRP Cookeville, TN - Today, the Sierra Club unveiled two billboards in Cookeville calling on the Tennessee Valley Authority to finalize a long-term energy plan that prioritizes clean air and lower energy costs. TVA is in the process of finalizing a long-term energy plan, the Integrated Resource Plan, to determine how it will generate energy  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, April 22 [Category: Religion] -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation posted the following news release: * * * Trump administration desecrates Earth Day The Trump administration's gutting of agencies protecting the environment, monitoring pollution and overseeing climate change mitigation makes a travesty of Earth Day on its 55th anniversary. Every day, another executive order, staff cut or funding cut is announced that undoes decades of regulatory actions. These directi  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, April 22 [Category: Environment] -- The Union of Concerned Scientists posted the following news release: * * * Trump Administration Lays Off EPA Environmental Justice Workers Below is a statement by Chitra Kumar, the managing director of the Climate and Energy Program at UCS and a former official with EPA's OEJECR. "The layoff notice sent to employees claimed their dismissal would 'better advance the Agency's core mission of protecting human health and the environm  more